Last weekend Sarah and I headed to my parents home to go and see who they affectionately call - the voodoo doctor. Her name is Evelyn and instead of voodoo doctor, I choose to call her holistic angel :).
A long time ago, between baby #1 and baby #2 I met Evelyn. My parents were insistent I meet with her so I did. I went in skeptical. Holistic? How would she know what was going on with me. Before I could speak about my "issues," she had my right shoe off and hooked me up to a biomerdian machine. You see it's a machine that sends a small electrical current through pressure points in your right hand and foot, through your body and the results end up on the computer. It's painless, super easy and at times tickled - she was working on my feet after all! It lasted 20 minutes and she printed up this report that told me what my health problems were and you know what, it was RIGHT! It had me pegged. I remember sitting there in amazement thinking my parents must have told her my symptoms but they didn't. I started to believe in holistic care. She gave me some supplements, ideas to help me to avoid surgery. I went home with a sense of renewal and hope. I did what she said, no surgery required and healing took place. AMAZING! Why did I doubt my parents? Silly me.
I've been having health problems lately. Enough to seek medical help, have tests done with no answers. I even went as far to schedule an endoscopy and colonoscopy. Evelyn popped into my head yet again, I knew I had to give her a try.
We went. We scored. I cancelled the tests and am now on a new supplement which is helping my body break down protein and I'm detoxing my body. I will be on these for another month until I visit Evelyn again. It's been a week and I do feel better, I have seen improvement. Something had to be done, especially before school started. My hope with each day is healing.
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I took Sarah with me on this 4-1/2 hour road trip to see Evelyn for a reason. For awhile now she's been having tummy issues, restless sleep and diarrhea. We knew she was allergic to tree nuts, this was not causing her issues. We suspected an allergy to milk and switched her to Lactaid milk. She loves milk, so to give her this was our compromise.
She sat quietly like a champ taking the 20 minute test with Evelyn. On these tests different areas/systems of your body are rated - green is balanced, yellow is weakened and red is stressed. Sarah's report came out ALL RED! My jaw dropped, my Dad's eyes got big! I was looking at the mother of the century title! Evelyn's words were, "I'm glad you brought her in." It felt like I had hit a brick wall. She was diagnosed with a similar issue as mine - the body not breaking down proteins, so she was put on a similar supplement as me. It confirmed she was allergic to milk, vinegar, fossil fuel fumes and the kicker.... gluten! The dreaded gluten. I knew what this meant because my medical doctor had thrown it out to me as being a possibility for my issues. I had read some material on it, so had Art. This was big and also confusing.
Confusing in the sense that what you read on the label can be deceiving. It has to say gluten free to be gluten free even if you see no wheat products in the ingredients. It has been a whirlwind, lots of time looking at labels, googling certain foods and manufacturers. Feeling deflated from what I was learning. Having to try and help Sarah understand why she couldn't have the same treats as her sister anymore - heartbreaking! We're still working on it! We've been to Dierbergs, Whole Foods, Trader Joes etc.... Searching for that symbol. The hardest thing to find are things she loves like goldfish type crackers or cookies like oreos. Very frustrating. After talking with friends about it we heard about Andrea's Gluten Free in Chesterfield. I went there yesterday. I was in gluten free heaven and as the woman at the counter walked me all through it I felt a sense of relief. Sarah could have her cake and eat it too! I ended up walking out with $100 in products including pancake mix and gluten free flour to bake on my own. Big {happy} sigh! I got so excited I texted Art, he sent me back a :).
We still have alot to learn and figure out. Evelyn thinks that with time and in stabilizing her body Sarah could take in little amounts of gluten. In reading I've noticed that people who have this disease can be extremely allergic, mildly or somewhere in the middle. My thought is she is in the middle to mild but we are going to have to test it out.
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For now we follow Evelyn's plan for Sarah and myself in hopes to stabilize our systems and return to her to see all green on the report. Prayers our way would be appreciated. God is good, we know now what to do and have a plan.
Thank you for angels such as Evelyn and opening my eyes to the reality of holistic healing. It has it's place in the world but sadly is dismissed. I am a believer. Thanks Mom and Dad for pushing me to believe.
