Our bodies are miraculous healing machines
If you asked that girl in the second photo if she ever thought she’d see the girl in the 4th, she’d say only in her dreams. This is my healing journey, understanding and recognizing our bodies are miraculous healing machines…
1st, 01/18- not plateaued from racing and was working as a full time physical therapist at Mo Bap
2nd, 08/21- while on my 2nd FMLA after ER visit 7 months prior at my highest weight, still exposed
3rd, 02/22- after 4 months of toxic mold treatment (plethora of diagnoses)
4th, 03/24- after 2+ years of healing & growth
In 2020 I realized during the stay at home order was the best I had felt in years. Hindsight is always 20/20. Fall of 2018, I kept developing increased full body rashes at work. 2019 I had pneumonia and strep. I had pelvic reconstructive surgery after multiple abscesses. I had shortness of breath on exertion. Everything worsened as I returned to work after the stay at home order. We lost my dad. 2021 brought worsening allergic reactions, a drop attack at work then I had incredible pain that landed me in the ER where I nearly coded. I eventually returned to work getting better after no treatment (more diagnoses). I had sores on my taste buds that were popping, ice prick pain on my scalp, sores on my scalp, incredible hair loss, memory loss & neuropathy. Something was wrecking havoc on my body in different ways (skin, hormones, gut, pelvic, lungs, nerves and eventually brain). It sidelined me from racing and eventually working. The doctors pulled me from work a second time as test results came back in. Everything was finally making sense. None of this was an allergy, it was a poisonous biotoxin injury. I was barely surviving, unable to care for others. My body was leaving clues.
A doctor mentioned mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). To my strength & weakness, I am persistent in wanting to understand the root. I understood environmental exposures and vaccine injuries cause your primary immune defense, mast cells, to act out. Eventually, your mast cells do not know who is friend or foe so everything is under attack in your body.
I can’t say any one doctor helped me, but I took something away from each interaction. I asked the doctor that suggested MCAS if it could be toxic mold because nearly all those symptoms checked, he said he didn’t think so. I put plates out (because I didn’t know then about dust PCR testing from Envirobiomics- save 10% with EB code: 2426- or Mycometrics) at home & work. Work had 3 fast growing cultures, home had none. The doctor had me pick up a mycotoxin test. It showed all mycotoxins at poisonous, toxic levels. My doctor told me my long term goal would be 50% disability the rest of my life. I needed to seek legal counsel from something with my employer and the lawyer suggested I file for disability. I needed to sit with that.
Later in my journey, we learned I also had toxic bacterial colonization as a result of water damage building exposure. I learned no one was going to heal me. If I stood any chance of regaining a quality of life I could accept, I would have to save myself with the help of God’s guidance. God guided me to open my own practice, where I would have the flexibility to navigate my appointments, continue to heal and the freedom to environmentally test a space that was safe for my clients and myself.
No one tells you, but the aftermath of what this does to your body is the real struggle. I have learned your body will begin to insulate you with inflammation to protect you and candida will begin to grow to protect your organs from toxicities. It is the body’s protective response. Toxins get stored in fat. Other infections can begin to come out of dormancy with the immune system compromised. The immune system can begin to attack itself. It is a recipe for disaster. I was already doing everything I could so that my body was not an environment where cancer could thrive and I had a rare breast biopsy. I had a doctor on my team to provide integrative solutions if it was cancer. I ultimately choose not to cut and undergo more aggressive, explorative biopsies. I chose to sit and watch, continue working collectively with my naturopath & alternative treatment options, learning from master classes and summits, aiding the body to eliminate pathogens the way God designed it to and working towards my certification in visceral manipulation. I felt peace with that decision.
My chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) numbers are slowly coming back to normal. Honestly, I got burnt out of testing and treatment that my mind and body needed a sabbatical. My gut & liver continue to heal. My immune system is rebounding. I got the all clear from cancer.
In 2023, Healing Physio LLC thrived and was voted Best of Kirkwood Physiotherapist. I found visceral manipulation as a tool to help clients heal significantly faster, eliminate deep internal restrictions holding the body back, perform and recover better. And because I continue to share my journey, I have had more than a few friends share that they are testing and learning toxic mold has affected them.
I’ll keep sharing my healing journey in hopes more people find the root cause faster than I did. Always feel free to leave a comment or contact me privately 📥
Our bodies are miraculous healing machines when you get to the root of the problem. My doctor asked me awhile ago to start coaching others. They told me more people need help than what they can offer and I had learned more about antibiotic resistant colonization than they knew.
I share this in hopes to bring awareness to biotoxins and for those on the struggle bus to know they are not alone. I have developed a product recommendation tab (with favorite products and protocols in Fullscripts), questionnaires to determine chronic inflammatory symptoms, analyze labs, test biotoxins, environmental test & assess the body’s restrictions. I can provide solutions through nutrition, supplement, nervous system training, biohacking, movement, manual therapy to release restrictions at the fascia, musculoskeletal system, vessels and organs in conjunction with your medical team.
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see the tab at the top of my website to scroll through products I personally use and recommend to clients.
If you click Fullscripts (click here) and create an account you will automatically save 10% on third party tested products, View my favorite products under categories and protocols.
I do have a specific MARCoNS resources under Doctors Supplement Store (click here).
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This is not medical advice. You should always consult your healthcare practitioner(s) for medical advise and what is best for your care. The purpose of this blog is to centralize and share information while connecting with others.