Welcome & Introduction
Welcome, to my first ever blog! I have been wanting to do this for so long and decided to take a leap. The purpose of this blog will be to get to know me and to document about my lived experiences. My hope is that you will learn from me and maybe decide to work with me. I am an Integrative Health Coach. I received my certificate from IIN. I did not use my certificate upon finishing as I was not sure what my niche would be. I believe that God did that for a reason. Fast forward four years later and I have realized what my niche is and how my story can probably relate to many, many people.
I feel like I have to tell my whole story for you to get the big picture of where I am now and how I got here. It’s a long story so each day will build on the day prior. Once I have told my full story, then this blog will be for learning purposes and to show people that you can heal no matter what.
Looking back at my childhood I always thought it was pretty ordinary. We didn’t have a lot of money, so vacation was going up north. I am from Wisconsin if you couldn’t tell from the term “up north”. I also couldn’t remember much of my childhood. Initially I just thought this was due to my age. I am getting close to 50 years old!
I was told from my mom that I had colic as a baby. Along with that lots of ear infections, stomach aches and was sick a lot. Even in my teenage years I remember being sick as well. I had mono, strep throat, colds, sinus infections.
As I became an adult sickness stuck with me. Only now I had lots of digestive issues, cystic acne, strep throat, colds, flu, sinus infections. I also had a very heavy and painful menstrual cycle for as long as I could remember. I did start birth control at the age of 18. My acne was so bad that I did start Accutane as well. After finishing that my digestive issues became even worse. I had chronic constipation and would have painful flare ups and would take me down for a day. They came every 4-6 months apart.
It seemed I was sick a lot. I had my first son at the age of 26. My daughter was born when I was 28. After both of them I did seem to suffer from a bit of post-partum depression. I didn’t feel like many people were talking about that back then. I know I felt very isolated and alone during this time. It did seem to eventually subside.
A I entered my thirties, health issues continued to grow. I eventually became diagnosed with hypothyroidism and was told I would have to take Levothyroxine for the rest of my life. Cystic acne did disappear for a bit after Accutane, but came back and was worse than ever. I also was very stressed all the time. I was having random heart palpitations. I eventually realized I had anxiety. I did have a few very bad anxiety attacks, and they felt like I was having a heart attack. I also had chronic headaches and never slept through the night.
I also decided to finally stop birth control. My menstrual cycle came back worse than ever. My doctor said to either get a hysterectomy, ablation or go back on birth control. At this point, none of these options sounded good. I just had to deal with the heavy cycle and pain. I also was having random attacks of chest pain and my doctor thought it was heartburn and was put on medication for that, which did not help. I finally got an ultrasound and that revealed my gallbladder was full of stones. I was told I would need to have my gallbladder removed. I had worked in the operating room at this point for 12 years and knew the surgeon and trusted him and went along with the surgery. After that, my digestive issues changed for the worse. I went to chronic diarrhea and was told by my surgeon there was a medication I could take for that. At this point, I was tired of being told to take a medication. It seemed my whole life I was either put on antibiotics or given a medication. Honestly, I finally realized none of it worked and I was getting worse. At this point I was almost 40 and was sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Please come back tomorrow for the continuation of this story. Thank you for being here. If you can relate drop a comment below.
I feel like I have to tell my whole story for you to get the big picture of where I am now and how I got here. It’s a long story so each day will build on the day prior. Once I have told my full story, then this blog will be for learning purposes and to show people that you can heal no matter what.
Looking back at my childhood I always thought it was pretty ordinary. We didn’t have a lot of money, so vacation was going up north. I am from Wisconsin if you couldn’t tell from the term “up north”. I also couldn’t remember much of my childhood. Initially I just thought this was due to my age. I am getting close to 50 years old!
I was told from my mom that I had colic as a baby. Along with that lots of ear infections, stomach aches and was sick a lot. Even in my teenage years I remember being sick as well. I had mono, strep throat, colds, sinus infections.
As I became an adult sickness stuck with me. Only now I had lots of digestive issues, cystic acne, strep throat, colds, flu, sinus infections. I also had a very heavy and painful menstrual cycle for as long as I could remember. I did start birth control at the age of 18. My acne was so bad that I did start Accutane as well. After finishing that my digestive issues became even worse. I had chronic constipation and would have painful flare ups and would take me down for a day. They came every 4-6 months apart.
It seemed I was sick a lot. I had my first son at the age of 26. My daughter was born when I was 28. After both of them I did seem to suffer from a bit of post-partum depression. I didn’t feel like many people were talking about that back then. I know I felt very isolated and alone during this time. It did seem to eventually subside.
A I entered my thirties, health issues continued to grow. I eventually became diagnosed with hypothyroidism and was told I would have to take Levothyroxine for the rest of my life. Cystic acne did disappear for a bit after Accutane, but came back and was worse than ever. I also was very stressed all the time. I was having random heart palpitations. I eventually realized I had anxiety. I did have a few very bad anxiety attacks, and they felt like I was having a heart attack. I also had chronic headaches and never slept through the night.
I also decided to finally stop birth control. My menstrual cycle came back worse than ever. My doctor said to either get a hysterectomy, ablation or go back on birth control. At this point, none of these options sounded good. I just had to deal with the heavy cycle and pain. I also was having random attacks of chest pain and my doctor thought it was heartburn and was put on medication for that, which did not help. I finally got an ultrasound and that revealed my gallbladder was full of stones. I was told I would need to have my gallbladder removed. I had worked in the operating room at this point for 12 years and knew the surgeon and trusted him and went along with the surgery. After that, my digestive issues changed for the worse. I went to chronic diarrhea and was told by my surgeon there was a medication I could take for that. At this point, I was tired of being told to take a medication. It seemed my whole life I was either put on antibiotics or given a medication. Honestly, I finally realized none of it worked and I was getting worse. At this point I was almost 40 and was sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Please come back tomorrow for the continuation of this story. Thank you for being here. If you can relate drop a comment below.
