My digestive health issues
Something I haven't shared on this blog much before is the journey I
have had into digestive health. More and more and more people are asking
me, "How did you get well?"
They want to know because their doctors are giving them prescription
lists as long as their arms, offering stoma bags and surgery or generally
asking them to accept a less than normal life.
Do you suffer with any of these things?
IBS
IBD
Crohns
Colitis
Coeliac
There is a long, long list but these are just a few. If you
do, or know someone who does, read on.
My personal story starts years ago and is long enough to write in a
book but I will give you the shortened version. It may make your tummy
flip.
After a long spell of struggling with my weight (despite following
many diets to the letter) I began to get very poorly. To the point of
being admitted to hospital for many tests.
Drinking this fluid to empty out my entire digestive system was more
than unpleasant to say the least. Have you ever had that done? Sit
on the loo for about 5 hours. Not nice.
Well I was loosing blood constantly like a slow dripping tap and
also (though I didn't realise what it was) my intenstinal wall was coming away
and passing out through my body. That actually looked kind of like
chicken fat. So things were looking bleak.
After photos were taken of the intestines from an inside camera
called a Colonoscopy (plus biopsies to check for any malignant cancer cells -
scary) there was a diagnosis.
I had Ulcerative Colitis. My colon was covered in Ulcers. The
photos were not pretty.
In a crazy way, I was pleased to have a diagnosis. You
know when something really bugs you and you think, "I know something isn't
right with me." Even though nothing is found. When something is
found it's a huge sigh of relief.
Getting onto the medication the Dr gave me was scary. I would
be on these for life I had been told.
When the test results from the biopsies came back I felt so nervous
as who knows what they could be telling me. As it turns out, there were
no nasty cells in there which was good news. I think they would
have taken part of the intestine away if there was. That would have left
me with a bag on my tummy and no more bikinis for me.
So, I made a decision to say "sod it!" to my stretch
marks that my pregnancy proudly gave me and start wearing bikinis again in the
hope that I could show off my intact stomach. Stretch marks and all.
The biopsies also showed that it wasn't Colitis but in fact Crohn's
disease instead. The treatment was similar but it did mean I needed
another camera down my throat. Crohns isn't always limited to affecting
the intestines, it can be anywhere from the mouth downwards.
That camera showed I had flattened villi. These are the little
finger type 'bits' that help absorb nutrients from the food. As mine were
damaged and broken off this meant that although I was overweight, I was
also under nourished. I couldn't break down the food in the normal way either so
the undigested food would sit in the gut area and basically just feed the bad
bacteria (including Candida but that's for another post) and eventually these
bacteria would turn into pathogens. Which could lead to nasty cells.
Onto the internet I went. Reading and studying. Reading
and studying.
Reading and studying.
One of my best friends had done the same unbeknown to me and despite
her being one of the strongest women I know, she broke down in tears and
hugged me tightly when she saw me.
"What's wrong?" I asked, really concerned.
"It's just all so so horrible." She answered.
By educating herself she had learned that this was a disease which
could take over your life and it's important to give it the respect it deserves.
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My research took me to a place of hope.
I had always believed that I was a person who couldn't eat the same
as everybody else. I remember at work one day I was watching the
manageress lady eat one thing after the other all day long. She was
stick thin, she had a lovely figure.
"I couldn't eat all that food I'd be like an elephant." I
said with envy.
"If you ate the right foods you could." She replied
ignorantly. What she had actually said was right. But she hadn't
known that.
My research showed me that in fact you could massively control your
health with the right diet. I get right on my soap box here.
WHY? Why doesn't everyone know this?
Everyone should know this, hence my new website has been born
http://www.motiv-weight.co.uk to pass on the messages.
I have been on a big journey the past 6 years and my knowledge has
grown massively. When I now see somebody suffering like I did I have the
links to send them to. The books to suggest they read, the DIETS I
suggest they adapt to.
Yes, that's right, you want to know how I got well and
also lost 3 stone in weight? It was all through correcting my health
through diet. I really want to help others by passing this information
on, in one place without having to search the internet as much as I did.
I also believe that if you are struggling with extra weight it will
have a negative impact on your health regardless. However, it's not
always so straight forward to shift it. Different things work for
different people.
Different things work for different people.
My website will encourage whatever diet works for you. If you
want to lose weight or if you want to get well again.
I'm here to assure you this is definitely possible and honestly, it's
the best thing I have ever done in my life.
My lovely Doctor and me used to argue. To the point of tears. He
said, "This illness needs medication, you can't change it by
what you eat."
"But it's a digestive issue, surely it will be affected
by food."
"No, i've never seen that." He protested.
After I used my new knowledge, I followed everything to the
letter and dropped 3 stone in weight in 4 months and also my health went
through the roof. I stopped bleeding within 3 DAYS. I couldn't
believe my energy levels after just a few short weeks. I had never
realised that people were supposed to feel like this. I had been born
again in my 30s.
Just a year later, my doctor respectfully shook my hand and
said
"I've never seen anyone turn this disease around to this level
without using drugs or surgery."
That speaks volumes.
Help
me on my quest to help others and please pass this on. Follow my blogs
and websites and facebook page. I will share exactly how I have done it
and point you to small investment books so you can save your own life too.
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