By D. Snowden
At 16, I was hospitalized with headaches and scheduled to see my first headache specialist. After years of suffering I was diagnosed with migraines, cluster migraines along with all its effects, fatigue, depression, lack of concentration, and sleep interruptions. My physical appearance was that of the walking dead, I was pale and drawn with a constant tell tale gray look. I had no energy and hid myself away in a room with the covers pulled over my head to shut out the light. My mind felt like it was forever wading through sludge. I missed out on a lot of my sons’ growing up. I can safely say that over the years I could fill a truck with pain pills taken. We spent over $2100.00 spanning a 10-month period for Imitrex and midnight trips to the emergency room. Still I had Migraines!
There were times when I experienced up to 5 attacks per week. Finally 10 years ago I found Dr. Rhonda Church. She took my headaches seriously. She did not send me on my way with a prescription in hand (which I had adverse reactions to). She investigated and ran tests. I saw a dentist, a chiropractor, a pain specialist, had the base of my skull frozen, had my tonsils out (that was a treat at age 50), had acupuncture, and massage therapy. Still I had migraines. After the last specialist I saw, I was told TO LIVE WITH THEM, nothing could be done. I felt desperate and defeated. I was classified as disabled, as I was unable to hold a job, or to function normally. When I had a migraine I was unable to drive, my walking was off balance and vision was blurry. I paced myself and lived my life around my GOOD DAYS. I couldn’t plan anything.
My Dr. was running out of options when at the urging of my brother Kevin I went to a seminar in May 2001, given by Michael O’Brien. It gave me my first ray of hope that I’d had in years. With the help and guidance of NCP, Pam Collins, the support of my brother Kevin and my husband Marven, I started taking Cellulase, Multiple Enzymes, Probiotic Blend, Cognizyme, Nutritional Essentials and Amylase. I radically changed my diet, ate more raw foods, cut out sugar, white flour, all processed foods, drank lots of water and faithfully took my enzymes.
Over the next 6 weeks I saw many changes, and although there were many sick days while my body eliminated the many, many toxins I had accumulated over the years, I write this at week 11 since I began changing my lifestyle. I am now 7 weeks MIGRAINE FREE. I am alert, have a healthy glow, and energy to spare. I am much more focused, with not a trace of the bronchitis or allergies that I was born with, and the added bonus is no more hot flashes. Marven tells me I am much more pleasant to be around. I ask you, how can you be pleasant when you feel like your head is ready to fall off or explode? Migraines were a way of life ever since I can remember; all the treatments and remedies, some of which worked to a certain degree, and others which didn’t. You have to know enzymes work! Now at 52 each day is a new adventure, and I am no longer living my life in hiding.
D. Snowden
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
