Alisha’s Story – Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I was not a healthy person a year ago. For the first time, my illnesses were affecting my daily life and making it impossible to do my job. I had been tired for a long time, and I have had stomach aches since middle school. The migraines and body aches began in college. At times they were completely debilitating. I had painful periods every month. It was so bad I threw up, blacked out and required prescriptions to help with the cramps. It was not until the winter of 2004 that the hot flashes started. I was a mess. I came home from work every day completely exhausted; I never felt good. I had been told I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and had also been told it was all in my head. One year ago, I was only 22 years old but my body felt like it had been through 100 years of a hard life. I was afraid that I would be completely dysfunctional as a person within a few years. I was not going to give up without a fight!
“I had been told I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia,
and had also been told it was all in my head.”
I researched my options and, through the suggestions of friends and family, decided to call Dr. Hotze. I was skeptical. I believed and trusted in “modern medicine”. I was also at the point where no one had been able to help me and I was willing to try anything. It was not even a matter of getting my life back. There was no back because I did not know what it felt like to feel normal. I just needed to get my life!
The rest is history, as they say. Dr. Hotze’s Wellness Center had an opening and I got in less than a week after I called. As I did my phone interviews, I was amazed that they were asking me questions that no other doctor had even considered. They were able to explain to me why I had different symptoms that most doctors overlooked.
I am at a very different place right now than I was a year ago. The only way to describe it is that I feel…normal. I can function on a reasonable night’s sleep with the occasional late night. I have not had a migraine in more than 6 months. My periods are nearly cramp-free and last only 4 days. I found out I was allergic to wheat and that has taken care of my stomach aches and also improved my fatigue. The things causing my symptoms were a mixture of hypothyroidism, estrogen dominance, a wheat allergy and lack of nutrition.
I would not give up my bio-identical hormones for anything. The greatest tragedy of my life would have been never knowing what it meant to feel rested; to feel healthy. I am very lucky. I believe that I could not have found help anywhere else. I feel so blessed that I will be able to live a full life and be healthy for my husband, my students at school, and for my future children. My life is now filled with energy for my life. I am able to give to my husband and be a good teacher to my high school students. I leave work feeling invigorated and head to the gym to work out each day. When I come home, I eat a healthy meal, get to bed at a normal time and do it all over again in the morning. Normal. Normal. I do not need an extraordinary life. Normal is good enough for me!
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