Kalidasa

The article I wrote the other day about the unfortunate woman who died from practically living on Coca Cola brought a lot of comments and emails. It also made me remember how I almost did the same thing to myself, but in a different way. So, I thought I’d tell you my story.

I already wrote a little about how junk food almost killed me, but didn’t tell the whole story. I reveal this now in the hopes that more people will take the needed steps to insure full health and vitality. It is possible to heal from even the worst conditions, as long as there hasn’t been too much damage. I’m a living example.

When I was young and very strong I did construction for a living. I used to work so hard you wouldn’t believe it. I don’t even believe it! A very strong body with lots of energy.

I had great digestion too, I could eat anything with no problem. And, I did! Being young, strong and ignorant I would indulge myself with treats all the time. The junk I ate!

There was stress too. The demands of physical labor, driving around all the time in a big metropolitan area, dealing with customers, not having work, family etc. All these stress factors added up and eventually I started having problems with frequent digestion problems and diarrhea.

One day the diarrhea stopped and was replaced with some pretty severe gut pain. I had trouble eating because of it. But, still didn’t think a lot about it.

That lasted for a few days and went away. Six months later it came back worse than before. This time it didn’t go away. I couldn’t eat when there was pain, so I started losing weight. I’d go for two or three days without eating before the pain went away. A few hours after eating the pain came back. I was eating maybe once every two or three days.

The really dumb thing is that I thought the only things my body could handle were chicken and noodles. For my one meal I’d eat a chicken breast and a bowl of noodles, wheat of course.

One day I went to pick something up that was never a problem before, but this time it took significant effort. I had spent so much time not eating that my body had lost muscle mass. I finally went for acupuncture.

They were two friends of mine, a couple both acupuncturists, he was an MD as well. They gave me herbs and needles, but nothing much about diet. No cold or raw foods is all they really said, a standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The problem was a blockage in the intestines, so the pain was incredible. My doctor friend finally told me, after failing to heal the problem with acupuncture, to go see a doctor about it. The doctors couldn’t help me either since every time I went in to see them for some test the symptoms weren’t there. That the thing about doctors, they can’t do much until things are super critical.

I had a girlfriend at the time, a very intelligent woman. She sat in a bookstore and diagnosed me as having Crohn’s disease. It took the doctors another three months and half a dozen tests to finally come up with the same conclusion. By then the damage in my gut was pretty severe. I had lost a lot of weight and couldn’t do much at all except eat my bowl of noodles every few days.

After trying some really powerful medications that didn’t help, the doctors finally decided I needed surgery to repair the damage. Some of the gut was so damaged that part of it had to be removed. Fortunately, there was plenty left for normal function.

Before that they put me on intravenous feeding. Not eating for a month before surgery was the first pain free time I had in over eight months.

I was in the hospital for two weeks before I could finally eat again. That’s six weeks or so without eating or drinking anything. When I was able to eat the doctors encouraged me to eat “lots of carbs” to gain back some weight. One doctor even made sure I had a big slice of carrot cake, one of my favorites.

Turns out wheat was the biggest contributor to the inflammation that caused the blockage in the first place.

After surgery they sent me to the GI specialist, an older doctor who had been specializing for many years. He told me, “there is nothing you can or cannot eat that will make any difference in your condition whatsoever. Take these pills and you’ll be fine.” I remember his wrong words well.

A couple of weeks after I got out of the hospital I reconnected with a friend who had been living abroad for several years. He had started practicing natural healing and checked to see what was going on with me.

He did muscle testing to find what I was allergic to. At first his tests didn’t work, the medication was blocking what he did. He tried again a few days later after being off the meds.

He had boxes of vials that each had different substances in them. He first tested whole boxes to narrow it down, then the individual vials. I remember when he got this one vial out, as he was bringing it near I knew that was the one, whatever that is, is causing my problem. It was wheat!

For the next few weeks I didn’t take the medication and avoided wheat, and everything was fine! One day I saw some carrot cake that I just had to have. A few hours later I had the exact same symptoms I had before surgery! That was it, I didn’t eat wheat again for a year and a half.

It was a couple of months after my friend found my allergy to wheat that I met my mentor, Dr. G. I couldn’t afford to get treatments from him, but I learned his methods by observing him with hundreds of clients. I applied his methods to myself and eventually was able to even eat wheat again.

I’ll never eat more than just a little wheat or sugar, and very rarely at that. In fact, I don’t eat much grain at all. For a couple of years I was completely off all grains.

I made it through my ordeal. So many people aren’t so lucky. My real luck was finding a mentor who taught me how to eat in a way that gave me my health back. That’s part of why I write about health, so many people don’t have access to the kind information I was graced to receive.

I’ve also written a few books. Self Adjusting Technique, for how to adjust your back so you don’t have to rely on a doctor for a pain free back, an adrenal fatigue book since most health issues start with the adrenals (mine was also very related to the adrenals, but this is already pretty long), a free book on back health and a couple of yoga classes in Kindle format including Yoga for Back Pain. I’m working on more too, stay tuned!

A big message I have for people is to take control of your health. What is taught in the media is mostly propaganda to sell something. Even the government isn’t really looking out for your health. (A big political discussion here I don’t want to go into!) Go out and learn what is true, and find out what works for you. Be healthy and live a long, healthy and active life!

I mentioned in a previous article that I would write some healing stories. I got a little distracted writing a book, but wanted to take a little time to write something now.

One of the most amazing healings I ever had a hand in involved an amazing young woman who has been a friend of mine for a long time. I met her when she was just 16 at a yoga class I was teaching. We had an instant connection that was really sweet. I didn’t know at the time that she had a deep distrust of men because of a traumatic event that had happened some time before. It really is amazing that she opened so much to me.

We ended up spending some time together, and eventually I learned her story, which is a pretty traumatic one. One thing is that she has a lot of health issues that are all pretty serious. At her age though, they were well managed. I have always known her as a strong and vibrant spirit. Truly an amazing person who has already accomplished a lot more than most people ever do.

One of the issues she had was a faulty heart that caused her to require a transplant which she received at age 6. It didn’t take, and it was redone at age 7.

When she was 20 her doctor put her on the list to receive another transplant because there was something going on that would cause her to need another heart by the time she reached the top of the list two and a half years later. As you can imagine, she really didn’t want to go through that again!

I had her talk to her doctor and get the technical info about what was going on so I could see what I might be able to do for her.

I had been studying and practicing holistic healing for a couple of years or so, so I consulted with one of my teachers. He gave me a list of supplements that could have an effect on my friends condition. I was able to muscle test her for the supplements and found four that had a positive indication. These are supplements from Standard Process, one of the most amazing whole food supplements in the world.

At the time she was seeing her cardiologist twice a week as he was very concerned for her condition. But, for some reason it was ten days after she started the supplements before she saw him again.

After that examination he took her off the transplant list. It has been about eight years since, and her heart is still doing fine! In fact, she is now a medic in the army serving in Afghanistan.

Of course, I am concerned for her safety in that war. I don’t know what her situation is, weather she is behind the lines or in the thick of it. I still think of my young friend often, and pray for her safety.

I spent some time with my favorite cousin, Peggy, this last weekend. I hadn’t seen her in years, but we still really like to spend time together. I was able to do some healing work on her too.

I really like doing healing work, but I don’t do so much these days since I’m not settled anywhere. Right now I am in Texas near where I grew up. Most of my family isn’t interested in having me work on them, probably because they remember me as that brat kid. At least I can do something for my mother and cousin.

Peggy is pretty interested in the work I do, so I talked about natural healing, one of my favorite subjects. She thought it would be a good idea if I were to write up some of the things I talked about with her. She said that people would be interested in that kind of story.

So, I will try a couple and see what the response is. Let me know in the comments if you’d like stories about healing, the interesting ones, some of which are really amazing.