Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and in pain? Why are so many of us suffering with chronic Lyme disease, autoimmune disease and troubling or bizarre symptoms that affect our daily life and work? What is causing so many of us, even children and teens to fall prey to these symptoms and illnesses?
Most of us are told its either genetic, rare, a syndrome of some sort, unexplainable, or just stress related. We are left with only drugs that suppress symptoms, and many times not all that well. I don’t know about you but as a person who suffered almost 2 decades, I wanted to know WHY my body was so sick. NOTHING was suppressing my symptoms. I was just told there was nothing that could be done but to give me an anti depressant. I was so deflated. I knew I was really sick- something was really wrong. This was not just depression. Even if it was I couldn’t go on living with all the fatigue, pain, digestive disorders and many other symptoms that I was being told I basically brought on myself. On the best of days I could push through the symptoms with a smile plastered on my face but on the inside I Was praying for death daily. I really could not imagine going on like this for the rest of my life. This was no life at all. Over the years I have learned there are 100’s of thousands of people out there with these same symptoms. In my practice in Norwood Ohio It never ceases to amaze me how many people including children, teens and young adults have so many of the same symptoms I once had- and they too are given mostly psychiatric or syndrome type diagnoses. I have to tell you with most of us going about life as usual and not looking at our lifestyle, these types of illnesses are going to keep skyrocketing .
What I have learned from my formal education as well as my own experience and research is that before I got well, myself and so many of you out there suffered with chronic lyme, autoimmune and troubling symptoms because our bodies are INFLAMED. What does that mean? IT means that we have an ongoing “fire” burning inside our immune system . Our immune systems are producing autoimmune antibodies, inflammatory cytokines and general inflammation in our cells and tissues. Sometimes this inflammation can be picked up on blood tests many times it isn’t . Besides looking for autoimmune markers in your body, standard testing that is actually showing doctors the level of sickness and inflammation in our cells and tissues is still evolving. Many times it’s not visible on X Rays or CAT scans and MRI’s. But pioneering doctors scientists and researchers are telling us that out of control ongoing inflammation is behind most all of the symptoms of chronic illness and troubling ongoing symptoms. Inflammation in muscles is causing Fibromyalgia pain and non healing injuries. Inflammation in the tissues and cells of the brain cause psychiatric illness, anxiety and depression, OCD and brain fog, visual problems tinnitus and many other symptoms. Inflammation in your intestines is causing IBS, Crohns and Colitis, heartburn and reflux, many allergies, MAST CELL DISORDER, hormonal imbalances, and many other problems. Inflammation in your sinuses causing frequent sinus infections, and inflammation and congestion in your liver and lymphatic system is causing all sorts of issues!!
But what on earth is making our bodies so inflamed? What is making our body create autoimmune antibodies against our own organs and tissues? Why would our body attack itself? WE are told that this is just the nature of the disease. Its genetic, or just unexplainable. All we can do it try and stop the symptoms. IT seems hopeless, scary, and depressing. What if I told you that we are learning the actual reason why our bodies are attacking organs and tissues and why our bodies wont fight Lyme disease and parasites? Why our bodies are so inflamed and cant heal properly. Why we feel so crappy all the time and cant get any real answers. As much as I’d like to tell you there is ONE reason, its not quite that simple. The reasons for each of us can be a little different but the doctors and practitioners out here who are helping people turn their lives around are all saying the same things. That ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, CHRONIC STEALTH INFECTIONS, mold and mycotoxins, foods, electromagnetic radiation and emotional trauma are behind the reason that our cells and tissues stay inflamed and wont seem to get better.
The toxins tend to come first, accumulating in our cells and tissues and set up camp for Lyme, parasites, viruses, candida, and mold to grow and thrive. These things set in motion hormonal imbalances, food sensitivities and allergies, poor digestion, liver and lymph congestion, and out of control inflammation and tissue damage. Wow this makes for a comfortable lush home for Lyme and parasites, viruses and fungal organisms to thrive and grow in. This is why just taking antibiotics won’t always restore the health of so many people with chronic Lyme disease. All of these various road blocks must be addressed in order for the sufferer to start making the long journey back to health. And even when we know that certain infectious agents contribute to various autoimmune illnesses, taking antibiotics alone won’t turn things around. Although I have to tell you I’ve had my share of clients with autoimmune illnesses tell me that when they got antibiotics for other reasons, many of their autoimmune symptoms got better! However once they go off the antibiotics the symptoms come right back. Then they are really confused. In the next 4- 5 blogs I am going to go into more detail about these toxins that I have mentioned several times now, and how they set us up for ongoing inflammation and prevent us from recovering.
What we do at Foundations Wellness Coaching is first and foremost help people look for what their particular road blocks and root causes are . WE work hard and helping people know how to change their life style and diet in order to calm down autoimmune antibodies and reduce that fire burning in their immune systems. Many people have already made so much progress against their life time of symptoms! Some feel 90-150% better, others are still in progress. Stay tuned and you will learn about many things you can do at home to help yourself reverse chronic lyme, autoimmune illness and troubling symptoms.