Real People, Real Stories: Alicia’s Story

You may notice this kind of post is new to Just Enjoy Food. I want to start a regular or semi-regular posting of healing journeys. Real people, real stories. This has been on my heart a lot to share testimonies of physical, mental and emotional healing in people’s lives. I believe we all have a story to tell. Why not use it for encouraging others? I am honored to share Alicia’s story!

One of my dear friends and coworkers Alicia has been on quite the healing journey. It’s been one that has an amazing ending: a healthy pregnancy! I have known Alicia for around 4 years now. I have watched her every step through all of this and I have to say she has come out it triumphantly and has grown into an amazing sister in Christ, joyful woman and wonderful wifey. (And soon to be momma!). Her story is one of hope and she came to me feeling like she needed to share her story with others. I knew this needed to be on Just Enjoy Food! Why not share this story with others… many of you are going to be touched by it because you can relate so closely to it. Alicia is opening her heart and putting her story out there. As we say, pain to purpose. Her pain = purpose in her life and to touch others lives too. To give you an introduction to her story, it is one that required a lot of hard work. She let Dr. Suzy and I walk her through intense protocols and she worked at them. She also went through about 2 years of cleansing and detoxing prior to this too. She’s committed and a warrior for wellness. The protocols she went through are the healing protocols that I am trained to do and do daily in our practice.  Her protocols are specific and customized and as you will read, she gives no specifics. That is mainly because doing what she has done needs to be done under the supervision of a trained doctor or practitioner. If you relate to Alicia’s story in any way, please contact me for more information on health coaching.  

As I write this I’m being overcome by joy filled tears…  This Bible verse was the only thing I focused on through out my journey.

“The thief comes to steal kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
-John 10:10 

21 months ago I never thought I would have gone through the most emotional, spiritual, and physically exhausting times of my life.  I just married the man of my dreams, we had the sweetest puppy, a beautiful home, wonderful jobs, and family and friends that loved us.  My hubby and I were ready for the next step; a baby. Or so we thought. Instead we started a journey.

Fast forward 7 months and no baby, many negative tests, sadness, frustration and guilt.  You see, I know that those little silver fillings that filled my mouth could really effect a baby, my babies babies, my health now and my health down the road. (Silver fillings, or amalgams contain 50% mercury and are a major source of toxicity in our bodies). Did I care? No!  I wanted a baby and so did my husband.  My friend, colleague, and sister on mission Dr. Suzy listened to me and told me to take a hormone saliva test. We needed to see where my hormone levels were at. This would give me my progesterone levels, which came back terrifying: 27. A healthy progesterone level should be between 75-270.  What caused this for me?  Those little silver fillings called amalgams, in which I had 12, were pushing any progesterone I had straight out the door. In doing research on my own I found out low progesterone will not allow you to carry a baby or at least won’t allow your to carry full term. Now I had truth in front of me, sitting in my email inbox.  All I could do was cry into my husband’s tear soaked T-shirt. Next Dr. Suzy told me to take a heavy metal urine test (something we use to determine possibly heavy metals within the body we use often in practice).  Within the next week I had it done and received results. The results were truly confirmation what we knew all along.  High mercury and high lead. Now I had results on paper in front of me.

Not being able to have a baby wasn’t my only side effect.  I had terrible freak-outs, some people call them crazies for absolutely no reason and they were mostly thrown at my sweet husband.  I knew he knew I was still in here, but I was a mess on the outside and getting worse day by day.  I had thoughts he may leave me and that terrified me even more.  Luckily I have an amazing husband that will let me get my thoughts, fears and anxiety in the open, but sometimes I wanted advice and he didn’t know that advice.  Heck who would have advice for me?  I didn’t know anyone who had been through this.  I had lunch with friends and I told them what I was going through.  They couldn’t relate and asked if I had been to my OBGYN.  Of course I have!  Test after test of routine blood tests came back normal, but no one ever thought to give me a progesterone test to take.

I knew these fillings had to come out, but all I could think about was where was this money going to come from?  All I knew was that I needed was to go to God and He would lead the way.

All of a sudden things fell into place and I was prepping my body (with supplements) for my first visit to the biological dentist to have these silver nightmares taken out of my mouth.  One month later the rest came out.

Okay are you ready for this? 

The moment that last filling came out I swear the colors were brighter and I had a sense of calm that I hadn’t had in so long. I felt like I could breathe again.  I knew I had a long road ahead of me with clearing the metals from my body. I also knew at times I was going to feel really good and at times I was going to feel really bad.  Detoxing this stuff out is not flowers and sunshine.  I had many emotional days, but I can tell you this, my spirit became open, lighter and I was able to sense things I hadn’t been able to before.  I was clinging to The Lord with every ounce in me.  I wanted to learn more about Him, know more about what He wants for me, know more about what He has in store for me. I had another question: Was my journey going to help others out there?  Every day I opened my devotional I felt like the message in front of me was meant for me that day for a specific purpose.

I remember telling my sister-in-law Paige about this journey I was about to head into, thinking that she is going to think I’m nuts (which trust me, some days I thought I was), but instead it brought us closer.  She knew on days I wasn’t doing well what to say to just get me to calm down.  I remember being at a wedding on a hot August day under a tent with what seemed like a million people, voices echoing, people bumping into me (I thought I might pass out) and she looked at me and said, “Are you okay.”  She found me a spot to sit and got me a water.  It’s like she knew.

That summer was hard on me.  It seamed like everyone was having babies but me.  Even people that didn’t want babies were having babies.  I thought, why? Why am I being put through this?  Now I know why…for this reason…for this very reason…someone out there is reading this, someone who’s story sounds just like mine.

(wiping some tears…okay I’m ready)

There was a time in the summer where Dr. Suzy, Dr. Meghan and I were at a seminar in Utah.  There was an afternoon where we got to go out for a fun Utah activity. We were with a pretty big group of doctors and naturopaths and our activity was going to a beautiful lake overlooking the mountains to paddle board, swim and have fun. We were on the beach talking with a naturopath and I told her the journey I was on. She put her hands on my womb while Dr. Suzy and Dr. Meghan had their hands on me too and prayed over me.  I had tears rolling down my face.  I felt The Lord that night on that beach.

Six to seven months passed and there were tough days filled with uncertainties, little fungal and bacterial things snuck up where Dr. Meghan (bless her heart) would test me for the things I needed and was there when I needed support.  Meanwhile I kept on my journey of chelation and things slowly got better.  6 months later I took my follow up heavy metal test to see where I was at.  We were headed to Florida on vacation.  Dr. Suzy told me she would send my results via email as soon as she got them.  On day 3 I woke up and there was an email from Dr. Suzy.  My mercury was in the green, which means that it was clear of my body! It was confirmation I was on the right path.

One day in January I was feeling really healthy (and was drinking a yummy cup of coffee at the office) and a sweet patient and I started talking about flower essences, her studies and other herbal supplements/ support. We got to talking about my story.  She asked if I had grown up learning and thinking that sex is bad and I said yes.  I had studied and knew emotions could block emotions and affect a lot of things in our lives.  She told me about other people that had taken the flower essence Easter Lily and within a few months these healthy women would get pregnant.  This sweet patient of ours brought me Easter Lily and told me how to take it.  Within two months of finding out my mercury level was low and 2 weeks of taking Easter Lily I took a pregnancy test and it was POSITIVE!

I can’t tell you how scared I was the day that pregnancy test was positive.  I can tell you I’m elated, still scared and comforted to know that God has my back.  If I didn’t listen to my own instincts and just keep letting those ugly thoughts keep me from doing what I knew was right, I don’t think I would have done all of this and be where I am today.  This was a test; big one and now I feel like I can help other people going through the same or different things look to The Lord for support and trust in him.  I did get through it and I know someone out there needs this to know they can too.

My prayers go out to you.  All those seeking truth, compassion, and support.

As I write this I am halfway through my pregnancy: 21 weeks. It has been an extremely healthy pregnancy which is another major blessing and praise report to God. I can say confidently I owe that to prepping my body the way I did before getting pregnant.

I will bless you and keep you, making My face shine upon you graciously, giving you Peace.
-Numbers 6:24-26

 

 Does Alicia’s story sound something like yours? Or are you still in the middle of it?

I believe our bodies were created to heal.

I also believe we were created for abundant health.

It’s not always easy starting a healing journey and we often times need help. The protocols Alicia did for her amalgam removal and her metal detox are very specify protocols and dangerous without having someone who has the knowledge of how to prepare the body and properly (and safely) remove amalgams and detox mercury and lead.

I am a big proponent of having a health coach. I have a health coach. Please Contact Me for more information on how to set up a complimentary call for more information on how to get started.

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