Just before my 30th birthday I had a traumatic event that changed my life forever.

It all started one Monday morning. I had been training a new team member at one of our Chiropractic clinics and I just did not feel good, I actually felt really awful. I had to keep telling myself “do not pass out” and I could tell I was getting physically weak. I decided to leave. I told the staff I really wasn’t well and needed to leave. I got in my car and started heading home without hesitation. I was in Chicago, and my home was over two hours away, so it was not going to be a short ride home.

Not long after leaving, my symptoms grew worse. My body started to go numb. I was having trouble breathing and trouble focusing. I broke out into a cold sweat and felt a tingling sensation in my hands, neck, and face. My heart was racing. Whatever was happening, I couldn’t shake it off.

I pulled over on the side of the freeway. I was afraid that I was having a heart attack or a stroke. My symptoms didn’t subside. So I decided to call 911.

They arrived in minutes and took me by ambulance straight to the hospital. They admitted me and hooked me up to an IV because they said I was very dehydrated. They ran tests and performed blood work. Several hours later, they could find nothing wrong with me! I had the flu several days before this happened, so they concluded that it was just dehydration and a low-grade fever. They monitored me for a couple of hours and sent me on my way.

Fast forward 18 months, and my symptoms continued; in fact, I had gotten worse – I was bedridden. I was so debilitated that I was not able to leave my house and was not able to help raise our four children, with the youngest being three-year-old twins. I was beyond devastated.

I continued searching for answers, and during this time, it felt like a lifetime! I tried all traditional Western medicine doctors and treated them with specialists, including an Endocrinologist, an Internist, a Gastroenterologist, and more.