my journey
CHRONIC MYSTERIOUS SYMPTOMS
Do you or someone you know or love suffer from chronic mysterious health symptoms?
Are you tired of being sick? Do you have chronic symptoms in multiple systems in your body that seem to mysteriously come and go—are debilitating one day and not so bad the next? Chronic GI issues, sinus problems, respiratory problems, skin issues, chronic fatigue, brain fog, ADHD? Have you tried multiple diets, even the top-rated Anti-Inflammatory Diets, to feel better but nothing seems to consistently work even if it helps reduce some symptoms a little bit at times or even a lot, but then symptoms return or get worse?
Do your doctors think you are crazy or say: "Maybe it’s all in your head?” Maybe they give you a prescription to address your indigestion, sinusitis, rash, acne, IBS, etc., but these meds only relieve or mask your symptoms, leaving the root cause to fester? Do family members or friends think you are overreacting to your health issues, too sensitive, lazy, crazy, or just depressed?
This describes my life experience until I was 54. After 35+ years of trying to “feel better”, working hard with so many different doctors to dig deep and figure out why I was always sick, tracking my symptoms, food, health habits, etc., and persistently advocating for myself, my immunologist solved the mystery, FINALLY giving me an answer to my health riddle at an appointment in April of 2017. Too much histamine was causing my problems! I have been living “Histamine Friendly” since and I AM THRIVING!
Why didn’t someone tell me my organic spinach, tomatoes, avocado, yogurt, leftovers and fermented foods were killing me?
I adopted a Low Histamine Diet and Lifestyle and my Quality of Life improved greatly! A couple of years later, I was also diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), of which Histamine Intolerance (HIT) is a “subset”. Why had I never heard of either prior, despite the time, effort and persistence I put into getting to the root cause(s) of my poor health? Great question! HIT and MCAS are newly recognized conditions that are under diagnosed, under recognized and under researched. They are not new conditions, but in the US alone, due to the “typical American diet”, the chemicals we are spraying on our food, the dyes, sugars and chemicals we are putting in our foods, the “conditions” in which our meat and poultry are raised, along with increased toxins in our environment, the % of people with these conditions is on the rise, significantly! It is currently estimated that 17-25% of the population has MCAS!
HIT & MCAS can affect every system in the human body. And that is exactly what was happening to me. Learning how to get my symptoms under control, and in some cases, eliminate them, was life-changing!
Since April of 2017, I have made it my Mission, To RAISE AWARENESS and EDUCATE the Public about HIT & MCAS, PROVIDE a Blueprint for Diet, Personal Hygiene Products, Environmental Factors and Medical Care Choices in order to Thrive with HIT or MCAS, and to ADVOCATE for Healthy Change in the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Insurance and Food Industries, as well as, in our Education System.
Let's Get YOU on the road to Optimal Health!
