Many of you are loyal and interested subscribers - some have been with me for 15 years! THANK YOU to those of you are have been so loyal!
Those of you who don’t know me so well - I pride myself on trying to bring the latest and greatest information I have come across that might help you or someone you know in a significant way.
Well my latest find is very interesting! And I hope will bring great relief and joy to many of you! And if not you - then someone you know! Please, please share this information with as many people as you can - on Facebook - anywhere it could help someone!
But first….a little about my history.
Recently I visited beautiful Tasmania for a speaking engagement. When I graduated from University, I went straight to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania and met my first love! We were living together and the house we lived in was still there! Below is a photo of it! It’s exactly the same 35 years later! Probably the most stable thing in my life! LOL!
Firstly that gave me a sense of nostalgia as the memories flooded back and secondly it reminded me of one of the sickest times in my life.
I was so exhausted at 23 that I would leave a job I loved (physical therapy) at the end of the day, go home and sob in the shower for 30 minutes and collapse exhausted into bed. I was too tired to eat. Doctors said it was in my head!! Tests showed nothing.
When my partner developed ulcers up and down his throat and other symptoms, the doctors tested him and said ‘oh, you have Glandular Fever (GF) also known as Mononucleosis (Mono). When he told them he was living with me, they said ‘oh she needs to be tested as she is likely to have it too!’
This disorder is caused by the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) which can only be detected when you have an acute infection period. Otherwise, blood tests just show you have had it and doctors assume it is harmless.
Of course, I had it and had given it to him! It took me over a year to recover - or more. And they, at the time said there was nothing to be done.
YOU MUST DO SOMETHING TO ELIMINATE IT FROM YOUR SYSTEM….
Once you have had it, if you don’t get rid of the EBV virus, it sits in your system slowly multiplying until your immune system is compromised and then it comes out in one form or another. This is what happened to me. Luckily now I know how to clear it from my system.
Fast forward 30 years and I am living in the USA, traveling an outrageous amount within the USA and flying to and from Australia to visit my sick Mum and new fiancé, and I became ill again. In a very similar way. But 30 years later, I didn’t really link the two.
A similar pattern emerged, doctors saying there was nothing wrong until one day I found a naturopathic doctor who said ‘I think you have Lyme Disease.’
At last, I didn’t feel insane or stupid! I knew something was wrong but I just didn’t know what it was. Tests showed spirochetes in my blood but I had not been bitten by a tick or mosquito where I had a bulls eye rash. But I was so happy to have a reason for my malaise I did the treatments suggested.
Stay with me - there is a reason for this story and it may just change your life - especially if you have ever had - or known you had - or know someone who has had - Mono or GF.
Our front door in Hobart!
ON NO IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN.
So now I am in the USA and many things were happening in my body….menopause had started (and I was young!), I was exhausted all the time; not sleeping well; waking up exhausted; had strange joint aches and pains, memory problems, brain fog, low libido, no energy etc etc.
I didn’t go the traditional route for treatment of Lyme and after years of different things I found a way to clear most of the symptoms but by now I was having hot flashes every night, every two hours and that went on for 7 years!
Now fast forward to today. Living in Australia. With most of my symptoms gone, my memory is still not what it used to be and I am still having the hot flashes and waking almost every 2 hours - which means I never sleep well and still wake up tired! People say it’s just menopause but I now know it’s not!
I have done many, many things to find a way to restore my hormonal balance and adrenals and brain and was making slow progress in this area until……
THE ‘MIRACLE' BOOK!
I found what I am writing this newsletter about!
A book called The Medical Medium. If you know anyone who has had GF or Mono; anyone with thyroid problems; gut issues; brain issues; chronic fatigue; MS; rheumatoid arthritis; any neurological disorder; pain; adrenal exhaustion; hormonal issues; heart arhythmias; or some sort of chronic ‘mystery’ condition that no one really knows the cause of it will be worth them reading this book!
It’s by Anthony Williams who is an author from Hay House with an extraordinary history. His book taught me that I didn’t have Lyme Disease - I had an Epstein Barr Virus flare up. And I am still suffering from the impact of it!
I am now convinced IT is the cause of every symptom I have had. It causes the spirochetes in the blood that were seen - typically they are only associate with Lyme. It has caused all the menopausal symptoms going on for so long; the locked jaw; the bladder issues; (sorry - too much info!!!); my memory loss; low energy and libido and my sleeping issues.
See, the EBV multiplies and gets fed by certain foods we eat and damages the liver, adrenals, and in particular the nervous system and brain by way of the neurotoxins the EBV produces. It gets into every cell in the body given long enough!
The good news is that he gives you a way to clear your body of EBV.
TO CLEAR YOURSELF
In summary, he advocates herbs and food (a 28 day diet) which is great because you can easily get both!
Apparently, the EBV actually lives on certain types of food we eat - like eggs, dairy (especially cheese!), gluten, corn and canola oil (which is in about everything you buy in a supermarket!).
Foods like celery, cilantro (coriander), lao vera, mangoes, asparagus, change mushrooms, cucumber juice, bananas, raw spinach, ginger, avocado, sweet potatoes all serve to clear the effects of the virus and stop feeding it. Apples starve EBV. Wild blueberries are powerful against it. He says starting the day with a glass of celery juice - I have done it and it’s quite refreshing - actually restores the damage done to our guts by EBV.
So if you try this diet, take the herbs he recommends, rest so your immune system can recover and do other things that make you feel joyful which help your immune system, you stop feeding the EBV encouraging it to multiply and boost your compromised immune system so it can fight as well - you may notice massive changes!
I have had this for a very long time and can now see the pattern over the years; it will take longer than 28 days for my EBV to clear but I am on the path. For those of you who have had symptoms for a long time, it may take you a long time too - but it’s worth it. It took years to develop so it may take one or two to go finally - but at least you will be feeling much better along the way!
I have stopped all eggs, dairy and gluten and the other foods and I have not felt great as it’s a detox process as they die off. But I know it will improve. I am taking homeopathics and herbs and resting (sort of!!); I am doing more work on my emotions and spiritual side - I am determined to clear this once and for all!
I feel great because I now know what beast I am battling and it won’t hold me back any longer!
Imagine how much energy I will have when my body is clear of it! LOL Look out world!!
I hope this has been a useful post for you - let me know if you need any more information! I have a few resources that might be of value for you as well!
Zooties,
Amanda
P.S. ANOTHER BIT OF INFORMATION YOU MIGHT FIND USEFUL - MENTAL HEALTH OR POST TRAUMA ISSUES
A very dear friend of mine, Judith Richards told me today that ... ‘It was World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September.’ And then she told me of a horrifying statistic.
in Australia, suicide is the number one killer in people aged 15 to 44, claiming more lives than cancer, car crashes and various diseases. ABS 2014
If you, or anyone you know, is a mental health practitioner with an interest in preventing suicide, or in resolving the issues which lead to suicide - trauma, anxiety, depression etc., or dealing with people who have suffered trauma in the past - and dealing with these issues in a faster, more effective, safer way, then tell them of TRTP, the technique that she created after a history that most of you would not believe. I know it’s true and still have trouble comprehending it.
I have first hand experience of the difference this technique makes.
She is an extraordinary person doing amazing work. Her technique REALLY works. The stories she has told me are nothing short of what we could call ‘miraculous’ yet she and her practitioners are getting those results every day.
The Richards Trauma Process (TRTP) is being used by medical doctors, psychologists, counsellors, hypnotherapists, nurses, paramedics etc., across Australia, to resolve these major mental health or trauma induced issues.
There are 2 webinars this week, giving an outline of TRTP and why it is so effective. On these webinars, the first steps of TRTP will be presented in detail, giving attendees tools to be immediately more effective, in whatever therapy they use.
To register, copy and paste this address:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/773c00e68e03784f8c34be5db4a05ad8
The next student intake for the full trauma training program using TRTP will be in October. For further details, click here: judithrichards.com.au/training
PPS. Trauma includes childhood abuse that leads to many of the mental health issues of today. 1 in 3 people are abused as children in some way. EEEEK.
