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After my lab tests and initial intake, I was sitting in a meeting with my team. We heard a
knock on the door and my nurse opened it and came in saying, “Um we have an emer-
gency STAT and need to send her to the hospital.”
My parents were called by my physician and told “You got her here just in time. She
didn’t have another day.”
I didn’t know that part at the time, but Dr. Mehler sure reminded me any time he saw
me that I was a lucky woman and needed to thank the Big Man Upstairs.
After doing every test possible to determine the best course of action, one of my doc-
tors, “Dr. G” came into my room and sat next to me on my bed. She said, “If you were
my sister, I would want what is best for you. Surgery is our best option. I’ve hand
picked your surgeon and we’re getting a plan ready.”
Tears rolled down my cheeks. Part of it was the feeling of failure. That I somehow
hadn’t done enough to make myself healthy without medical intervention. Part of it
was a relief.
Surgery went well. It was experimental because none of the tests could give them a
clear image of what they
were going to find. I had
been told they may have
to take out as much as
18 feet of my intestines.
After examining my gut
inch by inch, what the
surgeons discovered was
that what was sick was
REALLY sick. They used
a little balloon much like
they do for heart surgery
to determine what areas
to operate on. In four areas, no little bit of air could even pass through. NO WONDER
I COULDN’T KEEP FOOD DOWN!!! It literally had nowhere to go but back up. And that
explained why I ballooned up to look like I was 9 months pregnant (my stomach was
15 inches in diameter at one time). I could start to forgive myself and accept my “new”
body.
The other thing they found out was that the intestine that was healthy was “pristine”.
All of the natural things I had been doing WERE helping!
One of the greatest gifts that came from the hospital was releasing my greatest fear:
surgery. If I could get through all of that, why couldn’t I create my own business like I
had dreamed for so many years?
After 4 months in the hospital and treatment, I moved in with my parents. Ideal for a
40 year old woman (not!) And what a gift to have parents who were willing to let me get
back on my feet and figure things out.
A lot of healing has taken place in the last 3 years.
I’ve established my Holistic Health Coaching to help busy women who are at the point
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