| Bonnie's Story: Ulcerative Colitis On April 1, 2011 it will be my one year anniversary since I first contacted Russell Mariani. When I tell others about how sick I was and how much he helped me, I tell them, "Russell gave me my life back!” My husband and I live in Texas and I just turned 55 a few weeks ago. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when I was 30, but the symptoms and I'm sure the disease, have been around since I was 16 or17 years old. After my initial diagnosis and a few years of taking doctor prescribed drugs, I pulled myself off of everything. I researched UC, but found nothing much to help, other than controlling stress. I went wheat free about 10 years ago and found that helped a lot. But in January of 2010 my world fell apart. My colitis flared up horribly. In less than 3 months I went from 110 pounds to 90 pounds. I was having bowel movements sometimes 15-20 times a day. Nothing stayed inside me. My mental clarity was gone. I hurt all the time and it was almost unbearable to be at work for 3 days a week. I worked outside the home and it was difficult to take care of my mini-farm of 15 acres, cows, chickens, dogs and cats. Every day it took me forever to get moving in the morning and I would feel just okay until I ate; then the day went downhill. I found a diet online that was supposed to help. I bought the book, changed my entire eating habits, and tried that for over 2 months. The first month it seemed to help, then it went downhill fast. I got so scared that I finally made an appointment with a “real” doctor; a gastroenterologist. I hadn't been to a doctor in over 20 years but at this point I thought I was dying. The visit turned out to be expensive and unhelpful. They offered no answers but to schedule a colonoscopy. Their answer to everything is drugs, diagnostic or testing procedures or surgery. I caved and scheduled the appointment. Then by some miracle I saw Russell's name mentioned on the online forum for the diet I mentioned above. I googled him, read his entire website, ordered his book immediately and emailed him about my issues. We set up a consultation phone call for the following week. After the initial conversation with him I felt better already; like there was hope. I cancelled my colonoscopy (not at any urging from Russell BTW) and decided my money would be better spent with Russell. It was! I started the program that same week. I ordered the cleanses he suggested and started right away. It was amazing. In 3 days my bowel movements were down to 2-3 a day and almost normal. The following weeks I continued with the different cleanses and started taking some supplements. I had started following his suggestions in his book before talking to him and soon implemented everything he suggested eating and not eating. I went a long time without certain foods that I used to crave but unbeknownst to me, they were some of the foods causing so much trouble. I still have not had a potato chip. It's been a year now. I don't miss them. I eat a lot of rice and that has been the saving food for me. Fortunately I loved rice anyways, so it wasn't hard. I still feel my body is healing, but I have gotten to the point where I can and do, eat everything, wheat/gluten food included. The first time I had a hamburger at work, with the bun, that was when I felt I had my life back again. It is not just food, there are lots of mindset issues I still need work on; like not eating in the car and taking time to sit down and eat slowly and chew thoroughly. I still have some problems with certain foods, so I eat them sparingly. I drink lots of water with the right amount of seasalt! And I joined a health club and went to my first workout last evening. Wow! To be able to work out for over an hour and feel great afterwards! Thanks Russell! Bonnie in Texas (age 55) Farmer and Entrepreneur Updated in March, 2011 |
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