From a very young age, I was sick. I had to stay home from kindergarten about every month from stomach problems. By the time I got to middle school, I had reoccurring stomach pains that not a single doctor could explain. I saw every specialist under the sun by the time I was in high school. No solutions for the horrible pain or migraines that I gradually experienced every day. I turned to drugs and alcohol at 15 years old to mask my pain. Although I was not actually conscious of how bad the pain really was. I began to crave alcohol during the school week and lived for the weekends that I could numb myself with my friends.

When I was 19 years old, I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and a gluten allergy. I was put on clonopins, metoprolol, and a gluten free diet. I experienced some relief, but still struggled. After searching the internet, I finally came across what was going on with my body. I had a dysfunctional ileocecal valve and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). I was so relieved to be enlightened of my problem and made an appointment with a Gastroenterologist as I thought I should. After telling the doctor what I believed I had going on, his response was, “You would be severely overweight or dead if you had that going on.” I left there with miralax and no solutions.

By the age of 24, I was in my last year of college and was juicing most of my meals to prevent being sick and in pain. I avoided sugar, bread, dairy, grains, & caffeine. My life revolved around Jesus and what I was going to eat to stay well. I spent hours at the grocery store reading every ingredient and looking up the ones I didn’t know. As I continued to pray and seek answers, I was brought to this Scripture in James 5, “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord (14).” I was working for a Methodist church at the time, so I brought it to my pastor. To my surprise, he pulled out anointing oil and suggested that we gather up the staff to pray for me. While we prayed I wondered if their faith was strong enough to heal me.

That next week, I was on YouTube and came across a Maimonides chiropractor who was reseting her client’s ileocecal valves. I freaked out then reached out to her on Facebook. She connected me to a database to find someone nearby that could help me (find link below). I quickly made an appointment at the Applied Kinesiology Center in Atlanta. After seeing Dr. Svein for 1.5 hours, he reset my entire body through chiropractic and applied kinesiology. When I stood up from our session, I was out of pain for the first time I could remember. I had a feeling that I was healed. I went to Chipotle and had corn, sour cream, tortilla chips, cheese, etc. No issues.

I am now 30 years old, and I have never had the horrible stomach pain that I once learned to live with. I do not suffer from migraines anymore. I can eat whatever I choose, and I am healthy as can be! I prayed for many years for God to heal me. He kept telling me to trust Him that He was teaching me something in the process. Thank You, Jesus, for Your faithfulness!

“But he was pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

and by his wounds we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:5