Julie Harvey
After years of feeling increasingly tired, weak, depressed, brain fogged and plagued with three day debilitating headaches each month, I was finally diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis in 2003. At last I had a name for this growing collection of symptoms. My thyroid antibodies measured 2,600 (normal is under 60 in NZ and under 20 in USA). I was told there is no cure, no magic pill, you just have to manage it. With the wisdom of hindsight, my symptoms actually started when I was a teenager and is all too common unfortunately.
Research
As I began to research, it became clear that if I didn’t learn to manage this, I could look forward to one or more autoimmune diseases and/or cancer. Nice. So I read everything I could absorb with a brain that wasn’t functioning very well. I have many books lined with highlighter ink. Lists became necessary to thwart a brain that had days so bad I could forget what I was going to do by the time I stood up. I watched a lot of webinars about the immune system, thyroid, hashimotos, gut health, likely root causes, toxins, nutrition, exercise, parasites, sleep, MTHFR, epi-genetics, fluoride, stress, heavy metals, EMF sensitivity, emotions, hormones, plastics, household cleaners, flame retardants, vaccines, histamine, dairy and gluten intolerances.
Cell health
I understood about cell membrane health and knew this was an issue for me as detoxing was problematic and I always seemed nutrient deficient. I worked on the emotional side with journey work and the depression lifted. My Doctor suggested I go gluten free, have my amalgam fillings replaced and start supplements, which I did. I started to feel better with a bit more energy and bodily relief from mercury removal, but I still had a lot of symptoms. I removed dairy as well and started the Autoimmune Paleo diet. My world of food shrank to bare basics, but I learned a lot. I had lost the ability to tolerate alcohol years ago, smoke and caffeine gave me an instant headache, gluten would make me pass out for an hour and turns out I am also sensitive to EMF’s as well. I felt like a canary in a coal mine and it wasn’t fair. There were a few more improvements, but not what I was aiming for and I was taking a lot of supplements which I still felt weren’t reaching the desired destination. Think expensive pee!
Energy
I had to give up a lot of enjoyable activities because there was no energy to spare. If I did too much (think a 20 minute walk and vacuuming) I would pay for it for the next two days. Stress was a big trigger and barrier to healing, so I got used to a very quiet life. My weight varied 4kg each month and wouldn’t budge beyond a certain point, my voice was hoarse, hair still falling out and I still had debilitating headaches and fatigue each month. My brain felt like I was watching my body in permanent slow-mo. I also have the C677T MTHFR gene (50% of people have 1 variation of MTHFR) which makes detoxing problematic and 40% less effective than the rest of the population. Thankfully that isn’t the worst variety MTHFR has to offer. So the metals had to be detoxed safely and at a rate my system could cope with. I worked with naturopaths and tried toxaprevent twice which was still too harsh for my system. It took a long time to find the right detox solution for me. I wished there was something I could just stick my finger in and it would tell me what on earth was going on.
Detoxing
I tried bioresonance with a practitioner which was great, but slow, inconvenient and very expensive. I found an energy intuitive who uses homeopathy and could see what was going on in my body and more importantly could also do something about it. A few years into my gentle detox and DNA healing, the brain fog finally lifted and the headaches started to lessen in intensity, but my brain was still slow, body still tired easily and I had no resilience to stress. I was still taking a lot of supplements and I still felt quarter dead which is better than half dead.
Frequencies
Then I came across a personal bioresonance device that I could put my finger on and scan the frequencies my body needed to harmonise and send them to me (the universe was listening!). It could create more energy, let more nutrients in, let more toxins out and remove some of the guess work. It sounded way too good to be true, but it wasn’t the craziest thing I had tried. I was pretty skeptical especially about the EMF side of things so I went and did more research. Turns out it is very low intensity bluetooth and my system can handle it. There was a 2 week return policy, so I took a chance. After three days I knew it was a keeper. I have been using it since June 2020, I barely need 1/2 of the supplements I was taking, my brain is sharper, my voice is clear, I now tolerate temperature changes, my short range eye sight improved, skin is clearer, weight has stabilised and starting to drop, my healing and detoxing has sped up and after 2 years the headaches have reduced to 1.5 days and are barely noticeable. Finally my thyroid antibody levels are under 30!. I now have the energy most people take for granted, I feel less afraid and I feel alive again. I am still working on a few other things, but this little device has made such a big difference to my life so far – it’s a game changer – I have my brain back! I can’t wait to see what else it can do and how many other people it can help.