Picture 1: The bullseye rash that appeared mid treatment - Just because you never got a bullseye rash doesn't mean it's not Lyme disease, the rash may come at a later date!

Picture 2: The mysterious scratch like rashes that appeared all over my arms and legs

Picture 3: Excessive histamine responses caused mosquito bites to swell and nearly cover my whole kneecap!)

After 1 year of treatment, I managed to clear my body of mycotoxins and was feeling more balanced. I started focusing more on parasites, heavy metals, borrelia and co infections, autoimmunity, my severely damaged gut and immune system balancing. I learnt that clearing mould and focusing on immunity MUST come before treating Lyme Disease and other health issues. If you are attempting to heal Lyme Disease, parasites, candida etc without clearing mould first, the chances of you having good health and making fast progress are slim!

Day by day I got better and better. Although I saw great improvement, the PTSD that came along with this illness was devastating. Trying to forget and move on from what I had been through was not easy. I was called 'OCD', 'obsessive' and 'a health freak' many times. I was afraid to leave my house incase I came into contact with mould, or got bitten by another tick, or picked up another parasite. Through the help of DNRS, meditation and coaching, I realised the reality that I was never going to avoid these things, I just had to strengthen my body to prevent them affecting me! So that's what I focused on. Meditation and DNRS helped me let go of what I had been through, and to see it as something positive (after all, I would not have my amazing job or understand how to properly look after my body if it was not for getting sick).

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Upon reflection, I discovered my illness had been manifesting for a very long time. Many expect to get better overnight, yet don't realise getting sick is a real chore and takes YEARS of toxic buildup. When I look back I realise my sickness was a combination of many things including eating a typical western diet, suppressed emotions, drinking tap water, travelling and picking up infections, eating lots of raw fish, living in mould, having vaccinations, high stress job, poor sleep patterns, high alcohol intake, drug and cigarette use at university, not looking after my body, chemical exposure etc. Remember, our bodies are extremely intelligent and things do not 'go wrong' for no reason. We are designed to be in perfect health and when things get out of balance, our bodies provide us with symptoms as a way of telling us something is wrong and to slow down. None of us are faulty, none of us have 'the worst genes', we are just exposed to greater levels of toxicity, and have to work harder to keep well.

I frequently get asked what the 'magic pill' was for healing. This is a difficult question, and for me healing was a long process made up of a combination of holistic therapies (4 years to be exact!). I found what worked for me and what didn't, which is different for everyone. But this question leads me to how I became a naturopath and why I specialise in nutrition, herbal medicine, biomagnetism, reiki, frequencies, law of attraction/meditation and coaching- it's because these are what helped me the most.