You DESERVE to live a life you love ​ with endless energy!

I have Hashimotos, Graves’, Hypothyroidism, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Macular Degeneration.  My Hashimotos and Macular Degeneration are currently in remission.   

Throughout my journey towards health I have suffered from high cholesterol, fibromyalgia, blood pressure issues, gall bladder issues (resulting in surgery) gastroparesis, heavy and painful periods (resulting in surgery), fibrocystic breasts (resulting in surgery), depression, brain fog, debilitating exhaustion (resulting in loss of employment) internal itching of ears (no ENT could fix it), inability to lose weight while exercising and eating right, chronic migraines and ice pick headaches, low body temperature, plantar fasciitis, severe constipation and a diagnosis of irritable bowel disease (and the resulting negative colonoscopies), dry cracking skin that no dermatologist could fix that were all related to the fact  that I had virtually no stomach acid, imbalanced gut flora, severe nutritional deficiencies and was extremely under treated for my thyroid disease. 

My earliest symptoms of thyroid issues and poor health began as a child being prescribed anti-depressants by the age of 9 and suffering constant illnesses without diagnosis (multiple negative tests for mononucleosis). 
In my 20’s I was finally diagnosed with Hashimotos, high cholesterol and bipolar disorder but was told to wait until my thyroid was destroyed and then I would be prescribed Synthroid to take for the rest of my life.  All they tested was my TSH.  No steps taken to prevent the destruction of my thyroid or strategies to lessen my symptoms, which turned out to cause my mood swings and resulting bipolar diagnosis, I am not bipolar, my moods were influenced by my thyroid hormones and the constant fluctuation due to Hashimotos. 

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Plantar Fasciitis in my 30’s and while having all the hypothyroid symptoms my TSH remained “perfect” there were no other tests done, nothing was done to help get to the root of the deterioration of my health. 

I was bedridden and resorting to alcohol to treat the pain in my mid 30’s and was sober by my late 30’s, exhaustion and the continued downward spiral of my life in my 40’s was when my Dr. was willing to prescribe Synthroid despite my “normal” numbers.  I was told that I would need to live with the downfalls of this disease when the Synthroid did not relieve any of my symptoms and subsequently making many of them worse.  I began to research new ways to treat my thyroid disease in desperation and discovered thyroid patients were doing well on Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT) after suffering for decades with everything that I had also been experiencing.  I then went to my Primary Care Dr and visited her armed with my research in a 3-inch file a detailed script and outline of what I had learned and plead my case for NDT, there was no way I could remember with my brain fog so intense.  This Dr. said yes she would prescribe NDT and T3 medications for me, and confirmed that she had watched not only my decline, but that of other thyroid patients that have been referred to Endocrinologists.  This began my slow but steady climb out of the destruction and hell of conventional treatment for Thyroid Disorders. 

All my issues, those not taken care of in my unnecessary surgeries, have resolved once I became optimal on NDT and T3 and I began to work on healing my gut and nutritional deficiencies.  I believe that there is no doubt that the cascading decline of my health and all of the subsequent issues I suffered for decades could have been prevented had I been treated properly from the onset.  This prompted me to learn how to prevent and address existing issues while finding the root cause of my own issues at the Nutritional Therapy Association and becoming a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.  I have since gone on to become certified as an HTMA Practitioner, Certified AIP Coach and Functional Blood Chemistry Specialist. 

Everything I’ve suffered has brought me to the direct path that I am now on and I am grateful to be alive and I am determined to help others to truly live their lives in the way they deserve, with endless energy, healthy and thriving.