A DOOR OPENS
Why open the door here in a mental sense and commit your time to read further? What is in it for you Dear Reader? Well, it is because not only is it an intriguing story of overcoming adversity but I am going to provide you with the knowledge that I gained to heal and avoid both surgery and life long medicine. On other pages I will provide recipes and remedies; natural herbs and plants that I have used; as well as the links to various reputable businesses that can provide products. It will at least give you a starting point on your quest. You may also obtain my book where I provide further details of my journey as well as a day by day schedule of what I did for healing (what I took and when, my diet plan, and my spiritual plan). |
The BAD part was how deteriorated my condition became and how bad off I was. The GOOD part is this will provide you an opportunity to learn. You have to be willing to learn. I can not teach but I can provide the details. You have to be a willing recipient. The other GOOD news about being as bad off as I was in condition is that it provides me some authority and credibility. If I only had a minor tummy ache you may not be reading now. But as you will soon see from my pictures I was bad off to such an extent that this may provide you the hope you need and I can be used as a Testimony in a sense. "Why would I want pictures like this?" my sister inquired. Because even in that state I knew I must provide what I gained to someone. Are you that someone? Are you going to creak the door open and peer in? Are you going to walk through that door? When one door closes God always opens another. While I do believe this to be true the passage spent in the hallway going between the two doors can literally suck, BUT it sucks for a reason and it is a good thing as you will see.
On our initial About Me page I discussed my difficulties of 2015. They say bad things happen in 3’s and sure enough I had exactly 3! Three big ones. I will not delve into too many details on this site but needless to say they were distressing events.
I had to overcome event #1 because sometimes a distressing life event can lead to Hell. The two keys to Hell are condemnation and resentment. These can be destroyed permanently by such treatment as love and prayer. In essence I had to forgive from the heart. Boy did I want to hold a grudge and dish out punishment but the joke would have been on me if I had. I would have only been punishing myself. However, true forgiveness comes from the heart and it wasn’t happening fast enough for me. I had asked in prayer to let me forget this event quickly. And so my prayer was answered in a different manner than expected. I did forget about this for a time as Event #2 came to pass in April 2015. Forgetting is not forgiving so I merely postponed what I needed to do. I was a Spiritual procrastinator. Sometimes it is fun to hold onto your grudge. Like a new toy not worth sharing. But in the end it will damage you. So give it up and forgive. Easier said than done right?
EVENT #2 was a court case. This too created a great deal of stress. This was an incorrect charge designed in my opinion to achieve what is known as civil forfeiture. Yes I had some of my property taken from me in addition to possibly facing adverse charges. It took 7 months to resolve this issue and just as quickly as it happened just as quickly as it ended. With me smiling at the court house not even knowing what fate awaited me that day. Which was nothing as the case was dismissed and my property returned.
So why such a long time to resolve? Surely through prayer and God it could have been resolved in 1 day or even 1 nano second! That is true but I would not have learned or grew or had such a glorious demonstration in each event. Just as my court case was dismissed during that time I was able to forgive. Without these adversities I may have continued on in life without further seeing the Truth. Tough times are sometimes needed as a spur in our development. I had help in this manner as I was blessed to have my good friend Ann Marie in my life to provide me with spiritual guidance. God did not leave me alone in these dire times, he provided me with a guide.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
I view these first two events as “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. These were my training events. My 3rd event was soon to come. Without my work, training, and dedication to learning the Truth I surely would have stumbled and fell with my health issues and perhaps be speaking to you right now with a sob story wallowing in misery with parts of my internal organs missing. No, I was blessed to have the wisdom to use my challenges as great adventures with which to overcome. Like Louis and Clark or Magellan exploring new uncharted grounds. And as Jesus said “The Kingdom of God is inside you”. If the Kingdom of God is inside me surely I would be healed from event #3. Was I? Read on to find out. But know this, Jesus and his disciples had the power to cure and heal so why can’t this be so for us.
EVENT #3 ARRIVES:
I am not saying that there is not compassion and knowledge in the medical community. Sometimes they are very necessary. It was even very necessary even in my case. I required 8 days in the hospital and massive doses of steroids first started intravenously and then by oral doses as a first line of defense.
What I am saying is that on my 2nd day in the hospital I had a strong intuition (and sometimes strong intuition is the Holy Spirit talking to you) that I must pursue an alternative route. The first thought of an alternative route was Bone Broth and resting my system. It requires a lot of energy for the body to digest and I needed this energy for healing. In addition Bone Broth has many benefits for the digestive system and reducing inflammation which I will discuss more in detail on the Blog page and Recipes page including my video on how to prepare it and the ingredients. My final recipe ultimately was through trial by fire and completed with love. But just as the steroids were a first line of defense so too is the Bone Broth. We may laugh at our third world country cousins but they have known the Bone Broth benefits for many many years. Now that said, it needs to be stated again there are many other steps needed besides Bone Broth and going this route is not for the faint at heart. It is challenging both mentally and physically. Here is the funny thing about the Bone Broth. Although I had this intuition for taking an alternative route for healing, the Holy Spirit had already started providing me with the tools to do so. Unbeknownst to me my sister had already started a batch of Bone Broth for my other sister to take to me in the hospital. FEDEX has nothing on these two for delivering! She started this the moment she heard I was admitted. Mind you this is no small undertaking. Bone Broth takes 48-72 hours to make on the slow cook.
UNDERTAKING THE CHALLENGE
Why did I take on such a challenge when most people would choose the quick fix? 1st of all the Holy Spirit provided me guidance. Who am I to listen to? A man or the Holy Spirit. Duh. An obvious choice. God’s promise to us is an Abundant Life. Abundant life does not mean simply living a long life. It is about a quality life which means full of joy, peace of mind, and harmony. That is why the home page banner of this site says CHOOSE LIFE!!!! And in order to choose this life you simply must choose God Dear Reader.
Keep in mind I received this message for my course of action prior to talking with the doctors about my treatment options. After numerous tests and procedures, the doctors told me the only option was surgery as medicine could not fix my condition. I turned GREY as a ghost and sweat was dripping down my forehead upon hearing this news. How can this be the abundant life I was promised? Another opinion from another doctor was that a medicine in the biological classification may help me. These are on the lines of Humira and Remicade. I was told I would need to be on them for life. This medicine is required monthly and the ordeal to administer it (shots or IV drips) not to mention the possible side effects (weak immune system, cancer!) and cost (up to $15000 per treatment depending on the brand and insurance) made me think again even on this option: How can this be an abundant life?
Here are the pictures of me and my insides on the 2nd day in the hospital. WARNING - AVERT YOUR EYES if a medical photo disturbs you (and these are the censored ones). When your insides look as this it is extremely painful. Imagine a dagger being poked inside you over and over. Yes this was a challenge.
On our initial About Me page I discussed my difficulties of 2015. They say bad things happen in 3’s and sure enough I had exactly 3! Three big ones. I will not delve into too many details on this site but needless to say they were distressing events.
I had to overcome event #1 because sometimes a distressing life event can lead to Hell. The two keys to Hell are condemnation and resentment. These can be destroyed permanently by such treatment as love and prayer. In essence I had to forgive from the heart. Boy did I want to hold a grudge and dish out punishment but the joke would have been on me if I had. I would have only been punishing myself. However, true forgiveness comes from the heart and it wasn’t happening fast enough for me. I had asked in prayer to let me forget this event quickly. And so my prayer was answered in a different manner than expected. I did forget about this for a time as Event #2 came to pass in April 2015. Forgetting is not forgiving so I merely postponed what I needed to do. I was a Spiritual procrastinator. Sometimes it is fun to hold onto your grudge. Like a new toy not worth sharing. But in the end it will damage you. So give it up and forgive. Easier said than done right?
EVENT #2 was a court case. This too created a great deal of stress. This was an incorrect charge designed in my opinion to achieve what is known as civil forfeiture. Yes I had some of my property taken from me in addition to possibly facing adverse charges. It took 7 months to resolve this issue and just as quickly as it happened just as quickly as it ended. With me smiling at the court house not even knowing what fate awaited me that day. Which was nothing as the case was dismissed and my property returned.
So why such a long time to resolve? Surely through prayer and God it could have been resolved in 1 day or even 1 nano second! That is true but I would not have learned or grew or had such a glorious demonstration in each event. Just as my court case was dismissed during that time I was able to forgive. Without these adversities I may have continued on in life without further seeing the Truth. Tough times are sometimes needed as a spur in our development. I had help in this manner as I was blessed to have my good friend Ann Marie in my life to provide me with spiritual guidance. God did not leave me alone in these dire times, he provided me with a guide.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
I view these first two events as “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. These were my training events. My 3rd event was soon to come. Without my work, training, and dedication to learning the Truth I surely would have stumbled and fell with my health issues and perhaps be speaking to you right now with a sob story wallowing in misery with parts of my internal organs missing. No, I was blessed to have the wisdom to use my challenges as great adventures with which to overcome. Like Louis and Clark or Magellan exploring new uncharted grounds. And as Jesus said “The Kingdom of God is inside you”. If the Kingdom of God is inside me surely I would be healed from event #3. Was I? Read on to find out. But know this, Jesus and his disciples had the power to cure and heal so why can’t this be so for us.
EVENT #3 ARRIVES:
I am not saying that there is not compassion and knowledge in the medical community. Sometimes they are very necessary. It was even very necessary even in my case. I required 8 days in the hospital and massive doses of steroids first started intravenously and then by oral doses as a first line of defense.
What I am saying is that on my 2nd day in the hospital I had a strong intuition (and sometimes strong intuition is the Holy Spirit talking to you) that I must pursue an alternative route. The first thought of an alternative route was Bone Broth and resting my system. It requires a lot of energy for the body to digest and I needed this energy for healing. In addition Bone Broth has many benefits for the digestive system and reducing inflammation which I will discuss more in detail on the Blog page and Recipes page including my video on how to prepare it and the ingredients. My final recipe ultimately was through trial by fire and completed with love. But just as the steroids were a first line of defense so too is the Bone Broth. We may laugh at our third world country cousins but they have known the Bone Broth benefits for many many years. Now that said, it needs to be stated again there are many other steps needed besides Bone Broth and going this route is not for the faint at heart. It is challenging both mentally and physically. Here is the funny thing about the Bone Broth. Although I had this intuition for taking an alternative route for healing, the Holy Spirit had already started providing me with the tools to do so. Unbeknownst to me my sister had already started a batch of Bone Broth for my other sister to take to me in the hospital. FEDEX has nothing on these two for delivering! She started this the moment she heard I was admitted. Mind you this is no small undertaking. Bone Broth takes 48-72 hours to make on the slow cook.
UNDERTAKING THE CHALLENGE
Why did I take on such a challenge when most people would choose the quick fix? 1st of all the Holy Spirit provided me guidance. Who am I to listen to? A man or the Holy Spirit. Duh. An obvious choice. God’s promise to us is an Abundant Life. Abundant life does not mean simply living a long life. It is about a quality life which means full of joy, peace of mind, and harmony. That is why the home page banner of this site says CHOOSE LIFE!!!! And in order to choose this life you simply must choose God Dear Reader.
Keep in mind I received this message for my course of action prior to talking with the doctors about my treatment options. After numerous tests and procedures, the doctors told me the only option was surgery as medicine could not fix my condition. I turned GREY as a ghost and sweat was dripping down my forehead upon hearing this news. How can this be the abundant life I was promised? Another opinion from another doctor was that a medicine in the biological classification may help me. These are on the lines of Humira and Remicade. I was told I would need to be on them for life. This medicine is required monthly and the ordeal to administer it (shots or IV drips) not to mention the possible side effects (weak immune system, cancer!) and cost (up to $15000 per treatment depending on the brand and insurance) made me think again even on this option: How can this be an abundant life?
Here are the pictures of me and my insides on the 2nd day in the hospital. WARNING - AVERT YOUR EYES if a medical photo disturbs you (and these are the censored ones). When your insides look as this it is extremely painful. Imagine a dagger being poked inside you over and over. Yes this was a challenge.
For comparison, a picture of what healthy insides should look like is shown below: