Help Courtney Bee Learn More about Crohn's Disease
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Hello beautiful beings! This is extremely difficult for me to write, but right now I am in the fight of my life and I am wanting to tell you what’s up and ask for your help. As most of you know I have been battling a bad flare up for quite some time. At the end of November 2018 because of active Crohn’s Disease, I have been in and out of the hospital, missed multiple months of work, back and forth to Mayo Clinic and many doctors in my area as well. And now I have been feeling like a prisoner of my own home. My mornings are the worst and I spend 80% of my day in bed trying to keep my chin up. This is hands down the hardest lesson life has offered but my ears, eyes and heart is open. My condition is very serious, yet I know that I can beat this.
A little background history of where I came from and where I am now. Back about 3 years ago I went into my family doctor complaining about random things such as; sore neck, tight jaw (TMJ), dizziness, lightheadedness, and the big one passing blood in my stool. I really didn’t think it was going to turn into that big of a deal. My doctor finally recommended that I see a GI doc and from there I had a colonoscopy. Within a few days I was called back to the office and was told I had crohn’s disease and that I would have to start these medications in order to live. Needless to say, I was freaked out and I actually got into a heated conversation with the doc because I said I wanted to try a natural approach first. I asked about diet and he basically laughed and told me diet had little to do with my condition and that I would need to take this medicine for the rest of my life. I walked out and never went back. I already had a year of sobriety under my belt and I was on a path to better health all around. I was eating a plant based diet, doing yoga and treating my body right for once. With time things healed on their own and I felt fine. But lately things have taken a turn for the worse, and I am struggling immensely. So here I am now after months of not being able to work with a total of 2 plus weeks in the hospital, with a blood transfusion, a couple trips to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and many many drugs later I am still suffering. My diet is very strict and I am learning about new supplements but I am also in desperate need of guidance and help. I am still open to the idea of using Western medicine combined with a healthy natural approach through diet and supplements. But it is a hard road to travel and there is so much information and research out there that proves that this can be treated naturally and I can have my life back. But doing the research day in and day out can become exhausting and lead you to wonder which way do I go.
SO that being said this is where I need some major help.I have been preliminarily enrolled in a life changing program that helps people like me get back on their feet with support like no other for this disease. I have looked and looked for help and the right place for me and I have finally found it. It is place for no judgment, a place to start where you are. A place for me to collaborate with others as we work through this together in this program. It’s an opportunity for me to build a better relationship with my western medicine doctors and my own free will. My goal here is to do what I have to do be it meds and work my way back to an all natural lifestyle once again. Not only will this program be helping me it will also be helping hundreds more behind me as we gather information and share.
Crohn’s disease has no cure, but unlike other conditions many people can enter a stage of remission - where they no longer experience flare ups. The science demonstrates that the condition can respond extremely well to a comprehensive evidence-based protocol based in nutrition, dietary supplementation, stress reduction, combined with traditional approaches including medications. This is what I will be learning and be designing for myself in the program.
The program is for life and I will never lose access. There are no magic cure for this condition but I know this is my opportunity to take my life back.
I am raising $4,000 which covers the one time cost of the program (there are no on-going payments), in addition to the different supplements I may need, high quality food, along with potential co-pays of medications, and potentially working with some very innovative doctors who will be helping me manage my protocol.
I want you to know that once I regain my health, I will be there for each of you in any capacity you need me. This is so hard for me to ask for and part of me feels shame and fear of judgment, but right now my health and my family depend on your help. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated.
Much Love,
Courtney Bee
A little background history of where I came from and where I am now. Back about 3 years ago I went into my family doctor complaining about random things such as; sore neck, tight jaw (TMJ), dizziness, lightheadedness, and the big one passing blood in my stool. I really didn’t think it was going to turn into that big of a deal. My doctor finally recommended that I see a GI doc and from there I had a colonoscopy. Within a few days I was called back to the office and was told I had crohn’s disease and that I would have to start these medications in order to live. Needless to say, I was freaked out and I actually got into a heated conversation with the doc because I said I wanted to try a natural approach first. I asked about diet and he basically laughed and told me diet had little to do with my condition and that I would need to take this medicine for the rest of my life. I walked out and never went back. I already had a year of sobriety under my belt and I was on a path to better health all around. I was eating a plant based diet, doing yoga and treating my body right for once. With time things healed on their own and I felt fine. But lately things have taken a turn for the worse, and I am struggling immensely. So here I am now after months of not being able to work with a total of 2 plus weeks in the hospital, with a blood transfusion, a couple trips to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and many many drugs later I am still suffering. My diet is very strict and I am learning about new supplements but I am also in desperate need of guidance and help. I am still open to the idea of using Western medicine combined with a healthy natural approach through diet and supplements. But it is a hard road to travel and there is so much information and research out there that proves that this can be treated naturally and I can have my life back. But doing the research day in and day out can become exhausting and lead you to wonder which way do I go.
SO that being said this is where I need some major help.I have been preliminarily enrolled in a life changing program that helps people like me get back on their feet with support like no other for this disease. I have looked and looked for help and the right place for me and I have finally found it. It is place for no judgment, a place to start where you are. A place for me to collaborate with others as we work through this together in this program. It’s an opportunity for me to build a better relationship with my western medicine doctors and my own free will. My goal here is to do what I have to do be it meds and work my way back to an all natural lifestyle once again. Not only will this program be helping me it will also be helping hundreds more behind me as we gather information and share.
Crohn’s disease has no cure, but unlike other conditions many people can enter a stage of remission - where they no longer experience flare ups. The science demonstrates that the condition can respond extremely well to a comprehensive evidence-based protocol based in nutrition, dietary supplementation, stress reduction, combined with traditional approaches including medications. This is what I will be learning and be designing for myself in the program.
The program is for life and I will never lose access. There are no magic cure for this condition but I know this is my opportunity to take my life back.
I am raising $4,000 which covers the one time cost of the program (there are no on-going payments), in addition to the different supplements I may need, high quality food, along with potential co-pays of medications, and potentially working with some very innovative doctors who will be helping me manage my protocol.
I want you to know that once I regain my health, I will be there for each of you in any capacity you need me. This is so hard for me to ask for and part of me feels shame and fear of judgment, but right now my health and my family depend on your help. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated.
Much Love,
Courtney Bee
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Courtney Bee
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Delavan, WI
