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My Story
For years I struggled with my health.
Heck, growing up, I had cancer when I was 6, 9, 11, and 21 years old. And, treatment from cancer wreaked havoc on my body. It was very frustrating.
Here I am in a pic when I was first diagnosed. It was right around Christmas time. Yep, that’s me with my Return of the Jedi puzzle and my favorite blanket. Oh, and it looks like I got some G.I. Joe toys that year, too. Score!
I remember everything clearly from when I was a kid. I would be healthy for periods of time, and then I’d get sick or have some issues, usually related to treatment.
I HAD HEALTH ISSUES FOR YEARS!
In time, I learned a lot about my body. Often, I could tell doctors what was going on before they had even diagnosed me.
“PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME! SHEESH!”
Some doctors listened to what I had to say, and others didn’t listen at all.
When they didn’t listen, things could get terrible, really fast. I mean, horrendous.
Like for example, that time in 2012, when I rushed to the emergency room and told the doctors that I had myocarditis. They didn’t listen, though. After a heart catheterization, they said I had a “pulled pec muscle” from working out.
Well, I ended up in the ICU a couple of hours later though with—you guessed it, myocarditis.
Yep, that’s me in the pic below, fun times.
I was in the hospital for literally three and a half weeks. It was pretty horrible. I mean, there I was, spending Christmas in the hospital, again!
In 2006, I also spent Christmas in the hospital with the same thing! I almost didn’t make it through that one, though.
Back in 2006, I remember standing up from a chair in the dining room at my grandmother’s house, and my vision fading out.
I FELL BACK ONTO THE FLOOR, UNCONSCIOUS!
But What About Reactive Hypoglycemia?
So what the heck does all of this have to do with reactive hypoglycemia?
Well, when I first started experiencing problems and having the symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia, I didn’t even know what was wrong. I just knew I felt awful, and sometimes the symptoms scared the hell out of me.
And, to top it all off, I could never seem to get what I needed from anyone in the medical field.
I would have episodes so bad I thought I was going to faint, or worse.
I would get cold, my hands would tremble, my legs would shake, and I would have heart palpitations. And again, I didn’t even know what was triggering my episodes.
And, right around the time, I started thinking that this was all connected to my diet. I suspected it was a low blood sugar issue. I was told that because my blood sugar levels never quite hit the clinical definition of “low blood sugar,” I didn’t have a problem.
Oh really? Sweaty palms, trembling hands, a body shaking uncontrollably, heart rates near 200 beats a minute without doing anything strenuous—these aren’t issues? Are you kidding me?
So yeah, I continued to experience these symptoms. I was confused, frustrated, and well, I was angry.
I Got To Work
But, just like in the past, when my experience and my gut feelings told me things that some doctors would not even consider, I knew I was onto something in thinking this was a low blood sugar issue.
I HAD TO TAKE THINGS INTO MY OWN HANDS!
After spending hours and hours researching, reading articles, reading studies, talking with trainers, dieticians, and even bodybuilders—anyone who knew anything about nutrition, I was convinced that reactive hypoglycemia was the issue.
Then came the next step.
The next step was learning how to fix it all.
With a little bit of testing, wait, with a lot of testing and trial and error, I developed my own system for treating my reactive hypoglycemia.
I fixed my horrible symptoms myself—symptoms I thought I could NEVER overcome!
Today, I live symptom-free of reactive hypoglycemia.
LIES! LIES! LIES!
In my program, I’m going to clear up some misunderstandings about reactive hypoglycemia.
Everything I’ve learned about controlling my reactive hypoglycemia has been learned through my resear