Tara OMalley

Hello - I'm Tara.

It's funny how sometimes in life adversity and challenges can turn out to be your super power!

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I was diagnosed with Graves Disease and was quickly hospitalised in the middle of a full blown Thyrotoxic Crisis.  I had all the glamorous signs like heat intolerance (wandering about mid winter in a singlet outside), heart palpitations, tremors, anxiety, muscle weakness, massive unexplained weightloss, hair loss (chunks falling out daily) and absolutely no energy - at all!  

 

I was fortunate to have a GP that recognised it and acted quickly. ​ The hospital and endocrinologist got me stable and off I went with pot loads of meds to keep me 'normal'.  The thing is - I didn't feel normal. In fact, I felt anything BUT normal.  I had the most awful side effects from the drugs which were supposed to be helping me.  After months and months of being on this regime I came home from an appointment after having my meds changed, and being warned 'if you start turning yellow - head to the ED immediately and tell them what you are taking', and thought surely there must be another way?

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I spent lots of time and money, saw the most amazing acupuncturist, and found a gut healing protocol which changed my life.  I realised that my body wasn't lacking certain medications, it had forgotten how to heal itself.  

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As time went on I did slip back into my old ways, and as the endocrinologist predicted, I had a relapse.  I went straight back into 'gut healing mode' and before I knew it my markers were all normal again.  I've now been in remission again for a couple of years.
 

If your story sounds anything like mine - you're in the right place!