Unlearning the Programming of Health

I am starting this new blog to document my health journey. I am in the process of aligning mind, body, and spirit... stepping into my true self. Like any journey, there are hurdles and obstacles to overcome. I am claiming a victory starting now. My journey began for me 37 years ago, when I was approximately 15 months old. I was with my mom and she took me into a fish market to buy some fried catfish for dinner. She said I began to hyperventilate immediately as soon as I stepped in. It was my first asthma attack. See my father is a diagnosed asthmatic as well. My mother rushed me to the hospital where I had to stay for a week on oxygen. It was at this point, I too was diagnosed with having asthma. I was put on a highly restrictive regiment of pharmaceutical medicines. I was in and out of the hospital several times out of the year with each hospital stay being at least a week. At the age of 12, a heavy dosage of the steroid, prednisone, was added to my regiment by doctors. Within two weeks of taking that high dosage, I jumped 2 dress sizes. When I started taking the steroid, I was approximately 110 pounds and 5'ft tall. As the years went on, I gained more and more weight; the hospital visit and the different illnesses and meds began to stack up as well. I was making very unhealthy choices at a very young age. I became pregnant with my son at the age of 15. It was then I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and hypertension. I was told by doctors that perhaps I should consider having an abortion on several occasion because I was considered "high risk" so there was a high percentage that my son would be born with abnormalities or disabilities. My inner voice told me not to feed into those words. I went through with the pregnancy and had a beautiful, healthy baby boy. even with the meds, the sicknesses and the hospital visits. I knew he was going to be perfect. Even though I did not listen to them when it came to my son's well being. I did listen to them when it came to my well being. I let it all sink in. I was just sick. I just fought all the time... here I am fighting to breath, fighting to stay as healthy as possible, fighting to LIVE... I went through bouts of depression, thoughts of suicide came up so many times. I really just wanted to give up at times. I felt I was a burden to everyone around me. I felt so sorry for myself. One day in 2004, I met the person I was going to marry. She too was unhealthy. She had chrohns disease and ulcer colitis. Together, we became even more unhealthy. We both ballooned to close nearly 300lbs.

One day we woke up and said we are going to heal ourselves because we have the power to do so. See all these years the doctors would give us medication to treat one sickness but the same medication would cause another illness...right....the side effects. Now because of our awakening, my partner and I are on the journey of healing ourselves. We are surrounded by people who are natural healers. We are learning about natural medicines, cures and healing foods. We are meditating, learning about our chakras, Reiki So on this blog, I will be sharing the new found wealth of information. Feedback and comments are encouraged. If there is anything that you think I should share, please shoot me an email to betrice.colemansweet@gmail.com. My partner and lost a total of 130lbs together. We are excited about this journey. I am even more excited about sharing it. This picture below says it all.