It all started with PSA

I was diagnosed as a teenager with psoriasis. Then when I was in my late 20’s psoriatic arthritis and in my 40’s diagnosed with more severe arthritis osteoarthritis on top of degenerative disc disease, gastroparesis, severe migraines (neuralgia), fibromyalgia and IBD. I have been through hell and back with all of it down to having fibroids, having a hysterectomy in 2005 that showed my uterus fused to my bladder that resulted in a 9 hour surgery. Six years to the date almost another surgery (ovaries removed), bladder fused to colon that time.

I have already had both knees replaced, I’m almost 51. GI hasn’t been much help. They always tell me more fiber. They wanted to put me on a medication that didn’t help. Taking pain medication sucks as it always binds me up. I’m always in some sort of pain (it’s life), my back always hurts because of the spondylosis so I never know if it’s caused by constipation that I get and I have walked out of the ER several times because they have just left me in pain and didn’t help at all. I have waited 6 hours in the ER with no response from nurses or a doctor.

I try to stick with a natural detox capsule daily and stool softeners to help my IBD. It helps some and sometimes not. Life can be very tricky living this way but I still work. It’s hard on me but I do it.

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