Our Testimonials

Some people say I should have died. . . But God had other plans for me.  In October 1992, I had a terrible car accident.  I fell asleep at the wheel, 3:20 in the afternoon coming home from teaching and hit a tree going 55 mph on a country road.  I was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to a University Hospital, due to the severe multiple injuries I sustained.  I stayed in the Hospital for one month because of the orthopedic, pulmonary and cardiac issues.

During the year and a half that followed, I had five surgeries.  I developed fibromyalgia, (an extremely painful disease) while going through physical therapy.  I was going from one doctor to another.  I was taking more than eight medications at one time.  One particular medication was equivalent to morphine.  I had to spray it up my nostrils four times a day to manage the intense pain that I was experiencing each and every day.  I also visited doctors in Boston, Ohio and in New York.  I was told that there were no more medications that could be prescribed to help lower my pain.  I was asked to stay for six months at a medical center for evaluation and treatment, but this was not an option because I had three small children at home. They were all under the age of eight at the time of my accident. You have to understand, for EIGHT YEARS!!! I was so very ill and in constant pain. 

I was in a wheel chair, a walker, a neck and back brace and I used crutches throughout those years.  I had to lean against the walls because I could not stand by myself.  My husband needed to take care of my personal hygiene, dress me, comb my hair and stand with me as I crawled up and down steps.  I had irritable bowel syndrome,, restless leg syndrome, acid reflux, night sweats, Hot flashes, terrible mood swings, itching and burning of my skin was so bad that cold water seemed like burning hot water and my body was tender to the touch all over.  Needless to say, I was a mess!  Day in and day out, it was very difficult and painful for my children to deal with as well.  Only my family and closest friends knew the terrible ordeal we were all going through.  Thank God, I had a wonderful support group of family and friends.

One of my dearest friends Maura, who saw the pain radiating from my face, told me about a nutritionist Tricia Cardone that had helped many people, I never did called Tricia.  I just felt I was doing everything there was to do.  I remember thinking, how bad could my eating habits be?  I was taking all these medications, they have to help me right???  Little did I know what was going to happen next. . .  Well one year after that conversation with Maura, I hemorrhaged and collapsed on the living room floor.  If that were not enough, a week later I was told, I had a bleeding kidney and could not take anymore anti-inflammatory medications.  I told my husband, “I am going to die of my organs shutting down before I die of fibromyalgia.”  That is what literally changed my life.  I called Tricia and began my new journey!  I had nothing too loose, I could not continue to live the life I was living, I was physically and mentally exhausted.

After my consultation with Tricia, I decided to go “cold turkey”.  I went home and cleaned out the kitchen pantry, changed my eating habits and I weaned off of all of the medications.  I was so excited and was determined to get better.  I followed Tricia’s program and started to feel better after four weeks!!! Under Tricia's nutritional expertise and guidance, I excluded all wheat, yeast and gluten products, sugars products, milk products, caffeine products and vinegar products to name a few.  I could not believe that for me, those products as well as other foods created so much havoc in my body.  My immune system was obviously in a tremendous amount of distress.  When that happens your whole body does not respond efficiently.  I even cried one day while speaking to my husband as I told him, “ I was really sick, it wasn’t in my head.”  Let me tell you, after all those years, you don’t know if you are coming or going!