I met Heather Taylor in February when she came as a favor to some friends' benefit for the Children of Haiti, where we shared about Shaklee and their line of safe products. She purchased some organic baby massage oil and couldn't stop talking about it. (Heather is young and single with no children). But when I heard her migraine story ( and joint health too and her clean oven), I had to share it on my blog. I have never had migraines so I couldn't relate, but for those migraine sufferers out there, here is Heather's story and her reason for choosing Shaklee. It would please her more than ever if someone else had some HOPE in the midst of their pain.
"I found Shaklee out of desperation, but I feel very blessed to have run across these products.
I have suffered from severe migraines for nearly two years. People who have never had migraines don’t understand at all. When I say migraine, I mean laying in the dark on the bathroom floor for 3-5 hours at a time vomiting, crying, and just trying to bury my head into my hands to try and relieve the pressure. During these episodes, my back and jaws would ache terribly. My boyfriend, Dan, and my Mom hated seeing me suffer and it just tore them apart to see me go through this because there was nothing anyone could do. I had these migraines one to twice weekly. On occasion, I’d go a whole week or two without one, but they were pretty consistent. They almost always came during the evening hours when I was at home.
My doctor, Dr. Daniel Hoffman prescribed me with Maxalt-MLT. This prescription costs $69.00 per pill and had scary side effects. Once taken it would take about 45 minutes for the migraine to completely subside. In the meantime, it felt like little pins pricking me all over my face, neck , and fingers. And. ..who knows how it was impacting my liver and other organs. Dr. Hoffman suggested I see my Optometrist and Dentist to rule out optical migraines and TMJ. I also went to my Chiropractor, as they can sometimes relieve migraines caused by alignment issues. Nope, no problems there! Dr. Hoffman then sent me to see a Neurologist at St. Francis Hospital. The Neurologist ran several tests to include a C-scan and MRI. After analysis, he indicated my results came out clear and suggested that I might have chemical or environmental allergies. He wrote me a prescription. Before leaving, I informed him I wanted to get to the bottom of the issue rather than throwing prescriptions at the symptoms. He said that I may never be able to find the cause but that I could start by replacing some of my household products that have high toxicity such as household cleaners."
Heather remembered hearing about Shaklee's line of GET CLEAN products at the benefit for Haiti and she called her friend Justin to get started on them, making the switch over from the "toxic" cleaners, shampoos etc. that are a part of everyones life. In addition she got started on the basic Shaklee multivitamin and the optiflora probiotic. What a story!
"This is when I decided to try Shaklee’s Basic H. Since replacing my household cleaners with Shaklee’s safe non-toxic alternatives, I have been migraine free for over 5 months. Dan and I are so grateful for having found Shaklee. We absolutely love there household products, and vitamins. "
Thanks,
Heather Taylor (Peoria, IL.)
earthbalance.myshaklee.com
P.S. I am moved every time she shares this story and hear her say that she want to help others find relief too. We know that there are a lot of triggers in people's lives for migraines and it's not a cure-all to just take these supplements. But, we encourage you to start with making some simple changes even in your cleaning and laundry and personal care products. At least you are eliminating them as being a culprit! Check with Heather or myself if you have any questions.
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