Hello all,

I am a patient of Matia’s now for the past 5 years (with some breaks due to pregnancies) and I always said to myself when I get better I will write about my success. When I was really going through some rough patches I would be on the blog all the time looking for patients who had words of encouragement. I am hoping to give that to you with this letter.

First, trust the process. Matia knows what she is doing. She saved my life and spirit. I fought it for some years and couldn’t wrap my head around just how important diet/lifestyle is. Oh but it is. As an RN I was trained a certain way and turned to traditional medicine first and all that happened is I became sicker. I then had to change my whole way of thinking and go the “alternative” route. I would burn for a whole year after each child I had. Some nights I even thought I was going mad due to the symptoms. Walking and pacing throughout the night was not fun. Having my husband hold my hand at night just to feel comforted was common. Waiting for night to sleep so I wouldn’t feel the burn was daily. Looking at my friends wanting to be them to just feel normal again and wondering if would ever happen to me. And I am so happy to say I am there. At best I get a little symptom at night once a month. Now, how I got there was doing what Matia said. I was extremely adherent to the supplements and as for the diet I would mess up but always got back on course. It was scary at first but I had spoken to previous patients of Matia’s and they motivated me enough to stay the course. If she is helping you consider yourself blessed and lucky to have found her. I chose to believe this illness happened for a reason and I was going to embrace what happened and see this as an opportunity to change. It was as if my body was signaling to me I was going down the wrong path and I needed to change things now.

Some of the best advice I ever received was to do one small change a week and then your small changes add up to big changes. This is very true for my family. I have 4 small little girls and they are being raised a very different way than I was. My girls are active with our preparing and cooking of meals. Their healthy words vocabulary is quite impressive.

Stay the course, you are worth it and so is life!

God Bless,

E