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Inspiration for inner peace and love by Lauralyn, a yoga and angel therapist.

Lesson #3: Assume Nothing

August 31st, 2010

I did receive a second opinion from a doctor. Not an ordinary doctor, a holistic doctor. Previously, I had dismissed anything holistic. I was raised to believe that there was simply no proof. It was all a waste of time. Wishful thinking. The same doctor that treated me in the hospital told me that medicinal herbs were dangerous and could hurt me, so I should stay away from them. My gastroenterologist who had been given me strong doses of antibiotics for Crohn’s told me to ignore the advice of my enlightened pharmacist to take probiotics. Again I was told there was no proof.

The truth was the belief that Western medicine could heal me was wishful thinking. Believing that a synthetic pill was not harmful to my body and and was the only answer to disease, when it was no answer at all, was a sham. So, every week I made the two-hour long trip upstate New York to visit the man who my mother jokingly referred to as the “witch doctor.” This doctor, this healer, helped saved my life.

Within two months of detoxifying and drastically changing my lifestyle, I was cured from an eight-year battle with Crohn’s disease. I was instantly humbled, and enlightened. This holistic doctor informed me that if I had not trusted my intuition to try something different and instead went through with the chemotherapy treatment, I would not be here, writing this today.

The cure was just the beginning. Damage had been done, especially to my liver from years of taking powerful medications. It was now time to repair and rebuild.