A few years back I learned about MTHFR and thought that I could just treat this enzyme deficiency with just a vitamin. It was not that easy. I soon discovered there were many other genes that work along with MTHFR as you have seen in previous articles I have written. Because of my lack of understanding epigenetics in the beginning, I put myself through severe pain, set backs and sometimes months in bed. I was ready to heal. After years of living with fibromyalgia, fatigue, anxiety, panic, demyelination of white brain matter, multiple lesions on the brain, MS like symptoms, internal bleeding, septic shock, pulmonary embolisms, brain aneurysm, dissected carotid artery, hashimoto’s and just overall declining health, I decided it was time to give up or dig deeper and get DNA analysis. I first went to the geneticist who told me there was no need to check any further and that they would not be able to tell me why I was sick and only declining. I mentioned to this doctor that I was going to look into 23andme. He told me that 23andme was useless and too hard to understand. Little does he know that because of 23andme, I’m getting my life back. At one time I was on over 20 prescription medications a day and now I am down to two. In the next year I hope to be off of the other two medications.I still have a little ways to go but there is hope. I want all of you to know that there are answers out there. Never let anyone tell you it is too late. My wish one day is to travel the World lecturing and teaching other health care professionals about genetic testing and how it can cure diseases that were once incurable.I would love to hear your stories and start a new tab at MTHFRsupport.com about how genetic testing saved your life. You may email me at beclotaware@gmail.com with your name, story and a photo. If you wish to remain anonymous, just let me know and I will just post your story. You can even email me a video of yourself and your story. Our movement to get doctors and others in the health care field to start understanding the body as a whole has only just begun. Remember, what causes high blood pressure in patient A is not necessarily what causes high blood pressure in patient B. In my case COMT V158M and COMT H62H caused me not to break down epinephrine which then caused my elevated blood pressure. I would have never known this without doing 23andme. I would be more than honored to post your stories here at MTHFRsupport. We are raising awareness one doctor at a time.
