About Nikki

My Story

I still remember coming home from a birthday party when I was 7 or 8, extremely nauseated and sick.  I was told it was lactose intolerance yet avoiding lactose didn’t help.  I would often have rashes and hives and was told it was just dry skin and to use lotion, which didn’t help.  I had such painful periods that I would miss school and work because I couldn’t concentrate and was not safe to drive.  I was told this was normal and to take pain medication, but that didn't help.  As an adult I started getting migraines, I would lose peripheral vision and would end up so nauseated I would pray to be able to sleep.  After having my boys, I started having horrible joint aches with severe fatigue that would last days to a week at a time.  I was told that I was pretty healthy.  How could that be possible?  Some days I was literally too tired to take my boys to the park and it was all I could do to sit and watch them play.   How is this healthy?  I guess I didn't look sick enough.

Sick and tired, I started to incorporate lifestyle changes to reduce stress, improve my sleep and changed my diet to heal my digestive tract.  While symptoms may creep up now and then, I feel much better equipped to navigate them and get back to feeling better sooner than later.