I have always been the type to ask “why?” I was a quiet, pensive child with two younger
siblings that were louder and more outgoing than I was. Being the oldest sister, I was also the caregiving
type (much to my younger sisters dismay.)
When I was confirmed in the Presbyterian Church at age 16, I
pestered the minister constantly with why and how questions during our
confirmation classes. Luckily, the
minister was a progressive lady that was amused by my interest and
questions. She answered many of my
questions with questions of her own. I
liked her very much. The other kids
didn’t have much time for the classes and wanted to simply get it over with to
please their parents. Not me. When confirmation day came, I was coined “The
one who asks questions” by the minister.
Sixteen years later, when my first-born child was diagnosed
with autism, my natural instinct to ask questions kicked in. There were so many questions. How does a normal child go from making eye
contact to ignoring you? Why is she always so sick? Why does she have constant long-lasting
meltdowns over seemingly nothing? HOW
did this happen? I didn’t have much
spare time but when I did, I stayed up late into the night reading pub med
studies on autism. On GI illness and
autism. On food and how it is related to
autism. On toxins and how they affect
the brain. And on vaccines and
autism. I talked to moms who were just
as curious. Then it happened. I met a mom that had recovered her daughter
and her son was well on his way to being recovered as well. A real
live mom that had done this on her own….despite what the doctors had told
her.
That was it. I had to
learn more. I recruited one fabulous
autism mom and friend to join me in a trip to Boston for a conference where we
immersed ourselves in Autism research and healing. It was an eye opening experience. There was science….real science behind the
causes and the healing being done for these kids. I was hooked.
I never looked back.
That’s the thing about becoming a biomed mom. Once you are hooked, you become jaded. You become hyper-aware. It is
disconcerting. It is disturbing. It is downright appalling what is happening
to our children. It literally makes your
heart ache for all the babies out there suffering because we have no laws that
govern the chemicals being put in the air and land and water. Because we allow more and more vaccines to be
approved without appropriate efficacy and safety studies. Because we continue to allow GMO foods to
enter our grocery stores when GMOs clearly affect the gut flora which directly
affects our immune system.
Over the years, I have been much too busy to pay attention
to anything except my family and their health.
Everything else has suffered. My
friendships have all but vanished. My
social life is null. It has been almost
a year since I have had a haircut for God’s sake. I am too busy treating Marley’s very REAL
medical problems. She has food
allergies. She has Eosinaphilic Esophagitis. She has chronic constipation problems. She
has low glutathione, high oxidative stress, a MTHFR gene mutation, which
affects the methylation cycle, low folinic acid, candida overgrowth and amino
acids that are ALL over the charts. She
has high levels of lead confirmed with a chelation trial. And if you think these are uncommon for a
child with autism…think again. All of
her ailments have been discovered with very REAL lab work and medical tests
that were deemed unnecessary by the pediatric developmental neurologist. Add to this list, the syrinx in her spinal
cord, her 2D vision and the brain damage in her right brain due to a bleed at
birth and you have BIG mess to clean up.
(And this doesn’t even take into account my other two children and their
health issues.)
So now you see why there is little time for anything other
than understanding what is ailing my child and how to fix it. Because not fixing it has never been an
option. Letting it just be autism and
treating with a behavioral plan is not an option. Because in truth, autism is really just a
bunch of medical problems that are unaddressed.
Autism is toxicity. Autism is a
sick GI tract. Autism is food
sensitivities. Autism is unbalanced Th1
& Th2. Autism is low
glutathione. Autism is parasites. Autism can even be thyroid dysfunction. And Autism is other things that are waiting to
be studied and discovered. Autism is a
complex illness and needs to be treated as such.
Now I know better. I
know that Autism is NOT a psychological disorder, as many would have you
believe. It is an immunological,
metabolic and neurological disorder. And
I will never stop asking questions.
