Health Journey

So, this very article has taken me a few months to get to, mainly because I feel so amazing and I don’t feel like reliving my health journey! However, I created Bonfreda Health + Healing to help others looking for health answers, so if my story can inspire you I am happy to tell my story here.

Long long ago in the times before smart phones and with email just taking off, I began my first business traineeship! I had a few months off after year 12 graduation and I was struck with glandular fever also called mononucleosis taking almost 4 months to heal.

I had ezcema, and asthma as a kid, then UTIs, PCOS, tonsillitis, weight issues, digestive pain, constipation had already began. I didn’t like taking any pharmaceuticals but I took a lot of pain killers and antibiotics and started the pill at 18. I didn’t know better, and trusted my GPs. I also saw a physiotherapist regularly for my knee (Osgood–Schlatter disease) and scoliosis back spasms and pains, which I thought were related to posture/overworking. I was eager to climb the ranks in record time, after my tennis career was never going to take off haha I was always in a hurry to grow up! I hid anxiety well, but it would manifest and take its toll.

Post traineeship the company closed and I went on a holiday of a lifetime, backpacking through Europe, marked off 45 countries, I had a few symptoms like pins and needles but brushed them off. I enrolled into an undergraduate degree that I didn’t get into post high school. I did half my degree before stopping after a trip to Vietnam resulting in my first major ‘MS’ relapse. See my Shingles and MS story for more details.

I had pins and needles, anxiety, mood swings, fatigue, Bell’s palsy, back spasms, digestive issues, weight problems, headaches and migraines, pcos, rashes, Keratosis Pilaris, terrible eczema in various places since childhood, allergies, childhood asthma, brain fog, tongue burning, pain and weakness, adrenal fatigue, twitches, trouble breathing, weight fluctuations, ‘MS hug’, scoliosis, Sciatic pain, restless legs, cramps, blurry vision, vertigo, social and physical fatigue and I’m sure there is more haha I was a battler, I tried to shove things under the carpet because lets face it, not even my doctor could help me.

I didn’t have a healthy relationship with myself or many people. I recall being diagnosed with MS and having all these people come visit me like I was dying. I remember yelling at my neurologist on the day of the diagnoses I thought it was a death sentence because all the media I had seen about it was frightening. There were 5 people in the room and I couldn’t accept it; after all my great grandma was alive and well at 100.

I spent thousands on alternative medicine, Chinese medicine, specialists and the sorts throughout my life. I’d get some relief occasionally then have a flare. I kept looking for answers, to heal!

I have learnt strategies from many teachers, I still use feldenkrais techniques taught by a wonderful knowledgeable practitioner, but most of all the truth from Anthony William the Medical Medium solved my mystery health issues & empowered me to heal them!

Throughout my journey I took MS immunosuppressant drugs, I joined several MS research events and even held my own in the cause of research, finding the holy grail. I even did an ambassador talk at one of the pharma companies in their enormous auditorium. In my talk I did a spiel about the business of MS and that a cure is probably already available, I thought they would kick me off stage, but how could you, I was passionate, my soul was chipped from the illness! And the words were merely from intuition, if only I dug deeper into pharma corporations at the time.

I detoxed Gilenya in 2018 and previously Copaxone… I recently found an old Copaxone syringe in the pocket of an old coat, those syringes won’t haunt me any longer. I even took a suitcase of it on an overseas trip, a time where I thought I was moving to Scotland, I had 6 months worth of it! Finding hotel fridges to store it. I thought it was my insurance. I protected that cradle of syringes! However together with the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and my unanswered health questions I was on a downward spiral.

I couldn’t handle the morning jabs that swell like a bee sting any more and switched to the pill Gilenya-without much research. I didn’t have nearly enough research to have made a proper decision. These however were long term insurances they gave me no immediate relief.

I went on to develop different symptoms, depersonalisation, heart-break worse than any symptom, different types of anxiety, more seasonal allergies, hives, loss of taste and overall brain swelling. I was in desperate need to detox the metals and all the gunk from the MS drugs too! My lymphatic system swelled, the toxins and viruses riddled me.

Fast forward to today, because you can do that in a reflective blog, I am feeling fit, strong and in control of my health & life for the first time ever. I haven’t seen a doctor for nearly 2 years and I’ve been able to keep my daughter clear from them too. We eat a high raw, nutrient & mineral dense variety of seasonal foods implementing Celery Juice, HMDS and regular cleanses. We are flourishing with a completely holistic life, implementing more and more ways to live off the land! There is nothing more healing than growing your own food, living sustainably and going with the flow of life.

I am still working on my healing I have some chronic bastard symptoms like bartholins cyst, and eczema etc I’m not 100% healed – its a question many people ask me! I have no fear and complete faith in this path, it’s allowed me to take health into my own hands for me and my family. It’s allowed me to experience freedom for the first time.

I would be honoured to teach you to become a better advocate for your health and selves. I am and will always be grateful to all the teachers and mentors I have had along the way.

Sending Healing Prayers to all!