When I started experiencing significant knee pain in November 2018 due to damaged patella cartilage, I was determined to find a way to feel better so I would not have to give up my race training.
I was in graduate school at Southern Methodist University (SMU) when I became very sick. My doctors struggled to identify what was happening with me. I knew there had to be a better way to live.
I was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and had debilitating symptoms such as loss of joint function and severe pain. I was prescribed two medications that had many adverse side effects. The prescription’s effectiveness began to decrease between dosages, and I continued experiencing joint pain and fevers. I knew I had to try something different.
Lee Roy Jordan is a former All-American football linebacker. After attending the University of Alabama, he played 14 years in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. In 1983, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
I was driving to an afternoon dental appointment in 2011, when all of a sudden, I started feeling strange. My body began to tingle, I felt nauseous and my vision started closing in to a narrow tunnel. I had not eaten that day and associated these strange feelings to hunger. The next thing I knew, I woke up inside of a totaled vehicle, very unsure of what had just happened.