Lifestyle Challenges: Food Allergies, Depression, Pains
Q: Hi Susun,
I want to thank you for taking time to read this email and I am in hopes you can help me find an answer to my question. A woman I work with says she has an allergy to celery and of course most folks would say, well...just stay away from celery...which would of course be smart. The thing is, is that she's a cashier for a major grocery store. She was explaining to me that when she handles celery when it comes through her check out stand, her throat begins to close up and she has trouble breathing, expecially with the leafy green part. Might you have any idea of anything she might be able to do to prepare her body ahead of time to counteract the effects of the celery? I was just wondering and would like to be able to help her out. It distresses me just a little to see so many people go running to the doctors office when ever the slightest ill goes on with them. People seem so dependent on Doctors...doctors are God's to these folks.
Too, there's a very nice lady who, though very strong and independent, has depression issues and this last November she went to see the doctor and they put her on about 2 or 3 different kinds of meds for depression and a short time later she began having constant pains in her baby making parts. She's at the right age for the change of life, but I was wondering if the meds might have kick started the trouble in her uterus where it might not been an issue with her at all otherwise? Now they're telling her she's going to have to have her uterus removed and all the while I can't help but wonder if this can be avoided all together.
A: Thank you for writing. For allergies, I have heard Susun often recommend Nettle leaf infusions to help strengthen the adrenals, and therefore our ability to handle the challenges of life. Beyond that I would consider options through her employer, changing jobs, and exploring how much of the reaction from handling can be worked with mentally, say through hypnosis. If at one time we ingest something and have an unexpected adverse, or even scary, reaction to it, it is natural that we respond again that way when seeing the item or handling it, more from the memory of the trauma still held in our body.
For the woman who chose to do those medicines, first please empower her to research and make choices based on knowledge. She has pain, this in itself does not warrant removal of a part of her body. Perhaps there are more details to what she has found in regards to her pain that you don't now. Otherwise, I would consider new doctors.
Blessings,
Karen Joy
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