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Brooke’s fascinating improvements and life changes with RA

Oct 04, 201947 minEp. 141
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Episode description

 

  • Brooke was diagnosed with RA and the following week she found she was pregnant with her second child
  • About one month after her daughter was born, suddenly pain struck her, she struggled to walk and her hands felt like they were frozen
  • The rheumatologist told her to stop breastfeeding her daughter and take methotrexate
  • Eventually she started with Plaquenil and kept on breastfeeding
  • Convinced she could do more to ease the pain, she started searching and found Clint's TEDx talk.
  • She started the Paddison Program, with some slight changes due to her breastfeeding
  • Results were encouraging, and along the way she started doing Yoga and getting benefits from it
  • Brooke is now a Yoga teacher and has turned her diagnosis into a profession
  • His husband has always been fully supportive, and they are opening a Whole Food vegan cafe together!

 

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