When we pray, God hears. He answers.

I began this season a few weeks ago in a state of mind and body I had not really ever experienced. It was a little terrifying, in fact. I couldn't feel the violin. I couldn't tell how hard I was pressing.

My arms had started falling asleep overnight in July. I had already been struggling with hot flashes interrupting my sleep, but the agony of my arms falling asleep AND NOT WAKING UP was allowing more like 2-3 hours a night. This went on for almost two months.

I have emphasized how important sleep is in our quest for health, but that was coming from the point of view of it being a choice how much to sleep. I had never had trouble EVER falling asleep or staying asleep (provided it's quiet and still - have to have a fan running for white noise 🙋‍♀️). If I wasn't getting enough sleep, it was because I was staying up too late socially, reading or watching screens. This episode of NON SLEEP for that long wreaked a havoc on my system I wasn't prepared for. That on top of eating a few foods while on vacation that trigger inflammation, it became a storm surge of consequences that I was unsure how to navigate. It didn't matter how GOOD I was day after day, my body hurt. It stressed me out. I started to face career questions. I prayed.

I have worked with a fitness coach for two years. He has a masters in nutrition and is a leader in the program I followed back in 2021 for my weight loss. I remembered how good it felt to be in fat burn. I remembered all the inflammation in my system melting away while in that state. I wanted to get back in, but I wanted his advice about what and how to do it because of all my training and having a race coming up in only a few weeks. My hormones and thyroid were also acting up in addition to the pain in my arms. I was spending between $160-$600 a week the months of August-September on various therapies and purchasing as many healing remedies I could to help, in addition to the many tools I already use regularly, which is A LOT. The Firefly device at my chiropractor's office seemed to have the most obvious immediate positive outcome. The day I first had that done, I could feel the ends of my fingers as I pressed down on the fingerboard, and OUCH, I had damaged the nerves by pressing so hard for so many weeks. That took a few days to heal. I started to feel a LITTLE better with all that, as the thousands I spent were not wasted, they are WONDERFUL therapies, but time consuming and expensive. By the time I talked with my fitness coach, it was 2 1/2 weeks before the race, two weeks into the DSO season. My runs were not going so great. I was worried my exercise was actually aggravating my neck. Work was HARD, especially STAR WARS and Final Fantasy week! I started to scale things back. I was very unsure how my race was going to go and especially how I would recover as sometimes races can make the body slip into a nutritional and hormonal deficit in which to recover from. Should I even do the race? Should I take time off? What about the Quartet!?

My coach, his name is Casey, did offer a few numbers to help guide me to my goals for the race and finding my beautiful fat burn again, but he shared something with me that he had been testing out for the previous 7 months that really helped his wife with her Hashimoto's, her hormones (she's exactly my age, 49), his tendonitis and his ability at age 50 to enter the competition scene once again. He ended up with 1st place in all categories except the overall which was 2nd to a 26 year old. He shared how the Olympic Teams were wearing them, and that it could help with my neck, my hormones and Hashimoto's, my race, my recovery, my playing, and even help Bryan with some pretty big stuff going on that I'm going to keep private for now. (Friends know, but I don't need to share to everyone reading this! lol.) What Casey shared with me are photobiomodulation patches that activate certain systems in the body, including GHK-cu copper peptides which then activate the dormant stem cells to begin repairing the body exactly where it needs it the most. He shared that the company has been around for 20 years, that this technology has over 130 patents and over 80 independent clinical trials. Normally, stem cell therapy is thousands of dollars with no guarantee that it will take. This had a 90 day guarantee with 93%-97% proven effectiveness. I knew it deserved a good look, so I dove into the literature. A few hours later after reading several of the studies, patents and testimonials, Bryan and I purchased our first month's supply. As I am writing this, we are 2 1/2 weeks in. My only gripe is that Casey didn't tell me SOONER!! God knew exactly when I needed them, though. Maybe I wouldn't have been as ready or receptive had he shared sooner. Who knows. But, now, I can't stop talking about them. I am feeling pretty great. It's almost as if what I wrote in my last blog post didn't even happen, that I made it up! As I went to publish this blog post, I realized there was another sitting there as a draft since Sept 19! Oops! I had forgotten I had written it. But it was sitting there waiting for me to realize WHY I needed that part of the journey. See that post here. I learned things and became who I couldn’t have without going through. There is no easy way out but God promises you are never alone as you walk through. I’m not alone, and neither are you!

My race was great! I was literally pain free and flying fast. My recovery has been amazing, as if I didn't even have an event asking more of my body than I've ever asked, setting a 4 minute PR for the 1/2 marathon. Usually, I struggle to go DOWN the stairs for several days after. Not this time. I was doing my next run around the neighborhood 2 days later with no soreness. I'm sleeping great. My energy is smooth and consistent. My aches and pains are pretty non-existent. I'm feeling great and strong in all my workouts consistently for almost 2 weeks now. Eyesight is better! (That’s been a THING for a few years, now!) Violin playing feels normal and GOOD! I cannot wait to see what will keep happening from wearing these. Checkout this link to learn more.

No doubt I will check back in here with new reports as they come. One fun fact is that our 17 year old Maltese Poodle wears them after I've worn them 12 hours. The patches are only supposed to be worn 12 hours at a time. But they keep their integrity for up to 24 hours. Rather than throwing away, I let Gabbi wear them. She has to wear diapers, so I just put them inside the diaper to keep them affixed. She has had so much more spunk than I've seen in her a long time. Her diaper has even been dry a few mornings this week! But the biggest thing I've noticed is that when picking her up, she's relaxed and she's not shaking. I hadn't realized this might mean that she's been in pain, but this could also mean that she's not feeling pain anymore!!

Our entire houselhold is wearing the patches!

Patching isn't our only tool for wellness, obviously, and I have several tools I want to share, but I'm feeling so blessed to have had someone share this technology with me, and I want to make sure to do the same for you!

It's affordable, (the X39 stem cell patch can be purchased wholesale for $99 a month, just sign up as a preferred customer to get wholesale and loyalty points) they are proven to be effective for 93%-97% of the population. There is a 90 day guarantee for first orders. What do you have to lose?!

Soon, there will be a water system that will be a game changer, coming out in 2025. That machine will be in our home. Here’s a promo video for that.

As a musician, I am very aware of the power of sound vibration and frequency. How cool is it that the answers to my prayers involve healing from light frequency that stimulates the body’s own healing response. The body was created to heal itself. PhotoBiomodulation..who knew!?