"You Changed My Life"

He couldn't remember when he didn't suffer from chronic migraine headaches and asthma.  He couldn't be without his inhaler as he used it an average of 3 times a day.  He saw every doctor and was put on a garden variety of pain medications for his migraines.  They even thought he may have had a brain tumor and  underwent a multitude of diagnostic tests that ended up being negative.  Poked and prodded for blood more times than he could count,  they tried to figure out "what was wrong with him."  As his asthma worsened, so did his migraines and his

 immune system.  He caught everything under the sun and was treated with every type of antibiotic as a result.  The kid was 16 years old and just plain sick of being sick.  My daughter, Jennifer, told me how miserable he was and asked me to speak with him.  He told me his story and I asked him if anyone ever talked to him about what he ate.  Jennifer's friend looked at me questioningly and answered no. After finding out his diet consisted mostly of bagels, breads,  pasta, pizza and the like, I told him about wheat making some people sick.  He was pretty surprised.  I said that wheat allergies were a common trigger for asthma and migraines.  Not sure if he was buying it, I told him to try eliminating wheat for a week to see if it helped.  Jennifer's friend said, "OK," in that way 16-year olds do when they seem to yes you.  That was Memorial Day of this year.  I was taken aback 2 weeks later when I saw him next and he told me about his summer and, "By the way, I haven't had to use my inhaler for the past week and a half."  Whoa!  He said he stopped the wheat and his asthma and headaches stopped almost immediately.  I then told him about a good quality supplement that would help boost his immune system.  Two weeks after that, the friend said he felt so much better, had a ton of energy and was so much happier.  A week after that, he was so excited that he got rid of a cold for the first time on his own.  Not understanding, I was told that he felt the cold coming on and instinctively pumped more of the supplement I had suggested (nice job!) and then he felt his immune system fight something off for the first time.  The boy explained that in the past, any cold got into his lungs and turned into something more and was immediately put on antibiotics.   He was just pumped to finally realize that there was nothing wrong with him, he just had an intolerance to wheat.  The kid was finally in control of his body.  Kids are funny that way.  They don't over analyze things the way adults do.  He thanked me for changing his life.  He said it's easier than he thought.  When asked what to tell others that are in his shoes, he said, "You might as well try it.  You have nothing to lose."  So simple and from a 16-year old kid.  I couldn't have put it better myself.