My Story
My name is Karen, I grew up in NYC and was raised by hippie parents ;). My parents own a dance school and raised me visiting chiropractors first before MDs. I will give you the readers digest version and try not to go into too much detail, but want you to get the right picture! That being said I am a very unique individual who is either loved or not liked! I have a strong personality and I am all or nothing. I am not here pretending to be an expert on anything BUT certainly have educated myself and experienced much in my lifetime. I hope sharing my experiences and detective work it can help others.
I married at 32 to the man I was in love with from the age of 21. I had a bumpy ride for many of my years. I was a dancer and then became a hairdresser. At 38 had my son...and my whole world changed. I owned my own salon when I got pregnant and gave birth. A women who worked three jobs most of her life and a real go getter. I worked until I went into labor! Left ALL of it to be a mom!!! I never thought I would ever be a stay at home mom!!! I am far from a homemaker !!! We made many sacrifices and it has been my hardest job ever!!! I never knew how hard it was to stay home all day with a child. To have no one to talk to, not know if it was day or night, not shower OH and best of all NEVER SLEEP!!! The days were long but the years go fast.
Fast forward to my son being 20 months old and putting him into a daycare program to be with other children part time. Yes you guessed it, before long he was sick every other week!! All of a sudden he starts coughing like crazy and starts weezing and I am scared out of my mind! Well this was when life changed. I was told he had asthma and was injected with a steriod and had a mask over his face with a nebulizer attached , who knew this would be my new life!
As time went on it was ear infection after infection, chronic congestion and scary coughs. Whenever we went to the pediatrician(which was always) I had a handfull of perscriptions to fill. I would sit in the car and cry as I waited for them. First it was so much to put in a babies body and second we had no perscription plan and didnt have the money to fill them. Finally I end up at the ENT and they want to put tubes in his ears. That was when I lost it and started going back to my roots. How could a 2 years olds body be that screwed up? My girlfriend recommended a chiropractor she used for her son that had similair problems. Now began the up hill battle BUT one I trusted and believed in. My son was speech delayed, but since he understood so much no one but ME was concerned. Finally against most opinions I had him evaluated with early intervention. It was determined his speech delay wasnt from his clogged ears and therapy was to begin. We were at the chiropractor 3xs per week. Fast forward a few months of chiropractic, removing milk and toxic chemicals from my house, and BAM ....ENT says his ears are clear!!! NO surgery! SO BEGINS THE "CRAZY" Mamma!
I married at 32 to the man I was in love with from the age of 21. I had a bumpy ride for many of my years. I was a dancer and then became a hairdresser. At 38 had my son...and my whole world changed. I owned my own salon when I got pregnant and gave birth. A women who worked three jobs most of her life and a real go getter. I worked until I went into labor! Left ALL of it to be a mom!!! I never thought I would ever be a stay at home mom!!! I am far from a homemaker !!! We made many sacrifices and it has been my hardest job ever!!! I never knew how hard it was to stay home all day with a child. To have no one to talk to, not know if it was day or night, not shower OH and best of all NEVER SLEEP!!! The days were long but the years go fast.
Fast forward to my son being 20 months old and putting him into a daycare program to be with other children part time. Yes you guessed it, before long he was sick every other week!! All of a sudden he starts coughing like crazy and starts weezing and I am scared out of my mind! Well this was when life changed. I was told he had asthma and was injected with a steriod and had a mask over his face with a nebulizer attached , who knew this would be my new life!
As time went on it was ear infection after infection, chronic congestion and scary coughs. Whenever we went to the pediatrician(which was always) I had a handfull of perscriptions to fill. I would sit in the car and cry as I waited for them. First it was so much to put in a babies body and second we had no perscription plan and didnt have the money to fill them. Finally I end up at the ENT and they want to put tubes in his ears. That was when I lost it and started going back to my roots. How could a 2 years olds body be that screwed up? My girlfriend recommended a chiropractor she used for her son that had similair problems. Now began the up hill battle BUT one I trusted and believed in. My son was speech delayed, but since he understood so much no one but ME was concerned. Finally against most opinions I had him evaluated with early intervention. It was determined his speech delay wasnt from his clogged ears and therapy was to begin. We were at the chiropractor 3xs per week. Fast forward a few months of chiropractic, removing milk and toxic chemicals from my house, and BAM ....ENT says his ears are clear!!! NO surgery! SO BEGINS THE "CRAZY" Mamma!