How I Beat an Incurable, Rare Kidney Disease
My story
Elaine Godley
Last Update 5 months ago
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What is Medullary Sponge Kidney?
This condition causes the formation of small cysts in the inner part of the kidneys, giving them a sponge-like appearance[5][11].
In most cases, it is not inherited, with genetic transmission occurring in less than 5% of cases[4].
Natural Remedies and Preventive Measures
- Increasing fluid intake to produce about 2 liters of urine daily[9]
Annual check-ups including urinalysis and urine cultures[9]
Maintaining a healthy weight and regular exercise
While there is no cure for MSK, proper management can help prevent complications and improve quality of life for most patients[2].
Diagnosis
As you can see from my picture, I am a happy, healthy individual, although this didn't happen overnight!
From the age of around 9 years old until approximately 16, I was multi-talented in various sports and a competitive swimmer. In the height of my swimming days I trained twice daily, went on weekend training camps, represented my county at national level, and participated in European tours with my club.
Every now and then I would endure back pain, projectile vomit, or experience urine infections.
Chlorine in the water was considered a possible cause in hindsight.
During my teens especially, I visited various doctors and a specialist gynaecologist who was disgusted with me. She diagnosed my condition as having Salpingitis which could only have been causes by me sleeping around she said.
What a joke - I'd never even seen a man naked never even slept with one. My Father was a police officer and very protective of me, his only daughter. My upbringing had rules!
Fast Forward
Around the age of 22 I was so sick that I got blue-lighted in a fast ambulance to St Ann's hospital in Tottenham, North London. It was thought I'd contracted typhoid and so I was met with hazmat suited staff and shoved unceremoniously into an isolation ward.
I was poke, prodded and one particular very overweight black nurse treated me like I had done some horrendous thing to her and her family.
She was very unkind, in fact she was positively cruel to me, and hurt me at every opportunity when sticking needles into me.
Long Story Short
My diagnosis was a rare and incurable disease that I was apparently born with. This explained the on/off random sickness I experienced during my teens in particular.
I was put onto a 3-week rotating cycle of different antibiotics eventually, following many challenges with unsuitable drugs, including a 10-week hospital stay when giving birth to my daughter.
Natural Healing
I was introduced to natural wellbeing strategies in my mid-forties following 23 years, yes you read it right, 23 frikkin years on antibiotics.
The following helped me to totally reverse my condition:
- HTMA hair mineral tissue analysis
- No tap water
- Nothing microwaved
- Clean organic wholefood diet
- Nothing processed
- Reducing stress
- Chiropractic care (lots of it)
- Shiatsu
- Exercise
- Positive mindset
More Details will be in The Executive Mother
This is the working title of my upcoming book which is part of a series.
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