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In
1992,
I
visited
a
Centre
for
Complementary
Medicine
where
I
was
diagnosed
with
ME
and
given
a
variety
of
Complementary
treatments
to
follow.
I
persevered
with
numerous
medications,
but
none
gave
me
the
relief
to
make
my
suffering
at
all
bearable.
I
resolved
to
find
something
or
someone
to
help
restore
my
health
to
its
former
level.
In
the
meantime,
to
add
to
my
misery,
I
was
involved
in
a
car
accident
that
left
me
with
acute
lower
back
pain,
yet
another
blow.
I
had
always
led
an
active
life
having
worked
as
an
Auxiliary
nurse
and
having
enjoyed
the
outdoor
life,
riding
and
caring
for
my
two
horses
in
the
New
Forest.
I
struggled
on
for
years,
without
success,
constantly
trying
to
climb
out
of
this
dark
hole,
never
finding
anything
suitable.
They
say
fate
can
be
kind
or
cruel,
and
it
was
a
lucky
date
for
me
when
,
by
chance,
I
bumped
into
an
old
friend.
Marguerite,
who
I
hadn't
seen
for
years.
She
was
surprised
to
see
how
my
health
had
deteriorated
and
she
told
me
about
some
supplements
from
the
USA
that
she
had
been
taking
and
how
they
had
helped
her
health
and
her
friend
who
had
MS.
She
had
been
so
pleased
wit
the
results
that
she
had
decided
to
distribute
the
products
herself
in
the
UK.
Having
swapped
telephone
numbers,
we
parted
company
and
I
went
down
the
same
old
road
thinking
'I've
heard
it
all
before
and
with
my
financial
problems,
I
can't
afford
them
anyway.'
A
couple
of
months
passed
and
I
remained
in
my
world
of
darkness,
taking
each
day
as
it
.
came,
not
being
able
to
cope
with
any
more
than
that,
my
resolve
diminishing,
Then,
again
out
of
the
blue,
Marguerite
contacted
me,
for
a
favour.
Her
car
was
out
of
action
and
she
needed
someone
to
drive
her
around
for
a
few
days.
I
picked
myself
up
and
made
myself
physically
deal
with
the
task
in
hand.
In
return,
Marguerite
suggested
I
might
like
to
try
some
of
these
supplements.
What
was
there
to
lose?
I
agreed
to
try
the
products
and
said
if
the
results
were
good
that
'I
would
shout
it
from
the
rooftops.'
In
March
last
year,
I
started
on
a
course
of
USANA
Essentials
(Chelated
Minerals
and
Antioxidants),
later
adding
Profavanol,
Procosamine
and
Omega
essential
oils.
Almost
immediately,
I
began
to
feel
my
energy
levels
rising
and
my
mental
awareness,
in
turn
showed
a
marked
improvement.
I
started
feeling
positive
about
myself
again.
For
the
past
eight
years,
I
had
found
it
difficult
to
cope
with
communicating
by
letter
or
telephone.
Now
only
a
few
weeks
on,
the
ability
was
there
and
improving
and
the
fog
was
lifting
from
my
life.
My
muscle
aches
and
pains
began
to
decrease
and
also
the
lower
back
pain
which
had
crippled
me
at
times. The
biggest
miracle
is
that
by
May,
only
eight
weeks
after
starting
the
supplements,
I
had
somehow
managed
to
put
my
house
on
the
market.
I
have
now
sold
it
and
bought
a
delightful
little
cottage
in
Wales
nearer
my
daughter
and
grandchildren,
something
I
should
have
done
ten
years
previously,
but
felt
I
couldn't
face.
I
can
only
hope
I
go
from
strength
to
strength.
I
haven't
looked
back
and
who
knows,
soon
I
might
be
back
in
the
saddle.
All
I
can
say
is
thank
you
to
Marguerite
for
her
listening,
understanding
and
her
persistence
and
thank
you
to
Dr
Myron
Wentz,
renowned
microbiologist
and
immunologist
for
spending
a
lifetime
developing
and
rigorously
testing
this
unique
product
range.
These
nutritionals
have
given
me
back
a
sense
of
vitality
I
had
given
up
on
and
hope
for
the
future.
Sue Smedley, Wales
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