Hello,
Sorry to hear about all of your health issues. What I would personally suggest is taking it one step at a time. addressing each issue separate and individually. I would not jump into anything drastic. First try going on a very clean raw organic diet for about 2 weeks. Slowly weed out the meds and see how you are doing. I would incorporate some very good whole food organic supplements (I recommend Garden of Life and New Chapter). First I would start with a good multi, I like the Garden of Life Raw line. I would then suggest the FYI from Garden of Life and this helps with Arthritis and rebuilding cartilage. I would also get Garden of Life super seed, which is a great fiber supplement to help cleanse and get your bowl healthy, you will also need a good Omega product and I recommend New Chapters Whole Mega. You should also take a good pro-biotic supplement to help rebuild good gut flora and bacteria, there are a lot of good ones just go to a whole foods store and ask the vitamin rep for one of the best. I think Depression has a lot to do with the body not being balanced, especially hormones. Also if you are using a lot of chemicals this is a big NO NO. This includes perfume, lotions, hair products, deodorants, bath soaps, household cleaning products, etc..this stuff gets into you system and really changes everything for the BAD. You will need to switch to all the good stuff that you find at the whole food stores, without all the harmful chemicals, this is a very very important step. After doing all of this and slowly adapting your body, rather than shocking it, I would then, once you are okay with being off the meds, start the MC. At the whole foods stores or really any bookstore you will find the books on the Mastercleanse. There is also the website which is http://therawfoodsite.com/mastercleanse.htm

Also please by all means you will definitely want to check out http://www.mercola.com
and subscribe to the free newsletters and check out previous news letter and videos, I believe you will get a lot of help from Dr. Mercola. But I would definitely do The Master Cleanse to rid your body off all the meds you took in the past. A lot of stuff stores in the tissues and a good cleanse is really the only way to get it out. I hope I have been a help for you, and good luck with everything. Please keep us informed on how you are doing. Also another thing, about the hair issues, if all else fails try taking 6,000mg of good MSM with 10mg of biotin and Jarrow formulas pepzin GI.
good luck and take care...Jamie

Hi mommad - I agree with the information and recommendations in the previous two posts. You might want to read "The Detox Book" by Bruce Fife, ND, to learn about healthy diet, and the cleanses you can do before starting the MC. This book has good information on their proper order, how to do each one, and how it affects other aspects of your health. I think it would be a good starter book for you. Also, "Optimal Wellness" by Dr. Ralph Golan has information on several overlapping conditions (including the ones you have) and how to heal from them. http://www.arltma.com
and http://www.drlwilson.com
have good articles on detox and many related topics. I hope this helps.

Tom

Wow! I have so much reading to do! I have been reading nonstop for days...except while I'm homeschooling my son...which I do keep the laptop by me in case he doesn't need me!

I have been reading Kristen Suzanne's website to get more educated about eating raw. I have 2 friends who are totally raw so their input is also helping me. I read S. Burroughs' Master Cleanser last night and perused different forums and blogs on cleansing..my poor husband got no attention last night. Thankfully, he is semi-supportive in this. He has always joked that I'd be in a wheelchair by the time I turned 40. I have a few days less than a year to prove him wrong!

One of my girlfriends told me she did colonic hydrotheraphy recently and said it really improved her energy. Because of having IBS I have been hesitant to try anything so invasive as that! I have explosive diarrhea (sorry so graphic) most days so I think maybe doing the cleansing through fasting and organic eating may be better for me.

I appreciate the suggestions yall (sorry, I'm southern) are giving me..my amazon wish list is growing!

Blessings,
mommad

Hi!

The Master-Cleanse will be the singular most health and therefore quality of life changing event for you by the sounds of things right now.

The books you need are:

The Liver & Gallbladder Cleanse : Andrewas Moritz
The Master Cleanswer : Stanley Burroughs

What you can do NOW to make your Master-Cleanse less painful is to:

• cut out meat, dairy, Sugar and coffee
• Consume a litre of green juice a day (spinach, celery, cucumber, kale, cos or romaine lettuce)
• Eat a green leafy salad once a day
• Drink a couple of litres of water

Even doing these basic things every day will improve your health by such a lot.

Once you have finished a decent length Master-Cleanse you will naturally be drawn to better health choices.

It was the singular most effective way I found of stopping smoking and turning raw vegan.

Of course your doc doesn't want you to naturally look after your body - where's the income from that?

Just look at the money trail..