In the United States, we are programmed from birth to go to the doctors.  Got a cough/cold?  Better run and get an Rx for antibiotics.  I know this because I used to be like that.  

We are also programmed to not dare question our doctors.  Thing is, the good ones are very bright and knowledgeable, but they are not omnipotent; if they were, there'd be no such thing as medical mistakes, malpractice and related lawsuits.

Thus, you need to listen to what they have to say, and then you need to trust your God given instincts.  When in doubt, get more than one opinion, remove emotion from the picture and make sound decisions based upon the information you received and what your gut tells you.

In reality, depending upon the issue, running to the doc's should be the last choice because we have people today who overtake antibiotics and as a result, become resistant to their benefits.

Come on people!  This means that if and when you ever truly need them for what could be a life or death emergency, you may have an immunity to them that costs you your life. 

That's absurd!  Especially when garlic is an anti-bacterial, an anti-fungal and has many, many, MANY other wonderful preventive properties to help the human body.

Prior to discovering its immense value, I used to get strep, the flu, upper respiratory infections, etc...every year, and often, twice a year.  Spring of 2001 I got an upper respiratory infection; after which I was told to take garlic and I'd just not get sick.  Et voila, it was true! 

I could be around anyone hacking, coughing, spitting, sneezing and I'd pile up on garlic and at most, get mild symptoms for 24 hours, if even at all.  Stupidly, I let myself run out of garlic and ended up with my first flu in almost 12 years, in 2013. 

TWELVE YEARS. 

When is the last time that you went 12 years without a bad cold, strep, flu, upper respiratory infection? 

If "never" is your answer, then I strongly recommend that you get on fresh garlic and buy "Nature Made" brand garlic supplement. 

(See picture below.)

When I am around anyone sick, I will take one of these supplements every 4 hours while awake to boost my immunity.

I've tried other brands but can only recommend this one as the absolute best.

Those who have taken my advice to eat fresh garlic after they are already miserably sick have all consistently reported back that their symptoms subsided immensely within just 24 hours!

When I finally got sick again, all I could think was that I hadn't missed that misery! 

I also discovered that despite not being on Rx's as the rule anymore, I had been for so long, that OTC night time cough syrup, no longer actually made me sleep.

I appreciate, respect and have benefitted from the advances that modern medicine has made on many fronts; but thanks to being only 4/10 on benefitting from pain control procedures* and  my numerous self-help and alternative medicine successes, I and millions of others who have realized the power of certain herbs, no longer run to the doctors for every ailment, or even, our chronic pain, depression, anxiety, etc... 

Is the potential harm from anesthesia and steroids, worth just 60 days of pain relief; if you even get any pain relief?

*The last pain surgeon that did 5 procedures on me, is an EXCELLENT dr. and I do not blame him for my body not responding to well as the rule, to his efforts.

I believe there are two possible reasons why I only ever got complete relief from one of them. 

One is that I don't think my body responds well to steroids.  Since that is was is injected during these procedures, and it isn't something naturally manufactured by the body and/or required by the body to be its best, it just makes sense to consider that distinct possibility. 

Especially when I had two other pain surgeons each do this type of effort and I got N.I. (no improvement) from one, and the other, actually made me worse for 48 hours. 

The other reason I believe these efforts to not be as successful as desired, is that I have so much damage of multiple types, in my neck, i.e. a flattened spinal cord that leaked fluid, 2 herniated discs remaining, osteophytes (bone spurs), nerve root impingement, kyphosis, degenerative disc disease, weak ligaments, muscles, severe arthritis, etc...that I believe no one medicine or effort is able to truly address all of those various types of body structures to calm them all down.

Thus, successful pain management for people like me is not about just one thing but rather EVERYTHING that we can do to have a balanced mind, body and spirit.

I don't need to have M.D. after my name for that to make sense. 

The pain control procedure that he did which greatly helped my L-Spine disc herniations and resulting sciatica pain was called a "Medial Branch Block". 

It gave me COMPLETE relief for exactly 2 months to the day.  Then we moved.  Tell me how to pack and unpack boxes without bending over...needless to say, pain flared as if I never had the procedure. 

Though I truly was grateful for even the temporary relief, I can't help but wonder: is the benefit of such temporary relief, worth whatever the risks are of being put under and having steroids injected into the body? 

If you have had out-pt pain control procedures done and wish to share your perspective, please email me: grace@spinaltrapb2g.com

Below is a picture of the brand I recommend for a garlic supplement. 

I have to tell you, it never ceases to amaze me when people asked me "Will it give me garlic breath?"  WHO CARES!  When you are sick and full of bacteria or a virus, your breath ain't exactly sweet like candy, now is it??? 

Pure Formulas is one of the online stores from whom I purchase my herbs, vitamins and supplements.  They have great prices, free shipping and carry brands I trust!

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Are You Ready To Hear Great Advice?

We can be given the best advice in the world, but if we aren't ready to hear it and follow it, it's useless.

To benefit from great advice, one must ACT upon it accordingly.

Thinking back as I created this page, I realized that I have an Italian friend who told me when I was only 19 years old that he never gets sick thanks to eating fresh garlic cloves regularly...clearly, I wasn't yet ready to be as healthy as possible, as naturally as possible.  I hope that you are!



Speaking of Great Advice...

I finally succeeded in reading the bible for the first time in 2014.  What an eye opening blessing!

Jesus spoke in parables in the New Testament and when the disciples asked why some people didn't understand, He replied:

Matthew 13:12-15

"To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But to those who are not listening, even what they have will be taken away from them. 13That is why I tell these stories, because people see what I do, but they don't really see. They hear what I say, but they don't really hear, and they don't understand. 14This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:

'You will hear my words,

but you will not understand;

you will see what I do,

but you will not perceive its meaning.

15For the hearts of these people are hardened,

and their ears cannot hear,

and they have closed their eyes--

so their eyes cannot see,

and their ears cannot hear,

and their hearts cannot understand,

and they cannot turn to me

and let me heal them.'

Did you know that Luke, author of Luke in the New Testament, was a medical doctor?  If you need surgery, include St. Luke in your prayers for he is the patron saint over physicians and surgeons.