About

Health is a daily concern for me.  I take daily medications and also use USANA vitamins. 

For me USANA became an important part of my health in 2005.  In the period of a few weeks I was diagnosed with both ulcerative colitis and a seizure disorder.  A few weeks before the ulcerative colitis symptoms appeared I had been jogging several miles a day, several times a week.  The first drug they prescribed for me was Asacol for the ulcerative colitis.  The seizures started about two weeks later.  EEG results confirmed the MD’s suspicions and I was started on Keppra, a seizure medication.  Eventually I also had to take Trileptal, another epilepsy medication.  There are many seizure types.  Mine were originally simple partial seizures.  They were also left parietal lobe seizures (that is the area of the brain they occurred).  Adult onset seizures were difficult for me to deal with for many reasons, one of them being seizures driving a vehicle.  Due to this risk I was unable to drive for about eight and a half months.  I remember the MD stating the importance of seizure treatment being more important than the reason for the seizures.  He was right in many ways, since the seizures needed to be treated immediately.  Once I stopped taking the Asacol, the epilepsy treatment medications became much more effective and I only had partial seizures.  During these few months I became weaker to the point that walking up a few stairs was exhausting.  I looked around and tried many different vitamins.  Many weren’t even digested by my system.  Some actually made me sick.  I tried generic and store brands.  I also used the most expensive vitamins I could find.  My cousin suggested that I try USANA products.  I felt so much stronger in just a few days it was incredible.  A couple times I stopped taking them to see if it was a coincidence.  Each time I noticed a difference within a few days.  I ended up having my entire colon removed in a procedure known as a colectomy.  I won’t describe that here, but am working on a blog for it.  The short version of the story is that I now go running and stay very active with my children and the Boy Scout program.  I am a nursing student and plan to take the USANA essential products for the rest of my life.  I’m not a doctor, just a regular person who found an outstanding product that worked for me.  Feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like to know more.  http://www.homehealth.usana.com/