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My Experiences with


Science and Health— Journey into the Unknown


by Nick Magrone, Jr., A4M Certifi ed Health Coach


conventional medical industry and the integrative side, both quotes always seem to ring true. It’s like Lawrence Fishburne’s character states in the hit movie, “The Matrix,” to Keanu Reeves’s character: “You have to let it all go, fear, doubt and disbelief; free your mind.” I don’t like using cliché movie lines, but that statement absolutely can challenge your belief system. It will all tie in to how this pertains to my journey later. As stated above, my formative years were relatively normal until I was a young adult in my mid 20s trying to fi gure out life like everyone else is at that age. I was abruptly diagnosed with IBD (infl ammatory bowel disease), and everything was transformed from that point on. My life started to feel like a bad Country Western song to say the least. I lost so much from the experience. Everything that keeps someone relatively positive was stripped away from me, and it happened rather quickly. The good news is that, unlike a bad Country Western song, I did not lose my dog because at the time I didn’t have one. In all seriousness, I did lose the most important things during a critical time when you need those things to be working for you, not against you. I did the best someone could do in the situation I was in and tried to reason with myself that the answers were out there somewhere. To briefl y sum up what happened:


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long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… just kidding. Recently, I re-connected with


the publisher of Natural Awakenings, Margaret Jones Bertone, at a 10-Day Orlando health conference. Margaret and I met a few years ago, and she allowed me to publish an article centered around a hypothesis that connects autoimmune conditions to a pathogen named paratuberculosis. The article was rather detailed and looking back on it, I am happy to say the response was excellent. Margaret has since asked me to put together a synopsis about my experiences in all areas of health and science.


It is hard to put all of my experiences


in black and white, but I will do my very best to keep this an easy read. My developing years were fairly normal as far as my wellness is concerned. Early on, a few quotes helped change my approach to how I would deal with health and science, and they remain as two of my favorites today. The fi rst is that you have to care about yourself enough to heal yourself. This goes for both mentally and physically. The second is that there are two kinds of facts: the kind you look up and the kind you make up. All throughout my experiences in dealing with the


the fi rst time I enrolled at the University of South Florida to pursue my degree was right before I was diagnosed with IBD. I had to withdraw from school due to my fatigue and lack of necessary energy to work full-time and try to study while deciding what career path to choose. During that time, I worked for a large insurance company in an environment that did not really suit my aspirations and morals. It was a lot of stress and, frankly, an unsuitable working environment, for anyone in my opinion. There were a lot of corporate policies that most people would agree are not sustainable. Then add in the demands of getting a degree, getting a real estate license, trying to have a social life, and making sense of a condition that has been labeled as “treatable, but not ever curable.”


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