03/06/2024
This time last year I was posting weekly updates on taking Stem Cell Activator, StemActive - Well here is a one year update!
How StemActive has helped with Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis in My Life
I have been diagnosed with Lupus and RA for 10 years. In that time I have experienced full body debilitation, skin rashes, digestive, heart, lung and kidney problems as well as joint pain, swelling, soft tissue swelling, bone swelling, Reynaud’s syndrome, and chronic lymphoedema in both legs and arms. I have been hospitalized and for a time, moved to a more temperate climate because both extreme heat and cold brought on severe flares. There was a period of a year where I could not use both of my hands and it took 8 months to recover enough to walk 3 blocks. Suffice it to say I am lucky and grateful to be alive and have the support and love of my family and friends and the divine, without whom I would not be in this physical form today.
Today, I am sitting comfortably, in Winnipeg, typing with both hands, legs crossed, no pain. It is -16 degrees celsius and I went for 2 walks yesterday outside. My hands and feet stayed warm, there is no remnant of Raynaud’s syndrome and no residual pain in my joints or muscles from the exercise. The lupus nephritis which was diagnosed in 2022 as level 3 has been checked and there is no progress, and there is scar tissue, indicating some healing.
For my granddaughter’s birthday in January, we went sledding with the kids and I climbed the hill and even slid down (one time). This was something I thought I would never do again. I had just written off winter sports as something I was glad I had the chance to do when I was younger but was not for me anymore. I fully expected to pay the price the next day but it wasn’t bad aside from some minor stiffness that anyone can expect from exertion. This summer I look forward to riding horseback for the first time in 12 years.
For full disclosure - I am still careful. I eat quite well, listen to my body, rest a lot, work from home as much as possible and keep stress to a minimum, to the extent of keeping stressful interactions and relationships at bay. I am more of a hermit than I used to be, because even people I love, without intending to, can bring my stress levels up. I recognize the signs - my heart beating faster, emotional “fire”, nervous tension - and I take steps to minimize or stop them. I enjoy the concept that I’d rather be happy than right - and it is serving me well. At the same time I am standing up for myself in situations where formerly I would have let people take advantage of me, and that positions me with obvious boundaries so I know when they are crossed and can take the steps of either taking a step back or working it out properly.
So, after all that - what has facilitated the healing?
It is multi-fold - I have done many things and do every day but I can break it down into two major sections:
Mind: Awareness, RTT Hypnotherapy (both receiving and practicing as a therapist), Meditation and Prayer. I acknowledge that it is my mind’s job, particularly the subconscious mind’s job, to keep me alive and healthy. By keeping it clear and regularly therapeutically engaging with it and moreover, listening to the signs and following through on the messages I have become more attuned to holistic functioning. I have developed a few very quick reset meditations that instantly improve the energy and feeling in my mind and body. These are in my book, The Power of Hypnotherapy - Your Magnetic Mind.
Body: StemActive herbal and nutritional Stem Cell Activator: I have been taking StemActive daily for over a year and this has given my cells, bone marrow, immune system, nervous system, kidneys, and my whole body a revitalization more than any other single supplement or food I have used since diagnosed with lupus. I was taking the capsules, 2-4 a day, and now take 1-2 packets of the liquid gel a day. It’s like a high-nutrient smoothie in a shot. I feel it immediately, and notice the difference with my energy, digestion, lowered pain levels, increased flexibility, increased sense of calm, security and safety, better sleep and overall increased health on a high level. Suffice it to say that before I took StemActive I was in pain 5-6 days a week, not able to walk or exercise much without long recovery periods afterwards and experiencing all of the symptoms listed in the first paragraph of this report on some level. Because I can get more exercise, everything else is functioning better. Now the pain levels are the opposite. I have 5-6 days pain free and am able to do pretty much anything I want to do within my limits, which I am extending regularly.
I am still careful. I still experience lupus. I still have hard limits. There are things I can’t do, and try sometimes and am reminded that I still can’t (carry heavy things, get direct sunlight or eat spinach, for instance.)
However, I feel I can look forward to the rest of my life now. Whereas even a year ago I was prepared at any moment to go into long-term care and let go of life, being grateful for what experience I have had, now, I entertain the idea of being an elder and enjoying seeing my children as mature adults and my grandchildren growing up whilte enjoying activity, celebrations, laughter and helping them enjoy life, too.
I have learned how important it is to listen to that small voice, especially when it gets loud. It told me to learn RTT Hypnotherapy to help my counselling clients better, and it ended up helping me so much. In my training I met and worked with Dr. Amber, a founder of Healthy Home, and started taking StemActive as soon as it became available. I was one of the first to take it and can say it has turned my life and health around. I can say without hesitation that it is worth 10x the investment in returned health and physical ability.
Please reach out if you want to know more.
Sincerely,
Signe Knutson
RTT, C. Hyp.
Photo of me at 17 or so - driving my dad's 1964 Plymouth Valiant
