Journey With Sujata

02/12/2025

02/12/2025

02/12/2025

It’s a lonely journey. And overwhelming. And frustrating. And sad. You’re not alone.

02/12/2025

What happens in the mind happens in the body. Being mindful of the messages you are sending to your body is paramount in your healing journey. If you identify as a “Floxie” or a “victim”, then that’s what you’ll be and where you’ll remain. Change the words you use to describe what’s happening. The added mental stress causes oxidative stress which then produces more damage in your body.

02/12/2025

Healing is often two steps forward and one step back. There will be setbacks. What’s important is that you understand what caused the setback and make adjustments. Having a setback does not mean you are relapsing. Like the graph says, healing is not linear. Everyone is different and everyone’s healing is different even if two people do the exact same thing.

02/12/2025

The psychological impact of fluoroquinolone toxicity can feel very isolating. It’s a challenge to find someone who can walk with you on this journey that actually gets it. I’ve got you. Visit me and read my story on wellnesswithsujata.com

02/12/2025

The road to healing from fluoroquinolone toxicity can be lonely, confusing, and frustrating. Not only does it cause crippling physical effects, but it also causes a tremendous psychological impact that not many people are equipped to support and help in a useful way. I’ve been there. I get it. There is hope. I can help.

01/25/2025

These are the black box warnings that fluoroquinolone a carry. This list started in the early 2000’s and has continued to grow. Yet many health care professionals still dismiss patients who come into their office complaining of symptoms of fluoroquinolone toxicity. Save a life. Share this.

10/02/2024

One of the many people in Asheville who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene. This is my friend Elaine Bailey whose house got washed away in the Swannanoa River and is no more. If you have it in your heart to make a donation, please do so.

We are fundraising for Elaine Bailey and her family (Plus their community and oth… Shannon South needs your support for Help Needed to Rebuild After Hurricane

06/23/2024

Starting today, I am participating in this I CAN MOVEment. I am committing to going to planet fitness everyday and moving my body in honor of those who cannot move theirs.

This is a fundraiser for Cure VCP Disease, to help us get closer to a cure. This disease has taken away the lives of my close family members. It’s a neurodegenerative disease which eats away at muscle function and can cause frontotemporal dementia (FTD). My family member has both, and it’s devastating. Please help us raise funds so we can complete the projects we need to show the FDA results they will need to approve a treatment or cure. Please help me save my own family as well as countless other beautiful families who deserve a better life. Thank you!

Join the MOVEment to Cure VCP Disease

07/22/2022

I again, this year, wasn't going to post about this this week, but as the week goes on, I feel like I need to acknowledge it...my cipro poisoning...

What happened?

Many of you already know because I post about this every year on the anniversary. One day I was teaching spinning classes, yoga and bootcamps, and then next day I was in a wheelchair. I could not add 1 plus 1. I was in severe pain (muscle, nerve and tendons) 24/7. I could not open a milk jug or squeeze a scrubby. I had to quit my job as a pharmacist, because I could not lift my body to do anything, and I also could not process numbers and words. All this, while being the single mom of four children.

Western medicine failed me, invalidated my symptoms, called it fibromyalgia (as they do for women when they can't figure out what is wrong). I was given antidepressants (that I never took), and sent on my way. No worries. I figured it out myself. Even with a fraction of my brain working, I was able to piece together research and over the course of a few years, heal myself and reclaim my life. It was UGLY. But I did it. I would say I am 95% recovered.

I have come so far from that point 8 years ago, that facebook had to remind me that this was the week that completely changed my life. Of course there are other weeks since then that have also completely changed my life. But this particular experience helped me prepare myself for something far more life altering and far more impactful.

No experience comes to us as punishment. Sometimes it takes a few years to understand why we go through something. Ahhhh....my poorly wrapped gift...

While this experience still can trigger some powerful emotions, I can say that it has made me stronger and smarter (dare I say). I am resilient and I know that my body can heal itself if I give it the right things...mind, body and spirit.

I acknowledge you, my cipro poisoning. I detest the memory of you, but I value the lessons, the knowledge, the people I have met from around the world who I have been able to help heal from this debilitating condition, and the preparation you provided for something even bigger than myself...

Eight years ago today, I started on a downward spiral to being crippled. Today, I am the strongest I have been since that day. Honoring my resilience and my resolve and my drive to NEVER take NO for an answer.