Crohns Disease
By Pamela Ballard

I am a 55 year old Aussie girl and the following is a condensed version of my trip on the medical merry-go-around.

After 3 years of hell and hundreds of appointments with various doctors and specialists I was finally diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1976. This was only discovered when I collapsed and surgery was performed. The doctors suspected cancer of the bowel.

I have had a minimum of twenty operations to repair and/or remove various sections of intestine (both small and large). The last operation I had was in 1991 where a plastic tube/bypass was inserted. I have spent more than 20 years living with pain but somehow managed to work full time through most of this nightmare period!

The pain included joint pains, muscle pains and cramps, chronic fatigue, swollen glands, continuous headaches, dry red eyes, night sweats, mouth ulcers, itching skin, burning chest pains, memory loss, constant diarrhea, bouts of nausea and everything else you can think of..... I think I had it!

The medications I took during that period included Metronidazole, Stemetil, Maxalon, Valium, Lasix, Flagyl, Prednisolone, Normison, Pana forte, Voltarin, Prothiaden etc etc. I also tried every known Natural remedy that was suggested to me.

Following the last operation I made a conscious decision to go off all the drugs and try to manage my condition myself. The only medication I would take was Questran to control the continual diarrhea and weekly Vitamin B12 injections as my body doesn't absorb vitamin Bs. I had to fight continually through the pain and exhaustion, but I refused to submit to it.

In May 1999, my friend Renya Maye who has known me through all of this, brought a bottle of Noni Juice to me and told me to "Drink it!". So being an obedient friend, I did as I was told. About a week later she called in and asked if "anything was happening yet". By this stage all my joint and muscle pain had disappeared and I was sleeping naturally. I was hooked on Noni! I continued to drink Noni until I left for a 9 week overseas trip in September. I didn't take any Noni juice with me as the glass bottles were to heavy to carry. There was nothing else available in Australia at that time other than bottles. The day I returned I called Renya and "demanded" Noni juice, I was in so much pain. Since then I have become a Distributor so I can have my own constant supply. I now do not travel anywhere without my Noni juice!

The only medication I take now is Questran twice a week instead of twice a day and Vitamin B12 shot monthly instead of weekly, and of course my 30mls of Noni every morning!

Occasionally I have some pain instead of living with constant pain, I go out like a light when I hit the pillow and sleep soundly all night. I wake each morning alert and refreshed and looking forward to what the day will bring. Far cry from what I felt like only 12 months ago.

For anyone who is currently suffering like I was, please, contact your nearest Noni distributor, and try it. It works!

Pamela Ballard, Adelaide, Australia