About

I grew up a sick kid: bronchitis, sinusitis, walking pneumonia. I was hospitalized at 2 years old and kept in an oxygen tent for pneumonia. I just never got better. I was always on antibiotics – at least two to three times to five times a year. In my twenties, I had an allergic reaction to penicillin. Later in life, I had two episodes of anaphylactic shock while in the hospital. Not only could I not take penicillin, but I could no longer take any form of that branch of antibiotic. 

As I got older, my doctor said it was dangerous to keep putting me on the same antibiotics because I could develop an immunity to them. We tried lots of over the counter medicines and breathing treatments in his office. I was still getting sick and taking so many over the counter medicines. When I got sick, I was down for a week or two at a time. This happened two to three times a year. I also have multiple autoimmune issues which did not make life any easier. Did you know that one of the side effects of antibiotics is autoimmune disease?