• bee venom therapy - chronic illness - Michigan Beekeeper - Natural Beekeeping

    My Journey into Beekeeping

    My Journey into beekeeping began with discovering bee venom therapy. My journey into beekeeping started with researching bee venom therapy. I’ve mentioned here before that I’ll be starting bee venom therapy soon. I’m still waiting on test results from blood work. But once we get all the results squared away, I’ll start ordering my bees. When I first researched honey bee venom therapy, I admit to being a bit skeptical. But the more I learned, the more I was in awe. Honey bees are tiny little miracles that create such an incredible difference in our world. It’s incredible how God…

  • chronic illness - Encouragement

    Chronic Illness: Blood Work Appointment

    My gut ached with knots. I picked up my wide leg jeans to keep them from getting soaked in the slushy parking lot. What in the world are we doing with all these clothing trends? We are literally wearing skirts on each leg.  I inhaled deeply and went in. The receptionist smiled, and after a short conversation, we both realized I was in the wrong place. “Go to suite A. It’s right across the hall.”  I held my breath…does anyone else do that when they are stressed? I don’t even realize I’m doing it. Opening the door, I put on…

  • bee venom therapy - chronic illness - Health

    Chronic Illness: Doctor’s Appointment

    Chronic Illness and doctor’s appointments can be exhausting. My appointment was today. I can’t even describe to you how nervous I was. Filling out all the paperwork has a way of making you relive the whole illness journey. On top of that, last week marks 5 years of being chronically ill. My mind is heavy with all the things-ya know? Going to a doctor and talking about tests, knowing they could end up being a dead end…(sigh). There has been so many unanswered questions. I went expecting nothing, but I walked away feeling a little lighter with more hope than…

  • bee venom therapy - chronic illness

    Chronic Illness: My Story

    Chronic illness can be hard to talk about. It’s exhausting reliving the pain in my mind. I debated posting the story of the beginning. It was five years ago this week. Whew. Praise God for His mercy. God is faithful. He is good no matter what happens. He can do whatever he pleases, it is only my job to accept what he’s given me and use it to point others to Him. Courage. Courage is what I pray for. Chronic Illness: The Beginning Our dog had peed all over the floor. A random way to start the story, right? But…

  • bee venom therapy - chronic illness

    Bee Venom Therapy Timeline

    Bee Venom Therapy is a therapy that has been around since ancient times! Cool, right? Weird how no medical books really mention it. At least, none that I’ve ever read. I’m in the beginning stages of pursuing bee venom therapy for my mystery chronic illness. I already performed my initial sting test to see if I’m allergic. Since I know now that I’m not(that could change any time, I know), it’s time to move forward with bee venom therapy. Bee venom therapy resources are hard to find. There are no apitherapists where we live. Because of that, I knew I…

  • bee venom therapy - chronic illness

    Bee Venom Therapy: Testing Myself To See If I’m Allergic

    Bee venom therapy can be used for healing chronic illness and I’ve struggled with chronic illness since getting Covid in November of 2020. Doctors never found anything wrong with me even though I was bed bound for over a year. I made it out of bed, and actually thought I was cured for a short time. But the symptoms all came back with a myriad of other symptoms as well. Treatments like ozone therapy, acupuncture, bio resonance, an EBV supplement protocol, and steroids all helped until they didn’t. For five years it’s been this constant battle of ups and downs.…