My wife, Alaina Liew, has a story to share:
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On December
8, 2009, our daughter, Nayomi, was born. My husband, Ka Heng and I were
delighted with our healthy little girl. I was also very thankful for the quick
labor and delivery, pushing only for about a half an hour. It was not until the
next day that I started to see the negative effect that the intense labor had
on me.
It was a couple of hours before I was to
be released from the hospital. I went to get Nayomi out of her crib and had not
realized how weak and numb my legs were. The next thing I knew, I had fallen to
the floor! A nurse told me that it was probably because of my intense labor and
the fact that I had been lying in bed in the same position, which can reduce my
blood circulation. She told me to try to walk and massage my legs as much as
possible and give it a few days.
Going home, I did what I was told without improvement.
I was scared and wondered if I would ever get better. I was afraid to walk with
the Nayomi, not wanting to fall and hurt her. Ka Heng or my mother would have
to bring her to me when she needed, changing or feeding. After a few days of not feeling better, I
called my OB doctor, who told me that it was normal after having an episiotomy
and just to give it time and stay off my legs as much as possible.
The numbness and the weakness persisted. Would
I ever get better? What would happen if
my daughter began walking before I got better?
How would I keep up? Before he went to work, my husband would bring Nayomi
and I down stairs, and we would stay there till he came home in the evening. After
a month and a half, I finally got the courage to carry my daughter down the
stairs. Taking walks was next to impossible; my legs would get shaky after a
few a minutes. Every week I called my
doctor and she would tell me that it was normal. Finally, after three long
months the doctor gave me an appointment. After a check up and having no
answers, she referred me to a neurologist. I went to see the neurologist, who
then prescribed an MRI. The results from the test showed that I had some
arthritis that had flared up and pinched a lower nerve at my back, which was
the cause of my pain and suffering. At my follow up appointment, the
neurologist told me to stretch and do yoga and give it time.
Every day I would try and stretch and my
condition seemed to be improving a bit, though I was worried that it was not
fast enough. In August, eight month later, Ka Heng was talking to a nutritional
specialist at a Market America International Convention. That specialist gave
Ka Heng a list of MA products that would help to reduce the inflammation in my
arthritis. Every day I took three caps of OPC3s, two caps of calcium, two caps
of digestive enzymes, two caps of B-vitamins, and 4 capsules of Omega III fish
oil (2 after breakfast and 2 after dinner).
Over the following weeks of taking those
natural supplements, I began to feel improvement. After three or four weeks, I
was back to my normal self. It had been about nine month of struggling with my
handicap. I had always kind of doubted the quality of MA products. However,
after all that I went through and the amazing recovery, I now believe in the
product 100%. Now Nayomi is walking and I can enjoy chasing after her with no
problem or pain!
Alaina Liew
Canton, MI
May 18, 2011
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