Getting My Life Back with the SideBy Care Program

Speaker: Vanessa

Vanessa: The side by care program has helped me get my life back, not only with my depression, anxiety, and my stomach issues, it has helped me open up my, my mind and have a better mindset, knowing that if you wanna feel better, you have to do it for yourself. You really have to put your mind into it and put the heart dedication into it with all the tools that they have given me, breathing exercises, better eating habits, and just a, a better way of thinking, it has really improved my way of dealing with my health issues. I used to be very sad and depressed because of the all the things that was going on with me, but now I'm back into giving. Getting my life back and being able to be going out and enjoying my life again, regardless of how I'm feeling health wise, it has helped me. Go out more, be with my family and friends.

Vanessa: This program has improved all of my GI symptoms. My nausea has calmed down with the breathing exercises. Same thing with my diarrhea and nausea and vomiting. It has helped with, it has improved with the nutrition facts that they have given me, with the better meal ideas, with all of the advice of going on the little walks, eating every 3 to 4 hours, eating smaller portions if needed. And not skipping meals, drinking lots of water, knowing what's good for my body, making sure I know what has been making me have a flare up, what hasn't, what can I, what can my body tolerate, and all of those things, it just has helped me, number one, be more motivated. And number 2, it just has helped me feel like myself again, like I can fully, maybe not fully but almost be the same person I was before I got sick. I'm more happy, my mood swings have improved, and I'm feeling like I'm going into the correct direction with all the tips they have given me so far.