Show Notes
It's one thing seeing interviews with people that recovered, and another thing seeing them tell their stories in real-time. In this interview, Shannon tells how she recovered from fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and POTS after 7 years of illness. Her 2½ year journey was bumpy, with her actually worsening before she got better. This interview captures her journey, and when you check out the show notes you will see a collection of her video journals below that captured her story which makes for a fascinating watch.
Timestamps
| Introduction - What If recovery isn't going well | 0:00:00 |
| Podcast Disclaimer | 0:01:51 |
| Meeting Shannon | 0:02:33 |
| Shannon's experience with getting diagnosed and prognosis for Fibromyalgia | 0:03:37 |
| Medical emergency that led to onset of fibromyalgia | 0:05:57 |
| We explore the year leading to the onset of the illness | 0:09:03 |
| Shannon talks about her experience with depression pre illness | 0:10:52 |
| Shannon discusses her early emotional experience with Fibromyalgia | 0:13:15 |
| Shannon talks about being bedbound and the idea of 'pushing' through to recovery | 0:16:09 |
| Shannon tells of positive strategies that helped but didn't lead to recovery | 0:17:25 |
| Shannon's symptoms and experience of Fibromyalgia & when she thought she may not survive | 0:19:02 |
| How Shannon's family and friends reacted to her illness | 0:22:58 |
| Illness frustration and onset of POTS and illness worsening & connection to PTSD | 0:24:03 |
| How ANS REWIRE supported her when he condition suddenly worsened | 0:29:41 |
| Dan talks about dark times in Fibromyalgia, CFS and POTS | 0:31:37 |
| Shannon talks about how she used brain-training strategies for anxiety | 0:32:59 |
| Shannon talks about how her CFS Fibro POTS recovery evolved with ANS REWIRE | 0:35:27 |
| We talk about belief in whether we can recover and the video diary that Shannon shares | 0:37:37 |
| Dan and Shannon talk about the lessons of ANS REWIRE on how Shannon applied them | 0:40:17 |
| Shannon talks about what allowed her to persist to recover | 0:45:05 |
| We discuss the experience of brain fog and how Shannon re-engaged mentally as she recovered | 0:47:14 |
| What Shannon thinks is the most important thing for CFS/POTS/Fibromyalgia Recovery | 0:50:11 |
| Dan talks about the importance of tailoring our approach for recovery | 0:50:55 |
| Shannon's life after recovering from Fibromyalgia CFS & POTS | 0:52:17 |
Shannon's Video Journals
Video 1: Jan 2018 - Hopeful
Video 2: Feb 2018 - "Believe It"
Video 3: Apr 2018 - "Terrified" but "Positive"?
Video 4: Nov 2018 - "Grateful" & "Hopeful"
Video 5: Jan 2019 - "Recovering Quicker"
Video 5b: Feb 2019 - History of Journey So Far (longer video)
Video 6: March 2019 - "Excited" & "Changing"
Video 7: July 2019 - "Life is filled with other things" & "Unheard of"
Video 8: May 2020 - "95-98% healed" & "breakthrough to next level"
Video 9: Aug 22 Update - "100% recovered" & "like a normal person"
Links
Here is a link to the ANS REWIRE program.
Transcript
For a full transcript, check out the listing in the recovery stories section here.
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Thank you so very much Shannon! I too have been doing the ANSrewire program and it has been an interesting journey. Unfortunately, I developed severe POTS after an emotional shock. POTS has now become my number one symptom. Yesterday, I felt very depressed about this happening to me when I had been working the program for about a year. You have given me a lot of hope today. With the help of some mineral rebalancing and faith in the ANSrewire program I will succeed.