Source: Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 6/14/21


For years, Lisa Z. suffered from anxiety, aches, pain, nausea, body shakes and general inflammation. She has scoliosis, and a rare condition where she’s missing an organ. Though she was in pain, she said the traditional medical sector didn’t have any relief to offer her.   “I have a weird enough condition where they just don’t have anything (to treat it). You can use Pepto-Bismol for the nausea, you can get anxiety meds, but I’m just not a big fan of using that kind of chemical Band-Aid,” she said.  

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