Unexplained High Blood Pressure

My neighbor told me about Dr. Christine, so I decided to make an appointment. The best decision I ever made!! The first thing Dr Christine did was a nutritionally specific 24-hour urine draw. Immediately after, I was told by Dr. Christine that there were high levels of protein in my urine which points to the kidneys. In just 24 hrs, Dr Christine found more than my medical doctor did in 4 days of major testing. Amazing!!! I was then sent to a kidney specialist who ordered a kidney biopsy on me. The results showed that I had Minimal Change disease. This means the filter on the side of the kidney was not functioning properly. This filter should hold protein in my body and not flush it out as waste into my urine. When protein is in the urine it will cause high blood pressure and swelling. As a course of action, my kidney doctor wanted to put me on prednisone (a steroid) for 6 months, but he could not assure me that it would correct the situation. Knowing all the side effects of prednisone, this was not an option I wanted to take.

I discussed this with Dr Christine who also agreed that steroids should not be an option. She told me that she too had a plan. A much healthier way to correct this situation! I decided to go with Dr. Christine’s plan. At this point, the protein level in my urine was over 3.5. It should be under a 1.0. After a few months doing as Dr. Christine advised, my protein level in my urine dropped to .02. An amazing dropped in a short amount of time. My kidney doctor could not believe it. We achieved with natural means what he wanted to do with steroids. He said that whatever I was doing, to continue because it was truly working!!

Today, I am still maintaining a very low level of protein in my urine, while off all blood pressure medications. No more headaches, no swelling!! I am feeling the best that I have ever felt. Dr. Christine is Truly Amazing!! I’m not sure the condition my body would be in today, had I stayed on 5 blood pressure meds and six months or more on steroids. I thank God everyday for Dr. Christine!! She gave me an option I didn’t know I had.

Irene Knaus

July Patient of the Month

The other thing that I have changed since meeting Dr. Christine is grocery shopping. Everybody knows that eating fruits and vegetables is good for you and you should eat them and I do…but just like other people, I add garbage to my diet. I learned more about healthy eating and what the garbage in packaged foods does to a body from her, than anywhere else in my life. I have been in and out of chiropractic care for 10 years, but this past year and a half is the first time I have been consistent and I can tell the difference. I have been off of asthma medication for the first time since I was 16, I have been off anti-depressants and my body just feels better when I get adjusted regularly. I get sick less often and when I do get sick, it is less severe, especially if I get adjusted as soon as I start to feel ill.

My son is also a big fan of Dr. Christine’s and loves to come to her office. He just turned 6, and in the year and half since he has been seeing her has hardly been sick, is less constipated, sleeps better and says he always feels good when he leaves her office.

The last thing I want to add is that Dr. Christine has an amazing staff. I never feel like I’m walking into a business office when I walk in, although they are extremely professional, I feel like I’m visiting friends. Everyone is so kind and helpful and pleasant, it just makes the whole experience positive. I’m very excited to have been asked to be the first patient of the month and I look forward to seeing new patient testimonials when I visit. By the way, if you have not attended one of Dr. Christine’s digestive talks, you must–you don’t know what you are missing and it could save your life!

Kristen Khamis
Social Studies Department Chair
Stevenson High School
Sterling Heights, Michigan