Looking back at four decades of her life, Jami Smith struggled to recall a moment when she felt genuinely happy.
She had a troubled childhood filled with abuse and harassment from the people she held dear. From the age of 9, she began experiencing chronic menstrual pains. Problems piled up as she grew older. At 40, her list of health issues was so long that she says her medical record made doctors gasp.
As a mother of six, she barely had enough energy to take care of the children. Migraines plagued her for weeks at a time, sometimes so severely that she would start vomiting as soon as she stood up. Her body would bruise easily, even from simple things such as lifting a pot or crossing her legs. Supplements made her sick. Lying on her left side at night, she listened to her heartbeat. It was so weak that she more than once wondered if it would stop in her sleep….