Kelly Altman Overcomes Chronic Gut Pain and Heartburn Through Natural Lifestyle Changes

The one thing I liked what she was offering was more natural. I didn't wanna go on pharmaceuticals. I'd been to doctors, they didn't have any answers. She just seemed to have an answer for me to clean up and detoxify everything and get it fixed. To learn how to be more natural and healthier lifestyle as well is kind of what attracted me 'cause I knew it needed to be long-term. I'm Kelly Altman, and I'm in Erie, Colorado, and I'm a virtual admin. I have always grown up with gut issues, like different various stomach pains and heartburns and issues, and then it kind of came to a head in fall of 2024. I got a bad case of diverticulitis, and it never really kind of went away, and I still had bad heartburn, and I always told my husband my guts hurt. I felt heavy and bloated and just knew something wasn't right. And I saw a Facebook post from Dr. Towsend about webinar to learn more, so my husband and I sat and watched it, and then I made an appointment to see her to see if there was something she could do to help me get over all this pain that I was feeling. A while ago, when I was having... Well, at first they thought it was a heart attack, but it ended up being my esophagus. Doctor put me on, like, a heartburn medicine, but there was no answer. I'd say, "Well, what now?" At that point I was in my mid-thirties, and I didn't wanna be on medications for the rest of my life to control that. Then I was always searching the internet for some answers, anything to try to clean it up and detoxify it, and I just got tired of trying or researching different kind of supplements or digestives, probiotics that didn't work. I just remember sitting in her office feeling desperate that I'm in so much pain and so bloated, and I didn't know what, what else to do. But I also knew going to her office that this wasn't gonna be inexpensive, and at that point I just figured it's time for me to invest in my health rather than just keep living that way and wasting money elsewhere. But both my husband and I were like, "It's time." What surprised me the most was probably how easy it was, or simple. Should I say simple? 'Cause easy, I had to change some lifestyle habits, so that takes some work, but it was a simple process to follow. It was still using natural foods, and it was adding some natural supplements. Takes a lot of being able to change some old habits and build some new ones, but she helps with just to work through what's holding you back on sh- making those changes and offering suggestions. She was great at that. I really felt supported by her outreach and checking in with phone calls or office visits when I needed it. If there was some mental blocks, she knew how to... Suggested journaling, and she had a lot of journal videos to help me get past some of those things. Where to find certain products that I might need or might wanna try, even like a grounding mat, which I didn't know anything about grounding before her. Learning how to sleep better. She was extremely thorough in helping me learn some of the unhealthy things that are going on inside my body besides just my gut health. My life now is... it's freer. My pain is gone. I don't have the gut issues every day that I had. I'm not living with the heartburn. I'm not living with the bloating. I'm not living with just the pain, and that was the biggest to me to just live pain-free was huge. And I know I still have ways to go, but she's given me tools, and I know how to adjust. Now I make a conscious choice on what I wanna eat and what I wanna drink because I know what it's gonna do. That's huge for me as well. I think Dr. Towsend can really understand your issues, and she can see what's causing a block, whether it's some past traumas or bad habits, and she's very open and honest about what you need to do to fix that and that it will be a lifestyle change. It's not a quick fix. It's not a temporary fix. It's changing your lifestyle, and I like that about her. She's pretty good at that. If you're on the fence about whether this is something you wanna do or not, I do think it's really worth your time and investment to become a healthier person for the long term and live a longer, healthier, more vital life.