I want to start by saying I really think Arbonne is saving my life. I do not mean just to be healthier in what I eat or making better choices in foods I buy. We have a product called Phytosport After Workout and honestly anything can be a workout if you have a chronic issue of any kind. Mine? Restless Legs Syndrome and Neuropathy. Both are very debilitating diseases. I’m 34 and sometimes I feel like I’m 340. So let me back it up some. I have been living with RLS for many years....like probably all my life and was not diagnosed because at the time it was not something you could pin down to something that specific. I just lived with the pain and bouncing legs and spasms. As I got older it got worse and I was having more day symptoms and worse night symptoms. Eventually I was put on some medication that was suppose to help with it. But because it made you sleepy I could not take it during the day and only had a small window to take it at night because I needed the sleep part to wear off, Just not too early or I would be screwed. Well I was not on it long because my symptoms changed (which is now called augmentation). On to new meds. Then more life happened and I bounced around on different ones to try to take this pain away or I would be happy with making it tolerable. Finally, a drug came out that worked 24 hours! I was beyond happy. I was on it for a while and it worked for a while...then augmentation again. I was in tears because of pain and exhausted from hours here and there for sleep. Eventually, it got to the point that my days and nights were reversed because I could kinda relax in the day and sleep. I did not like how my life was going. Since 2009 my pain had gotten worse and worse with the worst being in 2012. I was really at my wits end or so I thought. No that came in 2013 when nothing was working and I had pretty much become a hermit because it just hurt 24/7. I felt like I was a zombie walking on glass all day and worse at night. It was affecting my depression levels because I was used to going and going and going whenever I needed to or wanted to. Even everyday chores were harder to accomplish. I love cooking and now I could not just stand there to make a meal. A walk to the mailbox at the end of the driveway was devastating. To counter my depression, we tried upping my antidepressant. That just made me have panic attacks and increased paranoia. I had to lay down a lot. God forbid I have to go shopping because that would be so debilitating that I was down the whole day. I hated shopping. I hated cooking, I hated walking. I hated standing. I hated sitting. I hated showering because I could feel those things in the tub floor. All this was so stressful to me and guess what, stress is a trigger. I’m screwed. It was a harsh reality when I sat dow in 2014 and filed for disability. I had never felt so helpless filling out the paperwork. I felt less than human and that I was being judged by paperwork. So I cried for a while. I felt a little better. I’m still working on the SSDI. So I bring us to about one month ago. I had tried so many things and they worked for a while then stop working and I honestly felt worse than I had before I tried anything. I signed up for a meditation class at The Broom Closet from a woman named Tammie Hayes. I had no idea who she was or anything. I went and it was fabulous. After the class she introduced us to Arbonne. She made us some protein shakes with this phytosport stuff in it. At that point I was not all sure about this stuff. I don’t care for protein shakes because they taste nasty to me. This one was pretty good. So we had those and then did facials and I noticed something after a little bit. My legs were not bouncing off the walls like they had been earlier. I didn’t feel as much pain. I was sold on this company and this product. I because a consultant right then and there. I am not an impulse decision maker. I think and think and think it over. This wasn’t the case I knew I had to have this and I had only had a small cup from the big mix she made to split between us all. What would a whole serving do??? So here I am Tricia Watts, Arbonne Independent Consultant. I got my order of the phytosport and have used it once a day since the day I got it. I feel amazing. To describe in words is very difficult for me. But let us try actions. I cooked homemade veggie and beef soup and did not have to break during prep. I took an hour long shower without having to put something down in the tub and not freaking out after 10 minutes...man how I missed long showers. I slept all night for the first time in years even with sleep meds I couldn’t get a whole night. This product is amazing. I am writing this on July 22, 2015 and today was the first time I could walk the entire Wal-mart store and not hurt in my feet and legs. I used to split my lists over a few days because I could not walk the store. It was take me hours to shop half of Kroger because I could not make it the rest. I felt normal today as I ran a few errands and went to dinner with a friend and then we went to Wal-mart because I needed a few things for my first presentation with Arbonne. Sometimes I feel that when I talk to people about it that they think I just want to sell you something and move on. People that know me know that I don’t just push something just to do it. I push because I believe in it or want to really express my joy in this product. This is just something that is really amazing for me and I want to share it with the world.
