Acupressure 
In 1976 I was introduced to energy healing in a college class I was taking. I was very skeptical.  I didn‘t see how it could work. Hold two points and everything gets energy in between and then it’s all better. Yeah right… We took a class field trip to a center that did Acupressure. Everyone had a sample treatment and we left. I couldn’t “feel” anything happening and thought it was useless. The rest of the week, much to my surprise, my neck where I held a lot of tension, was much felt better.  My Mother had a chronic upper back and neck problem which had gotten so bad she was put on muscle relaxer’s. We had taken her to the Emergency Room five times in the last year, when she was in so much pain and agony, she couldn’t take it anymore.  I hated to see her in such pain and felt very helpless as there was nothing I could do to help her. Since my neck was better, I suggested she go to the clinic. We went back and she got her 20 minute sample treatment. From that day forward she never needed another muscle relaxer for her pain. I was astonished! So much so, I signed up for the next class so I could do what I could to  keep my Mother out of the hospital. Over the next few months I took another class and eventually so did my Mother.

We continued to go to the “clinics” and also had private sessions. There were many things I noticed, in general - I went through things faster, both illnesses and emotional upsets. I could get rid of my sore throats, headaches and leg pains.  I would help other people if they would let me. Most were as skeptical as I had been, but were surprised when it worked.

My Downhill slide
Nine years later I was stressed to the limit from my job, not only was I “burned out”, I was toast. I quit my job at the Police Department and went back East for two months to a self-help program that was supposed to help me be happier. It didn’t. I had trouble getting back into life and working. I went back to work but developed what the Doctor thought was Gastritis. I also started having Gall Bladder attacks, from Gall Stones. I had to quit my job because the stress made me worse. I decided to go back to school. I went back to the Community College to get the credits I still needed for transfer. While I was there I went back to work part-time. Eventually I needed full-time work and worked as a registrar at the college. I worked full-time, went to school full-time and was helping a friends Mother who had cancer. Basically not only was I burning the candle at both ends I was burning it in the middle too, not a good idea.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
A few months before the end of the semester I got the flu. I couldn’t recall having a flu this bad before. I was flat on my back for over a week and didn’t get up except to go to the bathroom. I didn’t seem to be able to get my stamina back, and in a few weeks I developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both wrists all the way up to the elbows. It was so painful I couldn’t use my hands for anything for a few weeks, I saw a specialist and iced by hands and wrists to take the swelling down. A few months later I went North to attend the University. Though the pain was now down out of my arms, my hands and wrists were still very bad. I could not take notes, or type, or carry anything without a backpack. I struggled along but my stamina kept getting lower.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
That summer I worked at a camp teaching and by September was exhausted.  At Christmas I got the flu and spent the whole six week break at home in bed. So much for going home, all I did was lay in bed. When I returned I could barely stand for registration. I re-did my schedule to lighten my load but still be able to graduate.  My wrists were  some better, but dragging myself out of bed was a constant struggle.

I can remember waking up and just being awake was exhausting. I went to the doctor and the only thing they could find wrong was low thyroid, so I was put on thyroid medicine. It cured my lifelong cold fingers and toes, but didn’t help with my energy. I went to the hospital and they couldn’t find anything. My doctor suggested it might be depression, so I tried anti-depressants. They worked -  I was no longer depressed but still couldn’t get out of bed. On a trip home I went to the book store and found a book on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and read it. I had all the symptoms. But my doctor didn’t know anything about it.  I continued to go to school as much as I could, did my homework and the rest of the time I slept. I graduated with a Degree in Psychology on sheer will power.

CFS,  Herbs,  Epstein Barr Virus
After I graduated I went home and lived with my parents and was bed-ridden for over two years. I found a doctor who specialized in CFS and got a diagnosis.  He didn’t have any treatment suggestions though. My memory started to go, I can remember going into the kitchen and saying good morning to my Mother and she looked at me real funny. I said, “What’s the matter did I already say good morning?” “Yes, three times!” she told me. Sometimes I was so weak I couldn’t drive so my Mother would have to take me to doctor’s appointments. I developed a sleep disorder and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

I’d had a bad toothache so I went to the dentist and it was a lose filling. He fixed it and put in a new composite filling. All of my old fillings had mercury. It laid me out for a month and I couldn’t move. I had seen a show on 60 minutes on mercury fillings and so went back and had him remove all of my mercury fillings and replace them with composite fillings. I know I got some of the toxins out of my body, but it wasn’t a magic bullet, all my other symptoms didn't go away but I know it helped. 

Eventually when I was a little better I went to a couple CFS support group meetings and an Acupuncurist/Herbalist from Ventura came to speak at one. He took the sickest person to demonstrate. Amazingly there was someone worse than I was.  She was so weak she couldn’t hold her fingers together for the muscle testing, so I held her hand and he tested me. He would test vials to see what was causing her CFS. Then he would test herbs to see what made her stronger. I could tell the difference. This seemed like it might help. I was just strong enough to drive at the time. So I made an appointment and went up to Ventura, a 3 hour trip one-way. Daniel said the cause was Epstein Barr virus. He gave me herb tinctures (liquid) to take and I went back after a month. The herbs tasted awful but I choked them down 3 times a day. Every month he would test me and change the herbs if necessary.

After a few months I started to feel a little better. Unfortunately it was 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. Progress was fairly steady but very slow. But I was persistent, many of the people at the support group were not any better and some had been sick for up to 20 years which depressed the heck out of me, I wasn’t sure I would ever get my life back and I was only in my thirties. In fact there were times I was so sick I feared I was going to die. I would get everything that went around only 50 times worse than a healthy person. Once I got the stomach flu and had a BP of 80 over 50 and needed 3 bags of saline before I could even go home. I felt like “death warmed over” most of the time.  My Father taped a radio show and the doctor said people with CFS would get cancer and other diseases that would kill them, that definately didn't help my outlook.

After a few years I could work part-time. I decided to move out and get my own apartment. Unfortunately they put new carpet in and the out gassing set me back tremendously and I had to move back in with my parents. In two weeks all the gains I made went down the drain. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I thought of how I wished I had done things differently and wished I had another chance. So I prayed to God for healing.

Energy Healing
Ask and yea shall receive, but never in quite the way you expect! I was feeling better and decided to go to a weekend spiritual retreat at the same place I had taught one summer. While there I saw the Mother of someone I had worked with and met three years earlier. She did some energy work on me and while we were talking she said “It’s too bad you can’t come home with me, my other son, is the one in the family who can really do healing work.” Suddenly it hit me this was the answer to my prayer. So I told her “I could do that.” So she called to make sure he would be there and I drove home with her and stayed a few days. I had no idea what was going to happen but I figured it was worth a shot.

They “worked” on me and while they did I felt a swirling of energy around me like a light breeze it was a wonderful feeling. They worked on me more each day and he said I would start to get better now and told me some things to eat and other things to do.

I was very interested to see what Daniel found at my next appointment. I didn’t tell him what I had done. He kept re-doing the testing. I asked what was going on. He said he had never seen this before, but the virus was now outside of the cells and it would now be a faster recovery.

Environment
My Father created a very stressful living environment and was getting worse. One of my doctor’s advised me I would never get better as long as I was living there. I left and lived and volunteered part-time at the retreat center for almost a year and slowly got healthier.

Working Again
When I left there I moved up to Washington State and had a tough time getting work and keeping going, but I persevered. Eventually I got a full time job and ended up Managing a book store. After a couple years I changed jobs and Managed a Vitamin Store. I would learn of things at the Vitamin store that helped me and my family. My Mother had developed Alzheimer’s and eventually she also had Parkinson’s. I was able to help her with some things for allergies, and tried magnets for her stiff muscles. It was too late to help much but I finally found a natural product which turned back the Alzheimer’s a bit. It worked when medications did not. I had been looking for it for over a year. My Mother had some strokes and died.  I was able to help customers stop dementia in it's early stages though, which was gratifying.

Reiki
A friend who I was trading massage with took a Reiki class. When he tried it on me, a tailbone injury that had bothered me for about twenty years, disappeared. So once again I took some more classes in 2000. I became a Reiki Master Teacher. Reiki is similar to what  my friends used to heal me.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Most of my life I have been searching for something that will help me get rid of negative emotions, and feelings about my past, so I could be happier. In 2002 I learned about EFT from a newsletter I was receiving that had an article in it by Gary Craig about EFT. Within a few months I attended a training given by Dr. David Lake and Steve Wells from Australia, it proved to be a turning point in my life. The day after the training, I got a call from my Father who had been in an accident and was in the hospital. I was very upset and angry at him because he caused the accident and wasn’t supposed to be driving. My drive home took an hour and I tapped on my anger all the way home. I was amazed that when I arrived I was no longer angry, and didn’t have to spend the evening rehashing the whole thing with my boyfriend or spoil his evening. This was a first!

Since that time I have:
~ Reviewed all Gary's CD's and DVD's
~ Received a certificate of completion for EFT.
~ Attended two weekend workshops by Gary on Serious Disease’s (one with Dr. Mercola).
~ Bought, read and used Allergy Antidotes and Weight Loss with EFT.
~ Purchased Dr. Mercola’s DVD’s for using EFT on diseases.
~ Have worked with many people on a variety of issues, including: cancer, grief, anger, weight,    pain, motion sickness, trauma, limiting beliefs, allergies.

Allergy Antidotes
In January 2007 I was fortunate to be able to take a class in Allergy Antidotes from Sandi Radomski.  She teaches how to use EFT and other modalities and machines to help get rid of Allergies, Physical and Emotional problems, and help people with Autism and Toxic reactions.  During her course we used both The Guardian and Pro Remedy Maker made by Eagle Research which are amazing machines.  I was so impressed with the results I received from just one treatment I decided to buy the machines and apply to become a distributor.

The Guardian and Pro Remedy Maker
(More information soon)

There are always new idea’s and developments. My goal is to be as open minded as I can and always seek out other tools with which to heal and in turn be of service to others who are also seeking  ways to heal themselves. 

IMPORTANT NOTE:  While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it must still be considered to be in the experimental stage and thus practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it. Further, Laurie Appel is not a licensed health professional and offers EFT as a personal performance coach. Those who want to discuss the use of EFT for a specific emotional problem with a professional in the mental health field are referred to the Referral section on Gary Craig’s website emofree.com, where a number of licensed practitioners who use EFT in their practices are listed.

All information on this website is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Laurie R. Appel is not a Doctor, does not diagnose, prescribe or give medical advice.  If you have a medical condition consult a physician.  Just because certain vitamins, herbs and techniques worked for me it doesn't mean they will work as well for you and I do not prescribe treatment, diagnose or give medical advice.  All information if for informational purspose only and the reader takes full responsibility for using any of these modalities, machines or techniques.

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