Author: Jeanie Cisco Meth

If you read my past newsletter, you know that I’ve been out of commission since January. I was dealing with balance and dizziness so severe that I couldn’t walk without assistance and driving was out of the question.

July 1, I had enough of being a captive in my home and started walking. That first day it took me an hour to walk a mile. It was rough. I ordered some balance trekking poles from Amazon and started my outdoor adventure. Last week I had gotten up to 4 or 5 miles a day and was walking at a 21-minute mile pace.

I was feeling fairly able and looking forward to better days. I was even able to drive once in awhile on my good days.

Now, it’s confession time. I never asked the Lord what I should do. I stopped meditating about 2 years ago. Why? I’m not sure. I just drifted. It’s easy to do. I get in the habit of doing something and then I wonder if it’s really helping. Then I decide I’m too busy and let it go. I then find myself in a different realm than I wanted to be i and I wonder why. I analyze my habits and find out those things I wasn’t sure if they were helping me or not were exactly what I needed to stay on track to achieve my goals. Silly me!

Confession number 2. November of last year we were having some financial problems. We looked at our budget and saw we were spending $360/month on Doterra Life Long Vitality pack (LLV). One dose for me and one for my husband. We made the financial decision to cut back so we went to a ½ dose.

In December during my yearly physical, I told my doctor I was experiencing some dizziness. He said it would probably resolve itself in a few weeks and if it didn’t to come back and see him. I finished my LLV ½ dose that month.

January 12 of this year I went back to see my doctor because I was getting worse NOT better. The decision to stop working was made and the testing began. I had so many tests for my eyes, ears, neck, brain, blood, and balance. All of which came back negative which was good because it wasn’t anything requiring surgery.

In May they diagnosed me with vestibular migraines and put me on Ajovy. I was told it could take up to 3-4 months to take effect. Ajovy is a once a month shot that I gave myself subcutaneously. I had a horrible rash, pain, and swelling at the sight lasting 7 days or longer.

On Sept 19, 2023, I told my neurologist I was still having symptoms and it seemed to be getting worse. She told me she was calling in two new prescriptions for me. After talking to her and asking many questions, she explained to me that no one really knows what causes migraines, and everyone is different in how they respond to the medications. (If you want to talk more about this, please reach out to me.)

After some God designed coincidences, one being my mentors Kirk and Kim Duncan on Friday Sept 15 and the other being a meeting with Andy and Natalie Goddard on Sat Sept 16. I got up Sunday morning at 3:30 am Sept 17, 2023, and did my first meditation in just over 2 years. I’m VERY grateful to say that the Lord had been waiting for me. He had some things to say and one of them was what I needed to do to get healthy. START TAKING YOUR LLV NOW.

I had to wait until Friday Sept 22 when my husband got paid to order them. Thursday and Friday were really dad days for me. I was so nauseous, all I wanted to do was lay in bed. Friday morning at 10:30 am I ordered and picked the LLV from Doterra. I took ½ a dose because when I first started taking LLV in 2018 I didn’t sleep for about 36 hours, so I wanted to start slow. At dinner I noticed my nausea was gone and I was feeling better.

I get up at 6:30 am or before usually and Saturday was no exception. I got up and fed the cat in the back yard and the birds. I had a mild dizzy spell and head rush. I thought I should go eat something. I got a bagel and cream cheese and took ½ dose of LLV with my breakfast and then the other ½ with lunch.

It is now Monday Sept 25 and I’m happy to report that I feel back to my old self. I’m able to drive. I walk without assistance. I even chopped wood for an hour Sunday afternoon and again this morning. I have NO dizziness, nausea, or head rush. I’m 100% back to full health after 10 months of struggle and sickness.

THANK YOU, JESUS!!

And the money I thought I was saving by not taking LLV? Let me break down the numbers for you!

Doctor’s visits $853.88

Prescriptions $216.15

Physical Therapy $607

For a total of $1,677.03

Missed wages $19,832.18.

Grand total decreasing my LLV to save money -$21,509.21.

Staying on Doterra $180.50 per month.

I could have purchased Doterra for every person in my family and then some.

I WILL FOREVER USE DOTERRA LIFE LONG VITALITY FOR MY HEALTH.

So, if you’re wondering does LLV really work? That myth has been busted. YES, IT DOES!

Save yourself some money and stick with your Doterra LLV.

If you had to choose between being healthy or being wealthy, which one would you choose. What if you could have both? What if you didn’t think that was an option?

I’m just asking.

Life’s Fragile

This past week I’ve been spending extra time with my family and friends. It started last Sunday, September 10, 2023. I sat on my bed thinking of the thousands of people who went to bed 22 years ago that didn’t live to see another evening.

How many of them didn’t kiss their kid’s goodnight? How many of them had a fight with their spouse? How many of them didn’t enjoy something they love because __________? Fill in the blank. We have our reasons for doing the things we do. Have you checked yours lately?

How do I live for today while planning for the future? I found out last week.

1. Take time to show love and appreciation for others. Smile, give hugs, say please and thank you, pause and look into their eyes, be with them 100% in that moment.
2. Dream Big guilt free. I have BIG dreams and I used to make them small because I felt guilty wanting more when others have so much less. I realized I was putting limits on God. I didn’t believe He could answer my requests and still have enough for others. Silly ME! He is abundant beyond my wildest dreams and can supply everyone with what they want. So, you might ask, “Why doesn’t He?” Because… (That is a very long answer I will attempt to answer later.)
3. Enjoy the journey. Take a moment to pause and see, really see, the beauty that is all around. Find the mini miracles in your day. Just a few of mine from the week:
   1. The birds and the bees, the green grass and the trees.
   2. My body’s ability to heal and repair the damage done during the day.
   3. Running water and a home.
   4. A cozy bed and a loving husband.
   5. The memory of those that have gone before and are no longer with me.
   6. My ability to learn and grow.
   7. Music to help me feel all of my emotions.
   8. The straw in my drink so I can partake as I’m driving, and I get thirsty.
   9. The funny cat and dog videos on social media.
   10. My ability to smell and touch.
4. The destination is short lived. That’s why we need to enjoy the journey. It can take years to achieve a goal and then you have it. Celebrate it. Enjoy it. Tell others about it because soon you’ll be moving on to your next goal.
5. Spend time with God every day.
   1. Read the Bible because it’s His love letter.
   2. Communicate with Him because relationships wither and die if we don’t stay connected. Sit in silence and let Him talk. It’s a two-way street and you know how it feels when you’re talked at not to.
   3. Ask Him what His will is. Let Him be in every moment.
   4. Keep Him in my boat.
6. Remember to do for one what I want to do for the world.

I pray you have a blessed day.

Thank you for spending some time with me.

Women’s Lib Robbed Me

When I was younger, I saw an ad of a woman dancing around the kitchen with a frying pan singing, “I can bring home the bacon. Fry it up in a pan and never never let him forget that he’s a man.” Now, I don’t know with 100% accuracy if those were the exact words because that was about 40 years ago.

I do know what it taught me because it has taken me all those years to learn something else. That ad coupled with many other worldly sentiments filled my head with the idea that women were supposed to do it all:

Provide for their families – financially and practically.

Be sexy no matter what they were doing.

Never show weakness because weakness was bad.

If you know me and my past, you know that I spent most of my life trying to be a strong independent woman, showing others I could do anything a man could. I was the first female to earn a spot on the Ranger Challenge team. I was the first female Rick Majerus hired for his boys’ basketball camps. I could list many experiences in which I was the only female. I was proud of those things, and I had worked hard to make it to that level. I was trying to prove I was acceptable.

As a single parent for many years, the belief that I had to be everything rolled into one was driven even deeper. I found myself being a father and mother in my home. It was difficult and it was necessary because of the way things were.

If I had known then what I know now, things would have been different. I’m not sure how but I know they would have because I have learned that God made us male and female for a reason. The list is long and important, and I want to focus on one part.

Men and women are different because God made us that way. God wants us to live a life of blessing and the best way to do that is by following His word. When we live as He wants us to, we are naturally blessed as much as possible in a fallen world.

There are traditional roles for men and women and the “women’s lib” movement has robbed many men and women of those traditional roles by blurring the lines and now removing the lines altogether. For time’s sake men are made to be providers and protectors and women are made to be nurturers and supporters.

In July of this year, my short-term disability payments came to an end, but my body was not ready to go back to work yet. I was still having health issues, so my husband and I had some decisions to make. Our discussions concerning those decisions took place over about three weeks. My husband said on several occasions he would support whatever decision I made. He also told me he was willing to work extra hours so I wouldn’t have to work outside the home.

It was agonizing and I labored over making the right one. Did I pick up the role I had been living my entire life or did I step into the one God had planned for me? This realization of the difference between the two came about from 22 years of my husband and God leading me in the direction I needed to go.

I’m proud to say I’m a housewife and I have stepped fully into that role. I really enjoy planning meals and cooking them. I even baked two dozen cupcakes for a fundraiser at our church. I was told they were a hit and everyone of them was purchased and enjoyed.

I was a bit nervous about dropping them off because I didn’t have a container to put them in for transport and the saran wrap I used to cover them stuck to a few of them. It feels good to be stepping into my role as a housewife. I think of how different my children’s lives would have been.

I pray we can turn the tide I see in the world of gender swapping and get back to what God wanted for us. Male and female He created us. Let’s be male and female and live life as God intended it in the beginning.