MY STORY

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Hi! My name is JILL COLLINS. I am so glad you are here to learn about Answers FH and my new Functional Health How did I get here?

 I have been a Registered Nurse for 30 years with my initial training at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I started out in the Emergency Room and stayed in that area of nursing for several years before moving into other areas. Most of my experience is in home health and clinical management.

My dissatisfaction with traditional health care began before Covid, but that year really made me question everything. As an ER nurse, I know that patients with a respiratory illness should  not be sent home without interventions - but most were told to go home until their symptoms were extremely serious. No breathing treatments, no steroids, no nothing. 

Then the 'preventative shot' came out which was pretty sketchy since the patent for it was out before anyone became sick with this virus.  Nevermind the mandate of a pharmaceutical! All of it had me questioning everything about a field I had worked in for 25+ years.

This distrust of the medical system was the beginning of information gathering and learning everything I could about natural healthcare. I didn't know it at the time, but  God was igniting a fire in my soul.

In the middle of all this I was  seeing a lot of changes in my body.  I was gaining weight, my hair was thinning, I was feeling depressed with mood swings, unmotivated to work out and just not myself! Blood work revealed insulin resistance, a predecessor to  diabetes, and a hypothyroid condition called Hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease. 

Through research, nutraceuticals and some lifestyle changes,  I was able to reverse all of it with no medications. I am still on my own  journey of healing my body, but with good nutrition and supplements, I am confident things will keep moving in the right direction.  I feel like my old self again! 

So I decided to go back to school to learn how to practice in this area of  functional health and serve others who need the help and don't know where to start!

 If you are experiencing the discouragement and hopelessness that I experienced, you aren't alone! It's hard to know who to trust or where to turn. But there are answers to your health questions and solutions!

Not everything can be 'cured'. But much of what is accepted as a 'forever condition' in traditional medicine is reversible and manageable without harmful drugs. Getting off of pharmaceuticals is possible! There are times medications are needed and I won't ignore the reasons for medicine. But with testing and supervision, many have come off of diabetic meds, blood pressure meds and more!  My hope is that once you are armed with knowledge and a few lifestyle changes, you will feel like YOU again too!

In my day to day life I am first and foremost a Christ follower devoted to the Savior or my soul and first love. I would be useless without Him.

I am also the wife of a very supportive and loving husband and the proudest mom of three amazing adult kids!My husband Tom and I live in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia  in a little town called Jasper with our dog Barkley, an Aussiedoodle that is way too smart for his own good! Now you know all about me.....

I really look forward to learning all about  you too!

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