Getting Back on the Horse SHELLIE HENSLEY SHARES HER LIVEWELL CLINIC EXPERIENCE
N early two years ago, Shellie Hensley found herself on the ground, clutching her horse’s knee for support. She was feeding her horses at a rodeo event she attended with her husband, Randy, but a sharp, stabbing pain kept her from standing. And this wasn’t the first time something felt abnormal. By then, she had spent months with side pains and panic attacks. A 5-foot-8 farm girl, Shellie had recently swelled up to 220 pounds and didn’t have the energy to teach her horse-riding classes. After 40 years of riding, it was suddenly too much. An emergency room visit in July, three diagnoses, multiple prescriptions, and a painful month later, Randy insisted
father, who passed away in 2008, with certain foods, and forgoing the foods that were causing her so much physical painmade her reel with emotional pain.
This was taken at the KY Horse Park in Oct. 2017, just weeks after my liver cleanse.
“I went through a grieving process. I looked at what you’re taking fromme, instead of looking at (how)The Livewell Clinic was showing me how to live well,” Shellie said. “One night, when I was fixated on what I was giving up, it was like I heard my dad’s voice saying, ‘Just get over yourself. I’mwith you no matter what, but you’re associating my memory with this food stuff.’”
“If you keep doing what
you’re doing, you’re
Since then, Shellie adheres toThe Livewell Clinic’s “yes” food list, does IV therapy when she needs it, has significantly lowered her blood pressure medication, and has felt well enough to fulfill her dream of owning goats. Shellie and Randy have lost weight together —Shellie said Randy has lost the most and looks “fabulous”—and Shellie’s inflammation has disappeared. July 2017, the week before I got sick and made that ER visit.
going to get what you got.”
they callThe Livewell Clinic on a recommendation from friends.
Best of all, she’s back where she belongs: on her horse.
They visited the clinic in September 2017, and that’s when something
“The Livewell Clinic changed my life,” Shellie said. She’s reminded of something her father used to say: “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to get what you got.” This was January of this year. Our anniversary was in December, and Randy surprised me with this Andalusian gelding named Jalisco (Ha-Lee- Sco). He is fromMexico. My wellness journey brought me a new equine partner and new riding challenges —hard to believe after 40 some years in the saddle, I feel like I am 30 again!
clicked for Shellie. For years, she had helped horses withmetabolic syndromes, and she knew they needed a change in diet and exercise. But she never realized this could happen to her, and that thought terrified Shellie.
“... I didn’t like what I had at that point, which was potentially illness … and potentially dying,” Shellie said.
Shellie was eventually diagnosed by her former physician with nonalcoholic fatty liver, whichmeant her liver was overloaded and couldn’t filter out toxins. Her physician told her there was nothing they could do, leaving Shellie to continue to swell and her blood pressure to skyrocket. AtThe Livewell Clinic, Shellie was immediately put on a liver-friendly diet and underwent IV therapy, but transitioning to a new diet and lifestyle was not easy for Shellie. She associated memories of her
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