Why Shaklee?
It began in 1997. Shaklee came into my life when I was a chronic eczema sufferer for 8 years. Eczema is a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes that are characterized by one or more of these symptoms: redness, skinedema (swelling), itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing, or bleeding. My eczema was so chronic that the 'infected areas' cover from my head to toes. The only body part that was spared was my 'wee-wee part'. Thank god my eczema still have mercy on me!
Just like any other parents who love and wanted the best for their kids, mum and dad had spent nothing less than RM20K to help their only child to rid off his 'unwanted friend' with all sorts of ways. They seek numerous advice from the medical professionals and skin specialists. That usually ends up with various types of steroid medications - jabbing, oral and application. They costed a bomb! Medications do help to improve the condition but... only to a certain extend and for a short time period. After that, the symptoms relapsed. Then, neighbors of grandma from 'kampung' (mum's hometown - Malacca) recommended mum to bathe me with gunny sacks of wild herbs. So mum washed the herbs... boiled for hours... and poured them into a basin for me to soak myself in it for 15 minutes... EVERYDAY! Can you imagine what a mom can do out of love for her kid? That's why moms are the greatest of all in the world! Awesome! Besides that, I also drank soups cooked from snakes and sea eels by mum. They are believed to enhance blood circulation in the body. Well, I always love mum's cooking, especially her soups. However, as for these ones... err... no comments (if you get what I mean). When all else fails, we tend to turn to the last resort... Our Creator. Being a devoted Taoist, we prayed in numerous temples and drank uncountable times of water with the mixture of the burnt talisman and even bathed with 'blessed' hot spring water! Best of all, mum resorted to vitamins bought from her workplace that distributes health supplements. After months of consumption, nothing seemed to improve. My skin was still itchy, reddish, dry, flaky, cracked, oozed with yellowish pus bled from the scratch. My skin flakes terribly. If ever there is a sweeping competition, mum is definitely the champion! She sweeps the floor 4 times a day due to my left-over skins. In terms of food, I had to be very selective. I couldn't take chicken, seafood (my favorite), yam, nuts and even cold drinks. These foods caused itchiness almost instantly. Other than that, I could not come in contact with carpets, animal fur and also and washing detergents. With all the above mentioned, mum worries of these 2 issues: (1) Will i be able to work or be employed? (2) Will I be able to find a girlfriend?
All efforts seemed hopeless until one fine day dad said to mum: "Shaklee products had helped to improve my gout condition tremendously, why not let our son try them?" Without a second thought, mum swung into action. Seeing dad had improved from his 10-year gout condition, she gave it the last shot. Mum just gave me the products dad was consuming during that time due to the lack of knowledge in Shaklee food supplements. She started to discipline me in consuming the supplements on a regular basis. Due to the long-term high consumption of medications for the past 8 years, I experienced lots of healing process. With full of determination, we persevered. After 3 months, my eczema was much lessen.
I am truly blessed and grateful that Shaklee came into my life 16 years ago. It changed my life ever since, especially in my health. Today, my eczema had not disturbed me. I feel awesome living a healthier and better life today. I am convicted to Shaklee for the rest of my life. Shaklee is in my blood. Do remember my dear friends, health is wealth.
