- Brooke was diagnosed with RA and the following week she found she was pregnant with her second child
About one month after her daughter was born, suddenly pain struck her, she struggled to walk and her hands felt like they were frozenThe rheumatologist told her to stop breastfeeding her daughter and take methotrexateEventually she started with Plaquenil and kept on breastfeedingConvinced she could do more to ease the pain, she started searching and found Clint's TEDx talk.She started the Paddison Program, with some slight changes due to her breastfeedingResults were encouraging, and along the way she started doing Yoga and getting benefits from itBrooke is now a Yoga teacher and has turned her diagnosis into a professionHis husband has always been fully supportive, and they are opening a Whole Food vegan cafe together!