I had been reading Johan’s articles in the Joy! magazine regularly, not because I was ill but because it is interesting content about how to live a healthy life, naturally. Later I also bought Johan’s book Go Natural – Wisdom for Healthy Living, and started reading the sections that interested me.
One morning I woke up with double vision. It lasted for a few days and I realised I had to get a professional opinion. After three days in hospital where a CT scan, MRI and various blood tests were done, the neurologist diagnosed Ocular myasthenia gravis (MG). He informed me that if I became ill enough, I could receive treatment but that the condition was incurable.

This diagnosis upset me, and I decided to read Johan’s story about having MS since it is also an auto-immune illness. I read that he also had double vision and was only diagnosed with MS after two years, that every auto-immune illness is a “dis-eases” and not a “disease”, in other words it can be cured with the correct information and taking the necessary steps.

The next step was to attend one of Johan’s workshop/seminars in Somerset West. A friend of mine with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) decided to join me and we booked our flights to the Cape.

Both of us are so thankful that we were able to attend the event! So much made sense afterwards and we had new courage for our journey ahead. Firstly, I make radical changes in my family’s diet and eating habits. The next step is to have all my root canals and fillings removed. It is shocking that we are so uninformed about the damage this can cause.

I am thankful to Johan and his wife, Alicia, for the time and effort they put into informing people about the road to recovery. It is a pity that people often first get ill before they start looking for answers. It is my opinion that EVERYONE should read the book and attend a workshop/seminar, whether they have been diagnosed with an illness or not.
Liezl Vos
Pretoria

AFRIKAANS

Ek het gereeld Johan se artikels in die Juig! tydskrif gelees, nie omdat ek sieklik was nie maar omdat dit interesantte leesstof is oor hoe om gesond te lewe op ‘n natuurlike manier. Later het ek Johan se boek, Go Natural – Wisdom for Healthy Living, gekoop en die gedeeltes begin lees waarin ek belangstel.
Een oggend word ek wakker en sien alles dubbel. Dit het voortgeduur vir ‘n paar dae en ek het besef dat ek ‘n professionele opinie moes kry. Na drie dae in die hospitaal waar ‘n CT scan, MRI en baie bloed toetse gedoen is, diagnoseer die neuroloog, Ocular myasthenia gravis (MG). Hy het my ingelig dat indien ek siek genoeg word, ek behandeling kan ontvang maar dat die kondisie ongeneeslik is.

Hierdie diagnose het my ontstel, daarom het ek Johan se storie oor sy MS gaan lees aangesien MS ook ‘n outo-immune siekte is. Ek lees toe raak dat hy ook ‘n dubbelvisie probleem gehad het en eers twee jaar daarna met MS gediagnoseer is, dat elke outo-immune siekte ‘n “dis-ease” is en nie ‘n “disease” nie, met ander woorde dat dit oorkom kan word met die regte inligting en stappe.

Die volgende stap was om een van Johan se werkswinkel/seminare by te woon in Somerset-Wes. ‘n Dierbare vriendin met Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) nooi haarself saam en ons bepreek vlugte Kaap toe.

Hoe dankbaar was ons altwee om die geleentheid te kon bywoon! Soveel dinge het meer sin gemaak en ons het ook moed gekry vir die pad vorentoe. Eerstens het ek drastiese veranderings in ons hele gesin se diet en eetgewoontes aangebring. Die volgende stap is om my wortelkanale en stopsels te laat verwyder. Dit is skokkend dat ons so oningelig is oor hoeveel skade dit kan verrig.

Ek is dankbaar teenoor Johan en sy vrou, Alicia, vir die tyd en moeite wat hul afstaan om ander mense in te lig oor die pad na genesing. Dis net jammer dat mense eers moet siek word voor hulle begin soek na antwoorde. Na my mening behoort ALMAL die boek te lees en ‘n seminar/werkswinkel by te woon, of hulle met ‘n siekte gediagnoseer is of nie.
Liezl Vos
Pretoria