Misti Blu is a licensed cosmetologist and previously a salon owner in Rockledge, Florida. She has a strong background in education, sales, marketing, consulting and product development. Misti is inspired by art, music, and culture, as well as helping others. She is a master herbalist and is currently a student at EFSC to pursue the medical field. Her passion also involves Wildling Apothecary, her CBD and herbal apothecary boutique. Her career has always been up and down due to chronic illnesses.
Misti Blu Dream is inspired by Misti’s lifelong battle with misdiagnosis and finally discovering Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and MTHFR mutation. She has had four cardiac ablations for SVT from 2003-2010 and open heart surgery to repair a leaky aortic valve in 2011, a pacemaker in 2017, hysterectomy for cancer and endometriosis, migraines and fibromyalgia just to name a few of her health battles.
In January of 2017, her health had hit rock bottom. She was experiencing vasospasms, constricting blood flow to her heart and causing very scary arrhythmias and close calls to heart attacks and cardiac arrest. Four ambulance rides, over two dozen ER visits and 3 hospital admissions, she was on the verge of giving up. Doctors did not take her health seriously and the doctors she did see were negligent. They tried to give her prescriptions of Xanax and Valium and called her medical mystery “panic attacks.” She was also misdiagnosed with heartburn, neither of which she was experiencing.
Misti went back to the hospitals after each visit and entered the medical records office for copies of each visit. Medical records are available to you the next business day. After studying blood work and test results, researching possibilities, cross-referencing lists and checking off diagnoses that were ruled out, Misti brought in her pile of records to her primary care physician and began advocating for her health.
Over the next few months, she was then diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and finally got a pacemaker for severe cardioinhibitory syncope.
Misti has changed her diet dramatically and has cut out processed foods, preservatives, dyes, and artificial flavors. CBD oil has been a very helpful aid as well. Her mission is to help others to find medical justice and stand up for themselves and to live healthy lives while sharing the importance of education, advocacy, and awareness. She is currently working toward getting into a medical program (hopefully, if her health allows) to fulfill her dream of helping others.
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