Chrisi's Story
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Update Jan. 31, 2010

As of today it's been a little over a year and a half that I have been drinking Kangen Water. The benefits for me are more wonderful than I can express. About a month ago I began walking two times per day. Each walk is between an hour and 2 hours. I usually walk about 3 hours total everyday. The other day it was raining really hard and the wind was pretty crazy so "that" day, I actually didn't walk. It really takes a lot for me not to walk these days. I think it is something I must do because for so many years I was cooped up in my home feeling very useless. I'm driven to walk and enjoy the beauty of the river trail here in Redding.

I still have to cope with pain everyday, but it is very different. I push myself daily, as I said, about 3 hours of walking will make pretty much anyone tired and sore. I'm 49 years old now and I am working on building my strenght up because there is this hike I have wanted to do for about 6 years and before I can do it I need to lose some weight so that I can handle a backpack for 10 miles.

Speaking of weight loss, drinking Kangen water is not a weight loss cure. I know some people have lost weight drinking it, but they are losing toxins and gaining energy. With increased energy you can burn more calories if you actually USE that extra energy. My body is very stubborn, but people are commenting that it looks like I've lost weight so my walking is making some headway on that weight loss goal. :)

There is another really wonderful thing that I've been able to experience owing a Kangen water machine. I've helped two people with extreme health conditions get better through the use of my machine. If you haven't read Emily story yet, you can find it here in the Kangen water testimonials section.

The other extreme condition was a boy, Charlie, who's leg was severely infected with MRSR. The worst staff infection you can get. His leg (from the knee down) was going to be have to be amputated in 2 weeks due to the infection getting worse. My son brought a gallon of the strong acidic water to Charlie. I told Charlie to wash the water over his knee 30 minutes 3 times a day. Charlie, being extremely motivated, did it all night long. Within 3 days his leg infection was completely gone. (You do not drink the strong acidic water, it is used to kill bacteria on the outside of the body)

He walked over to our house and thanked us. Our only regret is that he didn't have a camera to offer before and after pictures. When he showed us his knee all we could see was two pink spots about the size of a quarter where the infection was.

We also currently have a friend of ours coming to get water every week who used to be on some pretty heavey duty pain meds. He is totally off those medications now. It has taken a while but over about 8 months I think he's been able to get off of his medications. My best friend, Kim, has a serious pain condition as well and she used to take 6 to 8 heavy pain pills per day. She bought a machine some time ago and now does not have to take them everyday.

So, there is of course a wonderful change in my own personal life from a serious decreases in my personal cronic pain. However, there has been tremendous joy in being a part of helping others obtain better health through drinking Kangen water.

Aug. 25, 2009

It's been about 1.4 years since I started drinking Kangen water and I'm thrilled with the results. I'm always surprised when people learn about Kangen water and having a painful condition, select not to try it. I would have paid 3X's the amount to get out of the pain I was in. However, in today's economy it's easier to understand. From time to time people email or call me to ask me questions. One thing I want to say is that no-one can tell you what Kangen water will do for you. Everyone is different and everyone's personal experience is different.

I have read testimonials where some people with Fibromyalgia are 100% better. I am not. I still have to deal with about 25% of the pain. Somedays I have almost no pain. Other days I have more. When I work really long days standing doing more physical work I definitely feel it. Yet, my life is totally 100% different now. I'm thrilled with the changes and I would encourage everyone to try it if they can. Some of you will not have the opportunity to try it before you buy it. Enagic does have a return policy. I would recommend you visit their site, http://enagic.com to learn what it is. I believe you have 15 days after purchasing the machine to return it for a refund, less some fees for restocking etc... but I would refer you to read their documents to know the current policies.

My friends, family and a few business associate and I have owned these machines long enough to have a tremendous respect for Enagic. Darleen has recently shipped her machine to the factory for a "free" plate cleaning. All she paid was the price of shipping. They were happy to help and there were not problems what so ever. Darleen goes through water at the pace of about 6 months use within 5 weeks due to so many people coming to her home to try the water. This is why she sent the machine in to be cleaned. In a years time she had about 5 years of water running through it.

In addition she did not realize that she was suppose to clean it everyday for 3 minutes using the "beauty water" option. (Well, I HAD told her but she didn't HEAR me. ;)

You can read my story and many others on my site. If you want to try Kangen water and you live in Redding, CA. or near enough to travel a few times a week to try it, feel free to email me to set it up. chrisi@aboutkangenwater.com You will need to respond to an automated email you receive from me as I have a serious spam control system. If you don't respond proving your human, I'll never see your email. ;)

I hope you enjoy what you read on this site. If you have any further questions, I will be happy to chat, but only if you do not already have someone who can sponsor you. I don't have time to pursue this as a business and my time is very valuable to me as I'm sure so is yours.

January 4th, 2009.

I'm doing great. I walk an hour and a half almost every morning, rain, snow or shine. Sometimes I get in a shorter hour walk in the evenings. I've started a new business and I'm feeling so much better than before drinking Kangen water there is no comparison. I encourage everyone to drink this water and buy a machine. I also encourage you to talk to the person who introduced you to Kangen water. My personal philosophy is to offer this water to personal friends and family free forever. I am not seeking to make a living convincing people to buy a machine. I do think people that are spending time helping others by introducing it should get paid for their time. Everyone deserves to get paid for their time.

I took my phone number off my site because I don't have time to waste on the phone talking to people who are just looking for someone to answer their questions about Kangen water. Talk to your sponsor. Buy a machine. That's my thinking on this issue.

This Diary was Started on April 12, 2008  

On April 9th at 2:00 pm I picked up 2 gallons of Kangen water. My husband, myself and our cat all began drinking it. Here's the results so far...

1st morning:

No change. I believe I drank almost 1 gallon of water yesterday.

2cd morning:

Nadda - nothing yet. I think today I was only able to drink about 2 litters or a little over a half a gallon. I'm not sure. Oh wait... there was something different! I also weighted myself today. I have not weighed myself for about 2 weeks. I just know that before our trip to San Francisco a little over a week ago, I was 4 lbs heavier than I was this morning.

3rd morning:

This morning I am actually in a lot of pain. My tendons and back seems to be quite sore. This is not unusual for me, since my pain does very greatly from day to day and week to week. My goal is to drink 1 gallon of Kangen water today.

I do admit that as much as I "believe" what I've read and have been told... and as much as the "science" behind this is real to me, I am scared it won't work for me. You know how that goes... it always works for OTHER people, and never "you".

I've tried so many different natural remedies, vegetarian lifestyle, too expensive and a pain. Nothing at this point, aside from walking, has helped me to feel any better. And now with my hip problem, I can't go for long walks.

I met another woman with type 2 diabetes and a high cholesterol count. She told me she was feeling better from drinking Kangen water 22 days. Here this woman was right in front of me picking up her water and I "still" find myself wondering if somehow I'm going to have any real positive results.

Perhaps it is just so unreal and totally unfamiliar to our minds to have such a wonderful transformation simply by drinking water, that it's just too difficult for us to comprehend until it really hits us right in the face. In may case, in my hips and back.

Oh, she mentioned to me that it has helped her dog as well. I just can't remember what it did. lol... you see, I'm still a bit stunned. Let's see how things go tomorrow shall we?

That's it for today, I'll be back tomorrow to report on the next days progress.

4th morning:

What's new? I definitely feel different today. I still have the usual pain symptoms, but I feel like the draining cloud of gravity that pulls at my body has lifted. It's actually a little weird. If my hip felt better I would be heading out the door to go for a walk. It's like I have two bodies. One of them is saying, "Woo! Hey, let's boogy!" and the other ones giving that side dirty looks. Pain will really put a damper on things.

Hm... I think what I am feeling is a really nice bit of energy. It's been so long since I've had that I'm just having a hard time relating to it.

I also weighed myself this morning. I've lost another pound.

Yesterday I drank 1 gallon of water. I am really looking forward to the next 10 days. If this pain goes away people, I am just going to go nuts.  

5th morning:

This morning I woke up in quite a bit of pain. I could feel just about every one of my ribs and just about every bone in my body was accounted for as far as actually "feeling" them. So, this was a very bad day for me. This could be what the Japanese refer to as repulsion or what some people call a healing crisis. It is bad, that's all I can tell you.

No weight change, but I did notice something else. My stretch marks from pregnancy seem to be less noticeable. It's not hair raising, but it's something.

6th day:

Woke up today feeling fine. I wake up feeling ok many mornings. Aches and pains still here. However, yesterday I noticed that my hip was feeling pretty good. We went shopping and normally by the time I'm finished shopping I'm limping a bit. I try not to because it makes me feel silly. I don't know why, I just try to hide it. However, I got through shopping with only about 30% of my usual pain. By the time I was done, I was sore, but not limping and actually still doing pretty good. We'll see how things continue in my hip as time goes by.

7th day

Today was a great day. First, I woke up feeling really good. I was still comfortable in bed. I am always either in pain by the morning or far too uncomfortable to just lay there enjoying the bed. So, that was a good start.

The entire day went really well. My back felt very relaxed and I had no pain for most of the day. I am sore from activities I did today. Lots of errands and running around. I even went up a flight of stairs today without any of my usual pain. Steps are very painful for my hip. This time, it felt pretty good.

I am not saying I'm 100% free of pain. What I am saying is that I am feeling far less pain than usual. What I'm really happy to say is that I can actually see that my body is improving everyday from drinking this water. I had doubts and honestly, I still have a wee bit of ... could it really happen?? And then I move around, feeling pretty good while moving and it's just really quite an amazing transformation.

8th day

My back felt really good when I woke up but later my entire body was riddled with pain in various degrees and places. It is also different types of pain which will increase with different types of activities. Mainly, my low back is always irritated. The pain in it is hard to describe. It's like a burning buzzing pain.

Yesterday it felt like I was getting some relief in my low back, but I wasn't really sure. I'm actually questioning my own pain levels because I don't want to report something that's not really due to the water, but perhaps due to not really moving around a lot. And I do have good days. So, I think I'm sort of in a state of confusion and shock over what's going on inside my own body.

9th day

I think I feel almost "normal" today. My pain level is about 80% less than my usual daily feelings of pain. I've been running around town doing errands and getting in and out of the car without pain nagging at me all over.

Today we purchased a Kangen water machine! This was a big step for us, but we are now convinced that we want to be drinking this water right from out of the machine, when the antioxidents are at their highest.

10th day

What a nice thing it is to wake up in the mornings without any pain. I don't wake up in the middle of the night from pain either. This is fantastic! There's nothing worse than your body screaming from pain as you wake up at all hours of the night.

Day 13

Well, it's hard to keep up the dairy when I have so much to do with all this new found energy. This morning I woke up pretty sore. I increased the Kangen water level of alkalinity to 9.0 a few days ago and I believe that's where it's coming from.

I am feeling really good right now. I have about 20% of the pain I normally have. Working always makes it increase by the minute. That is not the case now, I am working longer without increased pain. So, I believe what I have is stamina as well as energy.

My hip is still sore in a very small area as I walk. It's so much better than before. I also noticed yesterday when I was working my job at Walmart, that I didn't have increased pain as I walked back and forth from the back of the store to the area I work.

I have noticed that I am not losing as much hair after I shower. I met another woman who said she was finding this to be true for her as well. She has stopped using Rogaine for women.

After two weeks I have an overall decrease in my levels of pain, an increase in energy and stamina, and an average pain level at least 50% less than what it was before drinking Kangen water.

April 26th, Day 17

Woot! Feeling pretty good. My back is tired, but it's not a painful tired. I have no pain in my hip, nor any in my low back. I think it feels more like fatigue.

April 27th, Day 18

Today I'm sore all over. I've really been pushing my body to the limits for about a week now. I'm really loving having more energy and less pain. I have not taken any anti-inflammatory medication since drinking Kangen water. I am sore, tired and feeling fatigue, but I am still in far better shape than I would be had I not been drinking Kangen water.

April 28th, Day 19

Today I spent nearly an hour standing around waiting for KMart to get their printer working so I could work. I sat down a bit near the end as I was starting to get sore in my low back. My upper back which is usually the first thing to start screaming at me, was fine.

April 29, 2008

I woke up at 4:30 am. My pain level was a 7, which is pretty much as bad as it gets at home. I have jury duty selection this morning - not looking forward to that.

I sat down and chugged down as much Kangen water as I could. I continued to drink every few minutes and within about 30 minutes my pain level went for a screaming 7 down to a level 4. It's been a few hours since I've been up and now it's down to a 3. By the time I was at the court house my pain level was about a 1.

I have to tell you this is "unreal". It's my own experience, my own body, and I still have difficulty accepting the reality of it. It's hard to explain, but I think if you have similar symptoms of pain like me, you will totally understand if and when it happens to you.

April 30, 2008

I've been so active and really having non-stop standing, walking, moving about, running errands that last night I was in bed for a "nap" at about 6:30 pm and woke up this morning at 4:00 am. So, now that I'm wide awake, I want to share some other things with you.

You know the thing where if you're not focused on something you forget about it? Well, yesterday I had to sit at the court house for about 2.5 hrs. I was sitting in the types of chairs that make my tail bone flare up and hurt. This morning I just realised that it never did flare up and hurt. I need to be on harder chairs to really test it some more, but I'm not looking for trouble.

May 1st, 2008

When I first woke up at 6:30am, my pain level was about a 4. Now I am 75% free of pain, it's about 8:30 am. I'd give my pain level a 3.

Last night I thought I'd take today to rest and relax at home until tonight. However, I am just not motivated to sit still. Motivation to go out and run around town has been zip for me. Now I'm having a hard time staying home. Me thinks I likes it.

May 3rd, 08

Today I'm feeling pretty horrible due to a crazy hormonal last few days. Normal for me to be abnormal for my cycle. Lots of cramps. So, at this point, I can say that drinking the water has not lessoned that particular aspect of my life. Perhaps it will be different after another month. It's actually been more painful this month.

A few years ago I had an ovary removed. The pain in my side spiked so bad I ended up in the hospital, which was when they discovered the problem area. I still have sharp pains in that side even though the ovary isn't there. I am hoping that the increased pain was an indication of some cleansing work going on.

I'm drinking 9.5 alkaline water, which might be why I was eliminating more than usual.

I have noticed a few things this past week that are encouraging.

1. My legs are not always hurting as I get up or sit down.
2. My tail bone seems to be doing pretty good even in the type of chair that aggravates it.

Oh, and I'm STILL trying to figure out how much this water is effecting me. Since my hip just about never hurts above a level 3 for pain, I am positive that drinking Kangen water has most definitely taken out the inflammation in my hip.

The last blood test I had showed that I had a lot of inflammation in my blood. Which the doctor said was normal for my age. It may well be normal, but it's not good. I think I'm going to get some tests down in a few months to see what changes have occurred.

5/9/08

For the past three days my hip has felt great. Even after a long day of activity, it has not flared up at all. Last night at about 9:45 pm when I got home, I did notice it. In other words, I realized I had a hip. But it was not hurting. It felt tight or perhaps fatigued, but no pain.

My legs do not have sharp pains when I turn over from side to side. I can sleep on either side now, I couldn't even lay on my right side before for more than a few minutes let alone sleep on it. My tendons in my shoulders are much better, they are not bothering me at all really. Quite a few areas of pain have either lessoned to a great degree or stopped completely. If I push myself and or have a very hard day of work, I am sure the heavy pain will increase. On average, I would say my pain levels have now dropped at least 65% overall.

I had to work for about an hour yesterday. In general my back feels wonderfully better. My low back is still tight and a constant reminder of pain, but my overall body is feeling pretty good. I hope to have more days where I can't feel any pain there. It's a odd that I did have almost an entire day of that but I have not felt a complete removal of pain in my low back since that time.

At this point I think it's been almost a month since I've started drinking Kangen water. It has made a huge difference in my pain, my stamina and my energy levels. Although I can't tell, my friends have commented on how bright my face looks. More color and my demeanor is obviously much better from their point of view. I know I feel great, I just had not realized that my face looked any different.

If you have any type of pain due to inflammation, I hope you live close enough to us that you can test Kangen water out for yourself. I realize it would be very difficult to buy on the reports of others if you live far away.

Everyone's experiences are similar in many ways, less pain, more energy, rashes, fungus, and other common ailments gone. At the same time, many people are having unique experiences. At this point, I know drinking Kangen water is one of the best ways to improve your health and or keep your body at it's optimum for fighting off all sorts of problems that a body full of acidic waste cannot.

5/10/08

Today my body is sore and my hip is not happy either. Yesterday I was quite busy so I know where the soreness comes from. Especially from sitting in bad chairs off and on while I was working on someone computer.

I would not expect everything to simply disappear so that I am totally free of pain. I'm sharing these details with you so you will also have an idea of what to expect. Some people do actually get out of pain fairly quickly, I'm not one of those people.

I am very happy with the changes I've experienced so far. I want to start walking in Turtle bay park soon. I'm a little apprehensive about it, but I'm thinking I will start this Monday. It is possible that my hip will always have flair ups with increased activity. Only time will tell.

At this point, I am thrilled with days of no hip pain and little overall body pain.

5/15/08

Hips wonderful. Randy and I walked for about 40 minutes Monday, 35 minutes Tuesday, and today, because my shin muscles are far too tight and cranky, I told him I wanted to give them a break and not walk today. However, the hip is doing fantastic. It was sore Monday night and a little sore Tuesday, but today, not even a hint of pain anywhere in my hip.

The last few nights I've slept better too. Less pain in the mornings waking up. Looking forward to even more of a decrease. I'll keep you posted of course.

5/18/08

The past two days I had to work long hard days. My jobs were very physical. Yesterdays job was moving both powdered and liquid laundry detergent. I had to remove almost every item by myself. I had to take a single pain pill per day of work. On an 8 hour day I will take two. However, I was able to get by with just one pill at about 2:00 pm on Wed. Yesterday I was moving very fast and sweating like I was in a sauna.

When I woke up this morning my entire body was very sore. However, after about an hour or so, almost all the soreness had gone away. This is due to drinking the water. Even though I still am having to take pain medication on heavy work days, I can see a remarkable decrease in the amount of pain I usually experience.

I am looking forward to a day where I can say, "I didn't need a pain pill today!".

5/21/08

I woke up this morning with very little pain or soreness. I'm trying to increase my Kangen water intake. It's hard to get past that first gallon, but I'm working on it.

My hip has felt really good over this past week. I have been really busy and yet it's still not giving me any pain. There is a little soreness at night sometimes, but it's not pain, it's more related to a tiredness type of feeling.

My son lives up a flight of stairs and I have no problem with my hip going up or down. It's truly wonderful.

July 5th Update:

Since about 4 days after I received my LEVELUK SD501 Kangen water machine, it's been in someone else's home. Yesterday I was able to get it back. And I have about 8 days of use before I loan it out again. During these past three months there have been three different occations that I've had access to my machine in my own home, or the time I was staying at Tori's home where my machine was set up. During these times I noticed a definite difference in my health, energy, stamina and pain levels.

Before I go into my recent update, you might be wondering why I am loaning my machine out when I feel so much better with it at my house.

Well, in the case where I brought it to Marin County, that was an obvious decision. I did it to help a family in need. When your family so sick they may die, you don't think twice about doing all you can to help. So, that was a no-brainer. In the case of loaning to Angie, she lived in Weaverville and having to travel an hour everyday to try the water was out of the question. She also had several familie's in Weaverville wanting to try it so... this is why I loaned it to Angie. And it only took 7 days for Angie to see the amazing results in her friends to know she wanted to own one.

So, my reasoning is this... help out where I can, and build a business while I'm at it. Darleen lives just 1.5 miles from my home so I can get Kangen water fresh every morning.

I've actually earned almost half of what I paid for my machine through referrals already. And for a while, I may choose to continue to loan it out from time to time. Eventually, I'd like to buy another one just for this purpose. That way I can have my "own" machine home... "all the time".

What I want to really help you understand is the value of "owning" your own Kangen water machine. Here in Redding, and now in Marin County, we can offer this water on a free trial basis. You will find absolutely fantastic benefits just by drinking it daily. However, you will experience a tremendous boost in your health when you can drink each glass freshly produced from your own machine.

My friend, Kim, who has terrible pain from a neck injury told me she noticed a difference in her pain levels when she drank the water freshly each day verses bringing home a few days worth of water.

The difference is in the antioxidents. If you are trying the water from someone's home, please make sure you get it fresh everyday. The best time is to get it in the morning if available so that you can get the highest amount of antioxidents throughout the day.

However, you can expect to feel even better when you drink it fresh from your machine with every glass because you are getting the highest amount of antioxidents with each glass poured.

Not only has Kim noticed the difference, but so have I. I have been getting myself a fresh glass of Kangen water since yesterday afternoon and today I can already feel the difference in my pain levels. There is a noticeable difference.

I have a lot of questions about I'd like to know the answer to that I will only be able to answer while my machine is in my home. So, over the next 10 days, I'll see just how much better I feel and I'll give you another update once I do.

I have to confess that in the past 3 weeks I have not been drinking even a half a gallon. One of the reasons is because I just wasn't really focusing on it. I also had changed from drinking from a half gallon container to a 1 litter container. Guess what? This past week I noticed some very familiar pain returning.

Let me tell you something, you can and will forget how much pain you used to be in as you start to lead a normal life allowing all this past pain to be but a memory. When it starts to return, wow! After you kick yourself around a bit, you'll be sure to get that gallon of water or more down.

My personal goal is to build a business helping people get to know about Kangen water and help as many people as possible become as healthy as they can be. This is going to require that I share my machine from time to time.

What I have learned through sharing it is this... if you think you feel better just drinking it from someone else's home, wait until you get it into your own home!

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