Defeating Dysautonomia

<p><em>It takes a story like Tara's to touch our heart teach us empathy and to trust God more than we ever imagined possible.</em></p><p>-Tammy Whitehurst</p><p><br></p><p>Author Tara Smith Johnson swallows nine hundred pills a month and daily drinks over two quarts of liquid and eats three tablespoons of salt-just to keep from passing out. Navigating life with dysautonomia is no laughing matter. </p><p><br></p><p>While the natural body works as it should a body wracked with dysautonomia-an autonomic nervous system disorder-does not. </p><p><br></p><p>For years Tara sought answers for why she kept falling and reacting to environmental elements to no avail. When bedridden for a season she began color coding Bible passages which helped her listen to the Lord as her professional healthcare team worked to find hope healing and a solid plan for maintaining a manageable lifestyle. She wasn't going down without a fight-and a plethora of prayers and Scriptures.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Defeating Dysautonomia:</em><strong><em> </em></strong><em>One Spoon at a Time with Faith Hope and Love</em> is her brave resilient story and each insightful chapter </p><p><br></p><p>·      accompanies clinical responses from various medical professionals who have helped her along her arduous journey offering a common-sense approach when experiencing symptoms associated with chronic illnesses and autoimmune diseases;</p><p>·      weaves comforting empowering Scriptures helpful healing solutions and thoughtful clinical responses from the doctors who have walked with her;</p><p>·      offers the chronic illness community encouragement that they too can find hope and healing toward a manageable lifestyle.</p><p><br></p><p>Tara Smith Johnson founded the national and global nonprofit Hope for Team Tara where she educates others about dysautonomia and offers advocacy for the chronic illness community.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>