Heavily Metalled

Shari Guess almost died from severe allergies due to metal hypersensitivity after a litany of orthopedic surgeries, all performed within a few short years, which implanted a large amount of metal & dental hardware.
At the time she got sick, she was working as a full-time Realtor and attending college, studying pre-med, hoping to eventually become a P.A.
After being bedridden for nearly 3 years and furiously researching everything she could to help find out the cause of her severe systemic symptoms, she had a lucky break in the case and was able to connect the dots with all of her symptoms. Suddenly everything made sense! You can hear about this journey in the podcast launch episode.
Shari has undergone 4 surgeries to date to remove and revise hardware, with two more slated for 2023. These surgeries have restored her to near-full health as the symptoms related to her metal allergies began to subside by leaps and bounds immediately following the procedures.
While in the thick of her illness, due to a compromised immune system, she also acquired Lyme Disease, Alpha Gal Syndrome and several other autoimmune diseases.
Shari is blessed to have been able to put almost all of that behind her, experiencing near complete relief from the symptoms of Lyme & co-infections after LymeStop treatment in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, along with the restoration of her immune system due to the removal of the metals and limbic system (brain retraining), used to recover from the PTSD of her medical trauma.
Shari's metal allergy symptoms are now much more manageable, and she is working on restoring mobility due to many orthopedic issues from a life well lived! :)
Shari has launched The Heavily Metalled Podcast with the goal of spreading awareness on this much-needed topic to patients and medical professionals alike, knowing that so much suffering can be alleviated if patients and medical professionals just know what to look for!
The podcast perfectly marries her favorite passions: journalism, medicine, broadcasting & helping her fellow man.
The podcast is also a nod to Shari's former career in the Hollywood "Heavy Metal" music scene, where she wore many hats as a columnist and contributing editor for one of the world's largest rock publications at the time - RIP Magazine, along with doing tour press, publicity and street A&R for many of the era's largest bands.
Shari has been involved in real estate since 2001 - buying, selling, owning and managing her own investment properties along with her husband Walter. She still a full-time Realtor, multi-million dollar producer and is Rate My Agent's Agent of the Year in her local county, winning many other state and regional awards for superior customer service. She is the owner of Buy Wise Real Estate, and proudly provides discounted, full-service real estate listings & buyer rebates, keeping HUGE money in the pockets of her clients.
Shari and Walter have been happily married 26+ years and are the proud parents of their son Garrett, who is starting college this fall, coming to their family at birth through the miracle of open adoption. Garrett's bio-mom is one of Shari's best friends.
Walter and Shari live in a quaint cabin-in-the-woods in rural North Texas, where they have horses, sheep, ducks, geese and chickens. They also have several Great Danes–and enjoy volunteering with Great Dane Rescue of North Texas.
Shari is a Christian and actively involved with her church family.
Shari's hobbies include choral music, where she performs in the Grand Chorus of the Dallas Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, also snow skiing, whitewater rafting, travel, trail riding, ballroom dance and any activity in the mountains. Shari enjoys advocacy work within the metal-allergic & Lyme communities, along with helping others to achieve their own recovery and remission.
Welcome to the jungle Metalheads! The dream is that you find help, hope and healing here!
Join along with Shari in her quest to tell the medical community that we're not going to take it anymore!

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