Jackie Garcia spent so long searching for an explanation to the myriad health problems that derailed her life that she began to question whether it was all in her head.
Crippling fatigue, chronic pain and inexplicable weight gain transformed Garcia, a former gym rat, into someone who could barely stay awake at work. Garcia often struggled to eat but still gained more than 100 pounds in just two years.
The Houston resident spent more than five years seeing a string of doctors, two acupuncturists and a holistic healer, but medical tests did not offer a diagnosis. Garcia used her free time to scour the internet for an explanation to no avail…