NE GROFF: HER STORY--"And they were<br >and lived happily ever after." Some fairy tales<br >way， but the first seven years of my married life<br >ightmare. I was in and out of hospitals more<br >Ln I like to remember. Less than a year after we<br >~ ried， my husband rushed me to the hospital.<br >had ruptured， I was bleeding internally， and<br >"said I was lucky to be alive. He had to remove<br >~vary. Less than a year later， the same thing<br >and I was back in the hospital for the removal<br >er half of the same ovary.<br >nine months later， my other ovary ruptured<br > back in the hospital for my third operation.<br > I was admitted， bigger tumors and cysts<br >earing.<br >ecovery room， after my third operation， my<br >~ed. The quick action of the doctors and nurses<br >beating again. A week later， after various<br >loctor told me they had found something else<br > be corrected.<br >these operations and so much convalescence<br >unable to exercise. A short time after my last<br >my body just gave up. My nerves and muscles<br >~unctioned. I practically became a vegetable<br > t talk for over two months. Someone had to<br >didn t have the strength to lift my arms and<br >is impossible. My back was so weak I was<br >pain. I began seeing a chiropractor and he<br >~d me. But as I began to learn to walk all over<br > in constant pain from my back and my oper-<br >esperately， "Oh， Lord. Isn t there any hope<br >REBOUNDING / 3<br > Shortly thereafter， my husband and I were introduced<br > to rebound exercise while attending one of Dr. Corwin<br > West s self-help clinics. Dr. West told me he had seen<br > only one other person in worse physical condition in his<br > many years of practice. But we took home a rebounder<br > and determined to follow Dr. West s instructions.<br > At first I had to sit on the rebounder with my feet on<br > the mat while my husband bounced. We did this for a few<br > minutes several times each day. In a few weeks， I tried it<br > by myself， sitting at first， then finally standing alone. As<br > the months went by， I could feel my strength coming<br > back. It was almost like climbing out of a dark grave into<br > a meadow full of flowers. I was alive! My pain was disap-<br > pearing. Not only were my arms and legs getting<br > stronger， I could actually feel my insides getting<br >stronger! Neither my family doctor nor my chiropractor<br >could believe I was the same person!<br > After using the rebounder for a year， we wouldn t give<br >it up for all the world. We also have the most wonderful<br >news that could have ever happened to us. We are expect-<br >ing our first baby! The doctor said if I hadn t developed<br >so much strength in my insides， I could never be carry-<br >ing this baby. Considering the fact that we did it with<br >only half an ovary， we thank our dear Lord each day for<br >leading us to rebounding and Dr. West.<br > I want everyone to know this rebounder is the best<br >thing I have ever found for eliminating pain without<br >pills. I am now up to 15 minutes of running and jumping<br >on the rebounder several times a day and I feel just won-<br >derful!<br > NOTE: LaVerne Groff gave birth to a six-pound baby a<br >few months after writing her story for us. Because of her<br >previous health problems， her doctors were on the look-<br >out for complications. Instead， after keeping the baby in<br >the hospital for five week~， as a precaution， they found<br >the baby perfectly healthy ~d normal. <br ><br >