Flashes of Light The Link Between Ride-Inhibiting Symptoms and Hormone Changes
Words by Danielle Baker | Photos by Kaisa Lemley
At 35, Kelli Sherbinin thought she was having a heart attack.
Stealing a quiet moment on her back deck in North Vancouver, she felt the sun warm her face as she breathed in the smoky aroma of her coffee. Thoughts of emails and errands faded beneath birdsong and the distant hum of traffic.
“I wasn’t doing anything—I was literally just sitting there,” she says. “My mind was calm.”
Then her heart began to race. Pressure built in her chest. As suddenly as it began, the episode passed, leaving her drained. She assumed her body was run down by the demands of racing, guiding, teaching, and running a seasonal business.
“That’s when I started seeing naturopaths and going for vitamin injections,” she says.
Despite the treatments, things got worse.
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