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Week 2 Day 3

Went grocery shopping yesterday and UGH! I quickly become overwhelmed and I was shaky and felt ill. I felt pushed chemically and like I have been in a car accident and not yet recovered. I quickly lost my head of steam. DH saw my struggle and picked up his pace. The store was really crowded with holiday shoppers and confused folks trying to get picnic stuff together. They were scattered, confused and irritating. Lets not even mention the children. UGH! I came home, and laid down. it took about an hour to get any energy back. Ate a small lunch and decided to keep laying down and watched TV all day.

Today my underarms are swollen. I have had a double mastectomy and sometimes that happens in extreme heat, or hard exercise. She did warn me that as the body detoxs it drags all the garbage to the lymph system to get rid of and I may have some swelling. My fingers are fat little sausages, and my armpits are tender. its not as bad as when I have stressed it be running marathons in the past or excessive karate training. Had it gone past that I would be worried, but this tells me my body IS taking out the trash. I will book a lymph massage to help. (Gawd those hurt!)

My face remains even less red than before. and I noticed I am not as hot in my own body. I felt like I had my own furnace before.

I slept better last night than I have in a while, but did grab a xanax at midnight cause I really wanted to just go to sleep. It was started to wear on me, and thats what its for.

I have been pooping everyday and that is new for me. its not hard rocks or pebbles that have to be chased. I am able to just go sit on the toilet and go. AMAZING! That hasnt happened in years and years. I am able to complete the movement without left overs if you know what I mean. Normally its like my muscles have no idea what to do with whats there, and cant push. I also noticed that my bladder spasm increases when I need to go #2. When I go, the bladder spasm stops. I notice yesterday i didnt have the amount of urgency that I have had. its backing off. hurray!

I always have the sensation of a dropped foot on the left. it can be painful and its the left over of several flares. I noticed last night in bed...it did NOT hurt. hmm...I also noticed that when I lay down now the MS hug is not ribbing my ribs off. normally when I lay flat the sx are the worst and normally i have to prop or get out of bed or medicate. I have stopped taking baclofen and will stay with her remedies. massage, distraction, TENS unit...

I got on the scale today and I have lost 4 pounds! I did not have that goal in mind, but wont turn it away. I will admit my appetite has changed and I am not craving foods that I used to crave. Carbs! give me carbs! I used to crave fat quite a bit and always thought that weird. She told me my brain is trying to heal itself and fat is what the body uses to do it. it doesnt want to convert fat, it just wants a ready supply of it. I have been concentrating on eating good healthy whole foods, and I have been juicing my lunch. If my gut is healing I want to pack it with as many micro nutrients as I can.

Lets see what today brings! I slept till 9am! I turned off my pill reminders, I asked DH to leave me be, and he entertained the hungry cats while I got extra sleep. I really needed that.

See ya tomorrow. its very hot here. every house has company and i am going to hide in the house. I got all the food we need to blast thru the holiday weekend. we dont need to go out for a thing.

Day 2 week 4. I really need to write this in a journal. I am supposed to be keeping one.

I didnt have any headaches yesterday. I normally have skull banging visual and regular migraines.

My spastic bladder seems calmer.

I was noticing how soft the skin on my chest if getting then I realized its the drops I am rubbing into it 3x a day.lol.

I would like more energy, but am being patient.

I actually took a walk during the heat of the day. DH wasn't home and neighbor got a new kindle. She wanted help to load a book from the local library website and couldn't figure it out. I didn't melt.

DH said I am not "dragging" my left foot. Said he thinks he sees me picking it up instead of raking it across doorways.

I slept well, but the fireworks outside were making me quite anxious. I took xanax and later on an ativan (yes, my MD knows what I take) and off I went. I hate that BANG,POP, BANG! right outside my house. UGH! STOP!

Week 2 day 5

I did not have a single headache yesterday. Now, that hasnt happened in months. not even a hint of one. We went out, did errands, and I lasted!

My skin continues to clear. my bowels are still on the normal track and I would actually dare to say are behaving better and more normally. No longer rock hard and hard to go. WAHOO! that was a major goal of mine.

I dont feel as hot. I used to tuck up under the AC and live there. now I feel like I can just sit in the same room the AC is in. My pits are still swollen, but like I said before im detoxing and the lymphs have to work harder for me there.

Tired of all the pills, and sick of Cream of Wheat, but its a great way to hide many things.

I am falling off to sleep when I should, and waking when I should. I gained a pound back from the 3 I lost. must be all the cream of wheat lol.

I am more alert, and dont feel as fogged in. I can see the TV screen better, and can even read some of the Text on my game that I play.

Things ARE improving! I will keep swallowing her pills. I have 2 weeks and 2 days left of phase 1 of 3. So half way thru phase one.

Thanks for sharing my ride.

In the hospital, I had brown sugar in my cream of wheat. yummmmmmmmm!!!!!

Happy to hear of your improvements..

I over did it today. my back hurts, im short tempered and dont feel great. im going to soak in a warm bath and try to just chill out. I do feel like I am being pushed thru a detox of some sort. I need to remember to be kind to myself and not take every spare feel good moment to run thru errands.

Week 2 Day 6

Bad weather coming. I can feel it in my bones. That actually makes me feel worse. Company also coming and that doesnt help. I woke earlier than I would have liked.

I have not had a headache in a few days now. LOVE IT
am pooping like a big girl. LOVE IT
no longer losing weight, must have been a glitch.
REALLY tired of taking pills, ICK!
My complextion is looking better. still reddish, but better.
I did a lot of house work yesterday cause company is coming, so I am sore and over tired today. I did not do a professional job, I did a "good enough" job and that will have to do.

Found my back really screaming yesterday. right about where my kidneys are. Called the lady. she called me back. Said she expected that as she is flushing out my system. Said she was surprised I wasnt complaining about my underarms and lymphs swelling. I said they were! She reminded me that she was going to push me hard for 30 days, and I am in full on detox. to drink tons of water, rest as much as I can, and let the meds do the work. now is not the time to be a hero. So, almost half way thru my 30 day detox. I will say im tired. I stink from the awful sweats and cant wait to get rid of some of these pills.

Jack the cat has been sleeping next to me.

I'm glad this is working for you so far. And the accounts of what's happening are valuable to those here, I believe. Some (not all) readers may need to know that there could be help other than prescription medications. The big problem for some could be that, even realizing that they too need "alternative" care, they cannot afford it. I spent many thousands on alternative care over the decades of struggle. I finally got to the point where I myself knew enough about alternatives (or Swankatives, I'll have to call his method an allopathic treatment) that I no longer go very often to alternative doctors, who are usually very expensive. Out of sight, even, here in Santa Fe area where many people come who have severe chemical sensitivity, but are still sick and seeking alternate care--and often these people are wealthy seekers. The naturopath was no use to my husband, who practiced very healthy living, because there WAS no cure they knew for clogging of a heart valve. Likewise, they have NO cure for Polycythemia Vera. In spite of following healthy living practices, I got a disease, PV, which does not respond to medical care other than blatant allopathy...that is, chemotherapy or radiation. Some things just won't budge with orders from the naturopath, other things will. Sounds like you're budging!

This IS expensive. no doubt about it. After 90 days she said she will give me a list and let me get my suppliments where ever I want them, but for 90 days, I must agree to take hers and hers only. She measures them out biochemically on the machine against my measurements so she is exactly sure of dose, fillers, additives, doses...so may doses vary from maker to maker. she wants to be exact doing this.

I am happy to share my expensive ride. I know so many think about $1k and shudder, so to walk with someone may help them decide its worth saving for, or NO WAY save my money! At the end of the month I go back and will have to pay again for the visit and whatever new stuff she puts me on. so, it doesnt end at the first visit. I look forward to describing what goes on during #2.

Long day, I got tired really easy today. going to bathe and chill out.

Week 2 Day 7

Had company yesterday. wore. me. out! Love these guys, but pushed me to my limit and back again. Then we stopped at UGH! the fireworks store! They got all kinds of fireworks to take home. Im sorry, I am NOT a fireworks appreciator. In our last house our drunk neighbor was always trying to set the woods or our home on fire with his bad aim. We had to stay on watch with hose. In this house everyone who comes anywhere near the lake brings a truck load of fireworks. BOOM BOOM BOOOM for hours and hours! Jack was terrified. Lily was terrified. I was having panic attacks and flash backs, and DH was just trying to keep the peace.

I didnt fall asleep till almost 3:30 AM! I was very tired, but the fireworks kept flying and then so would the cats. I really dont need a relapse in Jack so I tried to coral him in my room with the AC and TV on to help mask some of the noise,but he was perched on the end of the bed terrified.

My underarms remain swollen. I guess I am really detoxing if i cant get them to budge. The lymph system is really slow there due to the mastectomies.

I am getting better at chucking back all those pills and getting used to all the large gulps of liquids in the AM.

I feel like I am catching a cold. My tummy doesnt feel its best today and my nose is running and my throat is a bit sore. so I dont have as much patience as I would normally. its going to be an im going back to bed kinda day.

I continue to see small step improvements. no headaches yesterday. complexion clearing. tummy calming, attitude climbing, stamina improving, and looking forward to being done with this part of this run.

HALF WAY THRU PHASE 1 OF 3! wahoo!