I’ve had some good days recently. I’ve been up most of the morning and have been able to accomplish some much needed cleaning around the house. But yesterday I work up feeling hungover with nausea, all over body aches, weaknsss, headache, low back spasms and seriously awful neck pain. Days like this can be incredibly…
Food is Medicine
I’ve been learning about different natural remedies and supplements that may help with specific issues. For example: I started taking stinging nettle at the recommendation of my doctor to help battle mast cell activation syndrome. He said it may also help with joint pain. It helped with both! I was ordering a refill when I…
Zucchini flour
Oversized zucchini is best. Peel with a carrot peeler, into thin even strips for less drying time. Or slide it through a mandolin for speed of prep. Set in a dehydrator until absolutely dry. If in doubt always dry it more, any moisture will ruin it during storage Run it through a food processor or…
Celebrate the Little Things (they’re not so little)
Last night, I had a little insomnia. Yes - I’m celebrating that. Not because I had insomnia, but because I haven’t had it in quite some time. You see, in the last 10 years, I’ve had insomnia more nights than not. I’ve gone months with very, very little sleep. At one point, I was getting…
NOT Bites!!! UPDATE!
UPDATE: These are NOT bites. I’ve been having a Mast Cell Activation Syndrome flare up. Mast Cells help your body respond to allergic issues by releasing things like histamine - mine are more active than they should be and tend to respond inappropriately. It’s been under control for a while, but lately, I’ve had some…
Be True to Yourself
I’ve grown accustomed to feeling like crud. At the same time, I’m constantly reading that I should only think positive thoughts like “I am getting well”. The body has an amazing ability to heal itself and the mind has an amazing ability to convince the body that it is in fact recovering. But what happens…
Brain Fog Is No Joke
Working memory disfunction can one of my most frustrating symptoms. I used to be a master of switch tasking - I could have multiple projects going at once and flip back and forth between them as needed. There have been many times when just switching from one app on my phone to another causes me…
The Things I Miss The Most
One of the questions on some doctors intake forms is “what activities are you unable to do because of your illness?” I always write the big things like kayaking and hiking, That really downplays how sick I am. And while these are things I do miss, they are not the things I miss the most.…
Procaine Injections
Cervical Instability is when the ligaments in the neck are too loose. It literally feels like my neck isn’t strong enough to hold up my head. I went to Florida last summer to get prolotherapy - which is essentially injecting sugar water to force the body to flood the neck with healing cells, helping to…
Parasites
Every full moon, pain and weakness increase and I feel just awful. Parasites are active during this phase - moving through the body and into the gut. We are going to start a protocol to try and reduce or eliminate parasites. My daughter is extremely sensitive so she is on reduced dosages over 52 days…
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