I Went and Popped Some Tags!

The other day I had such an amazing #victorycheck that I was buzzing from the high of it the whole day! Another level of healing reached, folks, it just keeps getting better!

When I go out into the world, I still go out as a chronically ill human to a degree - I always have another adult with me just in case, I usually have anxiety about going to new places - even with my family. It's just a part of having lived a life with chronic illness for so many years - even though I am healing, everything is still all in baby steps.

I'm still at home most of the time, because healing is my full time job - I need to be at home to prepare food, to make sure things happen in their regular routine, to make sure I listen to and care for my body properly, to get enough rest. It's not that I NEVER go out, it's just that going out generally takes a deal of preparation beforehand, I don't generally "just go out really quickly" and definitely not spontaneously. At the very least a cooler needs to be filled with fruit and drinks need to be on hand for hydration for anywhere longer than an hour outside of my home.

And that works for me right now, it's a good thing. I'm happy with that and I feel good about how things work.

My husband does a lot of the grocery shopping and errand running, because he is much more used to being in the world and gets less exhausted by it - and most of the places we get food are also really conveniently located close to where my husband works, so it's easy for him to just run out at lunch or after work on the way home.

But the other day my son pre-ordered a video game he was super excited to get, and they are almost always released on a Friday. My son of course wants to go pick up said game as soon as the store opens, which is 10 AM - while my husband is at work.

 So it was up to me, and I felt like I could do it. We drove the half hour to Best Buy, just my son and myself (we since learned there's a closer one but no big deal, we'll know for next time). In the past, electronics stores have just been a big no for me - I couldn't even enter them with a mask on from all of the plastics, EMFs and radiation happening in there - there are certain electronics stores I couldn't even be in the parking lot of, my body would receive so much damage from being near them (Fry's).

But I've been healing. I've been filling my body with healing foods almost exclusively. I've been doing so much work, and I've been feeling so much better. And that day I felt like I could do it. It bears mentioning that it's been months since I've worn my Vogmask anywhere, to the point where I've at times even left my purse at home - my purse that contains the masks and my EpiPen most importantly. Because I haven't needed them, I haven't needed my mask to enter a building in months! Even Target, which tends to be really difficult for me. Even Costco, with all of the tires and electronics....no mask. AH-MAY-ZING!

I'm thinking I'll just go into this Best Buy, we'll get the game at the front of the store where you pick up orders, and we'll go - no lingering, I ought to be able to handle that. And we DID go in and pick up the game - and I'll say it was surprising just HOW good I felt - like I was in SUCH a great space! I was chatting with the employees who checked me out - they were so friendly too - and I felt ZERO anxiety. Double take on that one, because it's unheard of for me - NO anxiety whatsoever.

!!!!!

And THEN I needed to use the restroom (I drink SO many juices and smoothies and teas! LOL), which as it turns out was at the very back of the store. Okay, I'll just bolt through, I mean as much as I can bolt - which means walk fast really. But I didn't need to. I was noticing that I wasn't feeling affected like I have in the past - I was still fine. And when I came out of the restroom, we actually even browsed a little bit and found a plush my son had been wanting, so we got that, too.

And when I left that store, I was feeling great about the whole experience, because I'm so very aware of what I had just accomplished there. Again, before the Medical Medium protocols, before the healing plants, there was just no way I could have even left the house, let alone do all that I just did, with no other adults.

And then we were going to hit a second store, which I quickly realized was in the mall, and we decided to find another location for that one....but in the meanwhile I spotted a thrift store and I just decided to take a look. I've been looking for a couple of items that I knew I could find in the right thrift store, and this was one we hadn't yet tried. And I was feeling SO good...

So I did it. And not only was I able to go in and be inside that thrift store, but I was able to browse, and find not only the items I was looking for, but a couple of cool scores for my kiddo as well (who was out in the car playing his new game). I even bought the first items and came out, got him from the car and convinced him to go back in with me to see if he wanted the things I'd found. So I went in TWICE and stayed long enough to browse through the store. And no brain fog, no migraine, no headache at all, no feeling sick or losing my ability to breathe. None of the things that would have happened before.

My body is healing! Another layer of achievement unlocked! I can thrift again! I'm gonna pop some tags...woot!

I was on cloud nine after that, for the rest of the day. I did that! Me! That was so huge! I was so proud of myself! No anxiety! No other symptoms! No crash the next day! No crash even when we got home! Each time I try a new thing that I'd lost, I'm able to do it! And I seem to intuitively know when I can, too. So I'm regaining trust - with myself and the world. That's gigantic. That's miraculous.

I wish I could thank every employee I interacted with at both Best Buy and Savers, because they were all so incredibly friendly and helpful. I know they probably have no idea how much that means, and how much of a positive impact they had on me that day, how much they helped me reintegrate into the world again, and take those steps. I wish I could tell them how important it was. They were like angels helping to make my way back into the world and make it as easy and pleasant as possible.

Well, I'm telling YOU, whomever is reading this. The fact that they were friendly and kind and chatty with me, that was huge. It helped me so much. And maybe it was also because I was in such a good space that day, it just felt like the stars aligned for me, to make everything work. Knowing that I could do that makes me know I can do other things too. It's so wonderful to see this healing in action!

Sometimes I still cannot believe my life. I'm still blown away that I am healing a whole page of diagnoses that the medical community - allopathic and alternative - had no idea how to help. I'm still amazed and awed that I can do these things again, at how much health is returning. I'm so so grateful for all of it. To myself for listening to that voice telling me to do this. To Anthony William, the Medical Medium, for literally sacrificing any semblance of a normal life to take on this gift for US, to get the information out there that WE CAN HEAL. For my finding and being able to read his book despite all of the brain fog at that time. For the whole community of people who are also healing this way, and for the social media that connects us. I have never found a more supportive or helpful community of humans in my life - all connected by one thing - healing chronic illness.

Sometimes life really is good, and I'm so happy that I still have the ability to see that.

Healing in Unexpected Places

Protip: Do NOT do an image search for "mole on my bum".
Cannot unsee. Can. Not. Unsee. 

I just had to post a little update because I noticed something new that healed. It's something I was hoping would go away, hoping would heal, but it was one of the "least of my worries" so to speak. I had this mole underneath my bum, where my bum meets my leg. It was one - I've never seen it, mind you, but it stuck out and felt like a skin tag of some sort. I could pull at it and get it in my fingers but I couldn't get rid of it. I haven't always had it, either - it just appeared one day a few years ago and wouldn't leave my body. I hated it, but it was a minor nuisance compared to all of the other health condtions I had going on.

The other day I reached down to the area where that mole is and.....it wasn't there. I thought, "Am I feeling the wrong side? Is it on the other side?" I reached to the other side and nothing, so I felt for it again where I always remembered it to be. Nothing there. I was quite surprised, so I had my husband take a look, and he confirmed that now just looked like a little flat mole, like the other "little brown dots" I have on my arms. It's gone! I don't care about a little brown dot, that horrid skin tag sticking up mole is gone!!!

I just remembered I also have one on my head that's more solid, and that one has always been there that I remember anyway. I felt that one and it's shrinking too - now instead of something I can get my fingers around, it just feels like a little bump, like a mosquito bite or something.

Also, I don't know if it will be noticable to anyone but me, but I've been losing weight as well. It took a long time for my liver to clear out enough that my body could finally start releasing fat - boy, did it. But finally, finally it is. I don't own a scale so I have no idea how much, but I can see my belly deflating, my clothes are loose, I can tie my kitchen apron tighter around my waist. 

These are not my toes. Mine are short and stubby.
But this simple action....we so take for granted. 

Oh, and another thing that has happened - I can cut my own toenails again! I wasn't able to for a long time because of my Dysautonomia/POTS - I'd get too dizzy trying to bend in a way that allowed me to reach them, and my body was in so much pain that I couldn't properly bring them up to a reachable level. It just didn't work for me to do it myself. So my husband was having to cut them for me. And it is so weird to have someone else cut your toenails when you're used to doing them yourself - it was not something I enjoyed at all. But now, no dysautonomia, no body pain to prevent free movement, and I can again reach, bend, cut my toenails myself! Ta-daa!

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Holy schminolies. 

I just....how cool is that!?! Medical Medium healing protocol for the win! 

Those seemingly little things are huge. And that's progress -  that's healing. That's part of what eating healing foods, taking healing supplements, and knowing the root cause of all of my issues is doing for me. Knowing what each food does and how it helps me, knowing that my issues are viral and that they are being taken down by everything I eat or ingest, it's all a part of my healing. When we know what the root cause of our illness is, it allows the body to target that thing and heal more powerfully - faster even. All of it makes a difference, it all matters.

And each little step along the way is bigger than we know. That little mole? Huge that it's gone. Being able to cut my toenails myself? You don't know how much it means until you lose it. But I'm getting it all back, baby. Little by little, step by step. I'm reclaiming my health and my life, and it feels amazing when I can see physically that yes, look, this is still working, this is still happening. 

Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back...One Step Forward Again

Sure enough, once we moved to the new RV Park, within just a couple of hours I was already feeling so much better and less pain. And after being here a couple of days now, still maintaining that improvement. Pain in my body is almost gone really, and fatigue as well. I do keep waking up with a headache, but it does also mostly go away once I've been awake awhile. I'm not sure exactly what that's about.

It's been raining here nonstop and that affects me differently, but not nearly as adversely as those power lines. I just get a little more tired and sleepy and want to snuggle under blankets and have much less humidity in the air. But I'm functional. 

I had an amazing day visiting my family yesterday - a day that makes me wish hard that our time in this city could be for longer than it is. It feels SO short this time. It's been several years since we've all seen each other and there is so much to catch up on. Would that we could be here a month so we could really start to tackle it.

I still have many limitations that prevent me from being able to see all the people I wish I could see here. People have to make changes to see me - they have to be scent-free and willing to come to us in the RV park, because other than my Mom's house I'm not sure where I could be safe. I have to be extra super careful about what I eat and making sure to take all of my supplements (and getting in extra) so my immune system can handle all the stress of new and different situations.

Traveling while healing and detoxing is not exactly ideal, but it is doable if I just make sure to prioritize my health and really be careful about listening to my body's needs and taking care of them.

Before when we've visited the way we would handle being able to see many people at once is we'd have a gathering somewhere - usually a kind friend would offer their home or we'd meet at a park or something, and invite friends to come, so we could have a time of seeing them. But my body cannot handle that this time - there are too many variables that could happen in a group (like scents and colds and such), and for my health I just cannot do that anymore.

I'd like to think there will come a time when I will be able to again. Once I've healed enough to have reached a stable space and be back in the world safely and fully again. I have real hope that it will happen in time.

Until then I am mindful, paying attention, making sure I'm eating the most healing foods (as outlined by Anthony William in his books, "Medical Medium" and "Life-Changing Foods", as well as in his blogs and podcasts). I'm eating lots of raw, since my body seems its best with that - and potatoes at night. I drink my celery juice and heavy metal detox smoothie every morning, along with my supplements and herbal tinctures. I don't think I've ever been SO diligent about making sure everything that goes in has a healing purpose since I did the Medical Medium cleanse. And that was just the foods, no supplements then.

But it's important - this is how I get through all of this okay and continuing to heal. I couldn't have done this at all a year ago. I am so grateful for all of the healing information I DO have now thanks to the Medical Medium, because it has gotten me this far. Being able to travel at all. Being able to see my family again. Having days like yesterday with laughter, love, family, it meant everything to me.

A year ago I wasn't sure I'd ever even be able to see my family again. I'd lost hope that I'd ever find healing or get better or be able to leave my house safely again. So to be able to do all of those things with some accommodations (everyone was scent-free for me) has been a gift I'm eternally grateful for.

Photos to come in a couple of weeks, once they've been processed. 

MM Raw Day 31

Food:
20 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: papaya, frozen mango, frozen strawberries, frozen wild blueberries, banana, spinach, water, d-Ribose, liquid ionic zinc, quercetin
Snack: apricot, banana, honeydew melon, mango, sugar snap peas
Salad: lettuce, cucumber, carrot, apple, red pepper, dressing (avocado, lime, cilantro, garlic powder, onion powder, salt)
Baked sweet potato with red pepper, onion, lime, sauce (avocado, coconut milk, cumin, salt, lime)

Still so tired, still craving heavier foods at night. Today I got a headache around 6:30 or so and ended up taking a nap to relieve it, which worked. I also asked the angels for their help getting rid of it before I went to sleep. slept maybe an hour and it was mostly gone. I'm not sure what caused it, but it felt like lack of sleep. 

MM Raw Day 30

I'm so tired...

I feel like in my dreams last night I was doing some big work with the angels...I wish I could remember it. 

Food: 

20 oz celery juice
Smoothie: mango, 2 bananas, frozen wild blueberries, strawberries, spinach, d-Ribose, water
Salad: lettuce, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, sprouts, sugar snap peas, apple, dressing (avocado, orange juice, garlic powder, cilantro, onion powder, chives, salt)
Snack: banana, apricot, vegan bread (NOT AGAIN)
Salad: lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber, sugar snap peas, apple, dressing (avocado, orange juice, garlic powder, onion powder, salt)

I think it might be time to be incorporating some actual recipes. 1-2 a week maybe. Kiddo wants me to bake him some bread  I found a vegan bread recipe (no eggs) and am going to try that. It uses xanthan gum, but I found a list of possible substitutes, so I'm going to use one of those. I hope it works!

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I baked vegan bread for my son, and it rose WAY too much, spilled over the edges, and made a giant mess. I baked it anyway and it was rather a disaster, but it tasted wonderful and I will try to do it again. In the meanwhile, it's so good that my son has been eating it anyway. I made the mistake of eating some, too - it WAS really good. But in flavor only - it did NOT affect me in a good way. My thoughts turned a bit dark, my anxiety ramped up, and my body felt really heavy and soooo tired. It is SO hard to remember these things when I have some distance from them, but perhaps documenting them will help me some.

I will make the bread again, only for my son, and I will WATCH it rise so it doesn't over rise. The good news is we KNOW how good this bread tastes, so if I can just do it RIGHT, he will have really good bread. (All ingredients approved by me, nothing weird added. I even replaced the xanthan gum with flax meal and it worked out fine. 

MM Raw Day 29

Technically the cleanse is over but I really like keeping track of this whole process, so I'm going to keep going. 

Food: 
vegansafe B12
16 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: frozen wild blueberries, mango, nectarine, banana, spinach, kale, water, ionic zinc
Honeydew melon
Salad: cabbage, apple, carrot, cucumber, dressing (avocado, cilantro, garlic powder, onion powder, ginger powder, salt)
Smaller smoothie: strawberries, mango, frozen wild blueberries, honey, water
Sweet potato fries
Bite of beef burger which I seemed to react to
Cod fillet with ghee - also didn't feel so great

Had the third arborist come out today to do a bid, and he didn't make the best impression. He said I'd never find anyone to write that letter (I already have) to my bank. He'd have to charge a consulting fee to do it, and he couldn't do That AND take the job to fix it, because it would be a "conflict of interest". Also he spit in my grass no less than four times right in front of me. It was super gross and to me, like spitting on my carpet. Um yeah, not very professional. He'll email me a quote. It doesn't matter, I already liked the second guy so much I'm hiring him. He gave me all sorts of free advice and I already trust him.

Emailed a realtor to come out before we hire the tree guy, so they can tell us exactly what they think we ought to have him do.

Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 28

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 28.

Day 1     Day 2     Day 3     Day 4     Day 5     Day 6     Day 7     Day 8     Day 9     Day 10     Day 11     Day 12     Day 13     Day 14     Day 15     Day 16     Day 17     Day 18     Day 19     Day 20     Day 21     Day 22     Day 23     Day 24     Day 25     Day 26     Day 27

Food:
18 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: mango, frozen wild blueberries, strawberries, banana, kale, water, supplements
Salad: lettuce, cabbage, apple, cucumber, carrot, dressing (orange juice, avocado, garlic power, onion powder, chives, salt)
Snacks: banana
Salad: cabbage, mango, carrot, cucumber, dressing (avocado, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, powdered ginger, chives)
Red potato fries

Well, I guess this is technically "The Last Day" of this cleanse, but really, it's just the beginning. I'm probably going to do the cleanse again, full version, as outlined in the book. I did a modified version here. (2 salads a day and cooked potato at night half the time - oh, and more avocado than is called for.) In the original version, night is a sort of raw veggie soup, there is nothing cooked, the dressing is 1/2 avocado, juice of 2 oranges, and the other ingredients. I tried it that way and while it's good, it's not AS good as just the avocado blended with the other stuff, so I went back to it. Baby steps.

I'm still learning a lot about all of the aspects of the Medical Medium's specific protocol and why, and I'm still trying to figure out how to do the heavy metal detox portion of the cleanse without harming myself or taking myself back to the state I was in before I started eating this way again. I'm making my way back to health and while it might be a little slow, it's exponentially faster than it was before, and I'm delighted with my progress. I know there is more work to do, and I'm doing it - and I finally know I am going in the right direction for me. I mean, look at the results!

~ The swelling in my feet has gone down significantly. 

~ I have actual energy to do things in my day. 

~ I'm getting stronger and stronger. 

~ There is less pain in my back.

~ I can stand for longer periods of time, and walk for longer. 

~ I can leave the house without a mask - that is huge. 

~ Leaving the house doesn't mean days of recovery afterward. 

~ My anxiety levels have dropped so significantly I feel like I can function again (make phone calls, meet with people, make plans outside of my house). 

~ I am able to do some level of physical labor, like working in the yard. 

~ My brain fog has lessened dramatically.

~ I can bend over and do things much more, without feeling my heart race and my BP change.

~ I am present with my family again. 

~ I have been able to do physical things to contribute to my family again. 

~ I feel hopeful. 

~ I've been much much more positive and upbeat in general. ~ I've been a lot less moody and irritable. 

~ My son is excited because now we can plan things like going to the beach and to festivals. 

Got two quotes from certified arborists today and that felt great - it was just me, explaining things to them, and walking them around the property. It was REALLY hot - 92 degrees, and I did fine (heat would usually cause a mast cell reaction). Everything about that was amazing, and I'm excited to hire one of them and have them do the work, once the third guy comes out tomorrow.

I *almost* went to the grocery store today, but I couldn't convince my son that it was a great idea, and I wasn't super attached to going, so it didn't happen. But tomorrow I might, because I need yeast for the gluten-free bread I'm baking. And I want to just bake it, not wait until my husband gets home and can run to the store. Because I CAN!

I'm feeling pretty darn good about things right now. 

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 27

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 27.

Day 1     Day 2     Day 3     Day 4     Day 5     Day 6     Day 7     Day 8     Day 9     Day 10     Day 11     Day 12     Day 13     Day 14     Day 15     Day 16     Day 17     Day 18     Day 19     Day 20     Day 21     Day 22     Day 23     Day 24     Day 25     Day 26

Food:
18 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: mango, frozen wild blueberries, strawberries, banana, kale, water, supplements
Salad: lettuce, red pepper, cucumber, apple, sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, dressing (avocado, dill, chives, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)
Snacks: 2 bananas, honeydew melon
Salad: lettuce, cabbage, grapes, cucumber, red pepper, dressing (avocado, parsley, chives, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)
Snack: mango

Last night again my brain switched into PTSD mode and fixated on playing the tape of Kiernen doing the float at iFly and hating it. He won;t let me show the video to anyone ever, but he had a terrible time and couldn't breathe, and all I could think was, "Why didn't I see it? How did I not know?" And my brain just replayed it over and over and wouldn't let me go to sleep.

But despite my terrible night's sleep, I got dressed today and I ventured out of the house again. We went to Naomi's Organic Farm Supply and got some more herbs and soil to plant them in. And when I got home I finally put my kitchen herb garden together in the planter I bought. It's a little whiffy from the soil, but once it settles down and folds in more together I'll take photos. I FINALLY have a kitchen herb garden IN my kitchen! I DID have one outside before, and the chives are still going strong, so half of them are in my planter now, because they'll be coming on the road with us. I planted parsley, cilantro, thyme, dill, basil and chives, and it's a lovely little herb garden.

Tomorrow, quotes from REAL professionals to fix the damage done by the fakers. 

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

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Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 26

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 26.

Day 1     Day 2     Day 3     Day 4     Day 5     Day 6     Day 7     Day 8     Day 9     Day 10     Day 11     Day 12     Day 13     Day 14     Day 15     Day 16     Day 17     Day 18     Day 19     Day 20     Day 21     Day 22     Day 23     Day 24     Day 25

Food:
22 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: mango, frozen wild blueberries, frozen strawberries, banana, kale, water
Snacks: fresh blueberries from my yard, honeydew melon, yellow watermelon (not a fan)
Salad: lettuce, red pepper, cucumber, apple, sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, dressing (avocado, ginger, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)

Today I did two "big deal" things that pretty much amazed me. 

The first, I went to iFly with my son and husband, and even encountered a couple of scents, but I made it - WITHOUT my mask! I haven't left the house in months, and it's ALWAYS with my mask if I have. I did well, and felt good afterwards, too.

When I got home, I did about a half hour of yard work, which included trimming and even sawing branches - I was huffing and puffing after the sawing, but I just needed to rest and I was still okay. After some food and rest, I was good. This is just amazing me, still - I really am coming back, it's fantastic!

We spent time outside, and while my husband and son jumped on the trampoline, I picked SO many berries from our blueberry bushes! It's the biggest haul we've had in years! My son delightedly ate pretty much the whole bowl on his own - he loves fresh-picked fruit!

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Of course, as they day progressed, my body got stiffer and more sore, so I guess I need to be wary of that and careful, because still with the not being conditioned. I kind of hurt myself there. And the lack of sleep caught up to me, because I got tired really early, too.

I'll become conditioned again, I will. 

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

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Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 25

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 25.

 Day 1     Day 2     Day 3     Day 4     Day 5     Day 6     Day 7     Day 8     Day 9     Day 10     Day 11     Day 12     Day 13     Day 14     Day 15     Day 16     Day 17     Day 18     Day 19     Day 20     Day 21     Day 22     Day 23     Day 24

Food:
22 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: mango, orange juice, frozen wild blueberries, frozen strawberries, water
Dinner Salad: lettuce, red pepper, grapes, cucumber, apple, dressing (avocado, orange juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)
Snacks: red potato fries, banana

I can't even today. PTSD brain, triggered by being harassed by the landscaper, just endless thought loops. I'm doing my best here, but failing....

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

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Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 24

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 24.

 Day 1     Day 2     Day 3     Day 4     Day 5     Day 6     Day 7     Day 8     Day 9     Day 10     Day 11     Day 12     Day 13     Day 14     Day 15     Day 16     Day 17     Day 18     Day 19     Day 20     Day 21     Day 22     Day 23

Food:
22 oz celery juice
lemon water all day
Smoothie: banana, orange juice, papaya, frozen wild blueberries, frozen strawberries, kale, ice, supplements, water
Lunch Salad: lettuce, red pepper, sugar snap peas, grapes, cucumber, asparagus, dressing (avocado, cilantro, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)
Snacks: red potato fries, banana
Dinner: Salad: lettuce, red pepper, sugar snap peas, grapes, cucumber, asparagus, dressing (avocado, cilantro, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)

Okay, so prayer works. I mean, it's not that I doubted it per se, but I was having trouble feeling like I was connecting when I was just doing it all by my lonesome. I mean, I'm really out of practice. My background is Gods and Goddesses, intention and nature, not angels and prayers. But yesterday crying n my yard and asking The Angel of Deliverance to just please deliver us from this situation and I was just vulnerable and I guess....open....it felt like this time it really went out there and was heard.

I also had great help and support from those two Medical Medium groups I asked for help in. I mean, that really worked, too, it was wonderful. And it WAS like the clouds parted and we were able to see a solution that felt better to us than having to continue dealing with that particular company. So now THAT is the path we're on and it IMMEDIATELY felt better. For both of us.

I mean this had been causing arguments between myself and my husband, and more arguing on both our parts with this guy, and it was getting us nowhere, because this is a person who thinks they are beyond reproach. This is NOT someone who knows how to make customers happy OR to run a business, and I think he won't be in business much longer doing it this way. But it doesn't matter to us anymore, because we're free!

I am so grateful for finding ALL of this. I mean, I was in a SEVERE mast cell reaction yesterday - my face was blotchy red, as was my chest, and my thinking was becoming foggy, and the adrenaline surge was nonstop. And as soon as we realized they weren't going to show up, we started making another plan, and immediately I started to feel better.

And I thought I'd need to take benadryl to calm my system down, and at one point I probably ought to have, because it was getting a bit scary....but it calmed down on its own this time, as soon as the threat lifted. I even skipped a meal, and then got back on track with dinner, eating foods that supported me and helped me.

And I noticed, you know, that even the pain has been less the past couple of days - the constant throbbing pain in my back has been less, and yesterday I was able to stand for a lot longer than usual. THAT was pretty cool to notice. And even though I had a whole full blown mast cell reaction it went away without pharmaceutical intervention, and I STILL had the clarity and energy to think and come up with a new plan, and to reach out to three new professionals to get quotes on fixing this job.

And today when they called I was even able to answer the phone and speak with them, and make appointments with them for times I knew my husband wouldn't be home - so it will be just me talking with them about what needs doing. And that felt good, because it's something I know I can do. Before this cleanse my anxiety would never have allowed for that to happen, there would have been no way I could have done that.

I AM still making amazing progress. I AM still moving forward, despite the setbacks.

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

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Medical Medium Cleanse: Celery Juice and Raw Food Day 23

As discussed in my original post, I'm documenting the effects of drinking 16 oz celery juice every morning (and transitioning back to raw fruits and veggies). Today is Day 23.

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Food:
22 oz celery juice
lemon water all day

Smoothie: banana, frozen mango, papaya, frozen wild blueberries, strawberries, kale, ice, supplements, water
Salad: lettuce, tomato, red pepper, sugar snap peas, apple, cucumber, asparagus, chives, dressing (avocado, salt, garlic powder, onion powder)
Snacks: banana, mango, dates, banana/avocado pudding

I posted on two Medical Medium Facebook groups asking for prayers and help, as well as my Facebook page, and got suggestions and lots of prayers and energy, and I think it worked, because today rather than having to have that company back on my property, they didn't bother to show up at all.

I'm not going to go into the whole story here, because that's not what this is about, but we found a solution that works for us and means we never have to interact with them again, which makes us both very happy.

Hopefully now we can return to making progress with my health rather than finding new ways to tank it. 

If you're interested in reading the Medical Medium book, it can be found here.

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