It has been almost 2.5 years since I became very sick and began my journey to find a way to heal. I felt I was in the depths of my own hell- unable to remember things, unable to be active, work out or even take care of things around the house without being completely exhausted and sick. It wasn't me or the life I wanted. I was determined that I was not going to live like this the rest of my life so it began...my battle to health. Thankfully I was blessed with a strong will, determination and some fight to keep me moving past all the nay sayers, non believers in what I was doing and those who are still blinded by their own eyes and aren't open to new ideas other than theirs.
The past 4 years have been the most challenging time of my life and I would not want to go through it again but at the same time I wouldn't change it. Any of it. Through my trial, my searching, I have gained tremendous knowledge in my body, in nutrition and health in ways that were once unknown to me. I have found knowledge in natural healing modalities that make sense to me and work for me. I am my own health advocate, I am the only one who knows what I am feeling and what does or does not work for me and that is powerful.
I have found FAITH greater than I ever knew I had and a better understanding of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and that He suffered so that I could be healed. He suffered that I would have someone to turn to who knew what I was going through- every single emotion, hurt and pain- He knows, understands and is able to take it away. I just have to ask and believe.
I have become a stronger woman mentally and emotionally, kinder to myself- my insecurities have lessened and my appreciation for my strengths and who I am have increased. I am more confident now than I ever have been before. As my confidence has grown my strength to stand up for what I believe no matter what it is or even to just be who I am has become empowering. I am who I am and do what I do, no matter what people say and I am good with it- I don't care if they think I am weird or crazy or whatever, I am ME and I LOVE WHO I am becoming: a better me!
I am more empathetic to others and have a deeper desire to help those who are looking for answers to health but also help to find the person inside who they know they can be and want to be. For this reason I share my story and I share these new methods of healing I have learned, that have been placed in my life to help others.
Everything that I have done in my battle for my health I have been led to, usually by another person placed in my life to share what I was suppose to do next. My ears, my mind and my heart are open, I want to be led because I know that God knows better than I what I need. I have tried many healing methods to improve my health and I want to share a little story that led me to a wonderful new idea.
I was talking to my mom a month or two ago and said, "I know that what I am doing right now is right and everything that I have done has been right and that I have been led to it...but I feel there is still something I am missing and I don't know what it is." We continued our conversation and hung up.
The next day I received a message from a high school friend telling me she heard I had struggled with my health and she had found something that has helped her. I called her that night and we talked for hours- what had helped her was exactly what I was looking for. She told me about The Emotion Code - how our past emotions get trapped in our body and are the reason for some of our mental and emotional struggles but also physical problems as well. I knew it was my answer to what I needed next and have been even more convinced as I have read the book, had Dr. Nelson call me as a volunteer on his webinar and pinpoint emotions that I had as well as going to holistic healers working with me to release these trapped emotions. AMAZING!
What I have experienced from this is unbelievable to some but real to me- some of the pains I have felt that have been ongoing for years are diminishing, even my chiropractor at my last session was amazed at how good my back and neck were when usually they are very stiff- both things I have noticed a difference in. My gut which I have struggled with for years and currently was having a particular problem with has felt better. My mood is different, I am more calm and patient and some of my insecurities have been replaced with confidence. Talk about a blessing and answer for myself, my family and many others who are ready.
Call me crazy...I don't care because it works for me, I am happier, I am healthier and I am going to keep on doing exactly what I KNOW IS RIGHT FOR ME. I love it! I love that with trials comes strength. The trials are a challenge, it is called a trial for a reason and I can't say I enjoy it but what I do enjoy is growing as a person and becoming better, happier, stronger. It is a building block in life that is essential to growth.
I am blessed to have people in my life who understand who I really am and what my true intentions are, my goals in life are, who support me and love me even when things sound crazy to them. I love when I find someone who really listens, who gets what I feel and especially who are as crazy as I am! Isn't is awesome to know you've got people in your corner that will stand with you?! I've got some pretty phenomenal people in my life and thanks to them I can be who I am.
If you want to hear more about the Emotion Code I would love to talk and share this with you.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Methods of Healing I Used
I have had a lot of people ask me what I have used to fight my Lyme Disease. Typically I send an email or talk to them over the phone to discuss the protocol that I used. I feel it would be beneficial for myself as well as many others if I had a post where it was written down to share, so here it is to the best of my knowledge (because Lymies know how bad it messes with our memory!):
**I had been using Nutrition Cleansing for 1 year prior to becoming ill and was in the process of cleaning up our diet even better than I thought it was.
-Quantum Biofeedback: energy work done from a machine that reads every panel of the body and can send energy to the exact area that needs to be healed. CRUCIAL in healing.
*I started out going weekly, bi-weekly, once a month, every other month, when needed over the course of 2 years and 5 months which is now.
-2 doses of doxycycline to make sure I did everything I could to get rid of the bacteria.
-I started out on the 9 day deep cleanse with Isagenix: release toxins, input nutrition to build immune system.
Following 9 day this was my regimen for close to 1.5 years (and still is close to what I do now):
2 IsaLean Shakes a day with kale and 1/2 kiwi in it
Healthy lean meal of organic, clean chicken, fish, pork; veggies, fruit (limited)
1 oz Ionix Supreme in am and 1 oz. pm
1 cleanse day per week. Daily Cleanse for Life 1 oz. am 1oz. pm
Product B or Ageless Essentials with Product B
Any supplements that my body needed from my nature path
Digestive enzymes and probiotics
Dairy free (except my shakes), sugar free, gluten free for 1.5 years (still work on doing now but not as strict)
I would nap and rest when needed. Took off from the gym for over a month then only go when I feel good.
Far Infrared Sauna (I used my nature path's until I bought my own)
Foot Detox- occasionally
Chiropractor weekly
Essential Oils
Colon Therapy
Colon Cleanse
Prayer
Priesthood blessings and my faith in God and Jesus Christ that I can be healed.
My most recent find that I have been introduced to is The Emotion Code/ The Body Code. If you have not heard of this you need to buy the book, read it, google an Emotion Code Practitioner in your area and go for a session- it is amazing and will change your life and your healing! My next post will be about this and my experience in finding it.
**I had been using Nutrition Cleansing for 1 year prior to becoming ill and was in the process of cleaning up our diet even better than I thought it was.
-Quantum Biofeedback: energy work done from a machine that reads every panel of the body and can send energy to the exact area that needs to be healed. CRUCIAL in healing.
*I started out going weekly, bi-weekly, once a month, every other month, when needed over the course of 2 years and 5 months which is now.
-2 doses of doxycycline to make sure I did everything I could to get rid of the bacteria.
-I started out on the 9 day deep cleanse with Isagenix: release toxins, input nutrition to build immune system.
Following 9 day this was my regimen for close to 1.5 years (and still is close to what I do now):
2 IsaLean Shakes a day with kale and 1/2 kiwi in it
Healthy lean meal of organic, clean chicken, fish, pork; veggies, fruit (limited)
1 oz Ionix Supreme in am and 1 oz. pm
1 cleanse day per week. Daily Cleanse for Life 1 oz. am 1oz. pm
Product B or Ageless Essentials with Product B
Any supplements that my body needed from my nature path
Digestive enzymes and probiotics
Dairy free (except my shakes), sugar free, gluten free for 1.5 years (still work on doing now but not as strict)
I would nap and rest when needed. Took off from the gym for over a month then only go when I feel good.
Far Infrared Sauna (I used my nature path's until I bought my own)
Foot Detox- occasionally
Chiropractor weekly
Essential Oils
Colon Therapy
Colon Cleanse
Prayer
Priesthood blessings and my faith in God and Jesus Christ that I can be healed.
My most recent find that I have been introduced to is The Emotion Code/ The Body Code. If you have not heard of this you need to buy the book, read it, google an Emotion Code Practitioner in your area and go for a session- it is amazing and will change your life and your healing! My next post will be about this and my experience in finding it.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Herxheimer Reaction...What in the world is it?
Have you ever felt fatigue, nauseous, brain fog, lack of motivation? Have you heard of the Herxheimer Reaction or herx or even herxing? Here's an explanation that I found on a Lyme Disease page explaining it. Sidenote- you can experience this for many reasons, not just from Lyme Disease:
The technical definition for a Herxheimer Reaction (i.e., herxing or die off) is the release of endotoxins from the destroyed cell walls of the bacteria responsible for Lyme Disease, Borrelia Burgdorferi, that causes an additional inflammatory response (i.e., debilitating physical and mental state) contingent to the amount of endotoxins released, which is directly correlated to the amount of Lyme bacteria killed (i.e., lysed).
In layman’s terms, a person with chronic Lyme Disease who is experiencing a Herxheimer Reaction has recently killed an amount of Lyme bacteria worthy of causing them to enter a debilitating physical and mental state in which their already present symptoms become exacerbated. They feel as horrible as the amount of Lyme bacteria that have been killed. The more Lyme bacteria that are killed, the more endotoxins that are released. Endotoxins are released from the Lyme bacteria’s cell wall when its cell wall is destroyed by either antibiotics or the immune system. The more endotoxins that are released, the greater the body’s inflammatory response is in order to control the pernicious nature of these endotoxins. It is chronic inflammation that is responsible for much of the symptoms a person with chronic Lyme Disease experiences and a flood of endotoxins only increases it. Having understood that premise, it should now make sense that because people with chronic Lyme Disease have ever-present symptoms, they have chronic inflammation.
Here's the article where you can read more: Herx article
I have been experiencing some herxing the past week and a half as I have been doing an 11 day deep cell body cleanse, particularly on my cleanse days. My body is fatigued (not fatigued like I haven't slept but fatigued like I have worked out so hard and so long that I don't ever want to do anything again nor can I, but I haven't). I lack motivation, my head and neck (vagus nerve) hurt, my stomach is uneasy and nauseous, my joints ache, my vision isn't clear and my brain is foggy. Saying that, the level of discomfort is far less than it was 2 years ago when I was going through this and my Lyme was just being fought for the first time and I am so grateful.
You are probably asking why I would cleanse if this makes me feel so crappy, right? I will tell you without hesitation that cleansing and detoxing the body is the best way to rid the inflammation in the body and release the dead bacteria fast, balance the pH in the body and build healthy new cells. Once I get through this I start feeling good again, my energy increases and my ability to work out and live life is greater than it was before. I am releasing a lot of toxins and not just toxins but toxic fat so of course the other side effect of losing some inches (and weight but I never get on the scale so I don't even know what I weigh) is great.
I know a lot of people who experience the Herxheimer Effect when they cleanse- they feel tired and sluggish and they don't like it so they don't ever want to cleanse again. What they aren't realizing is that their body is working so hard to release toxins that have built up for years and years and deep nutritional cleansing is the only way to release it quickly and less expensive than other medical therapies. They are doing their body a huge favor and it will thank them sooner than later.
I woke up at 5:45 am this morning because I was awake and ready to go. I started thinking about how I was feeling: I could feel my head and neck were still a little sore, my stomach is uneasy (I also have to note that it is my time of the month which also has an effect on my body AND I got biofeedback on Tuesday which adds to the soreness and fatigue which is healing it but adds temporary discomfort) and I thought of the herx reaction. I hadn't heard of it before I found out I have Lyme but I sure had felt it before so I thought I would get up and share this information with you as I am going through it. Maybe it will help someone else realize what they are experiencing and realize that it is a good thing and necessary to go through to help the body heal.
I am on my second round of deep cleanse days, day 4/4 and hoping that by later today or tomorrow I am feeling great. Sometimes hope and faith are what get me through the tough days so I will keep on hoping!
The technical definition for a Herxheimer Reaction (i.e., herxing or die off) is the release of endotoxins from the destroyed cell walls of the bacteria responsible for Lyme Disease, Borrelia Burgdorferi, that causes an additional inflammatory response (i.e., debilitating physical and mental state) contingent to the amount of endotoxins released, which is directly correlated to the amount of Lyme bacteria killed (i.e., lysed).
In layman’s terms, a person with chronic Lyme Disease who is experiencing a Herxheimer Reaction has recently killed an amount of Lyme bacteria worthy of causing them to enter a debilitating physical and mental state in which their already present symptoms become exacerbated. They feel as horrible as the amount of Lyme bacteria that have been killed. The more Lyme bacteria that are killed, the more endotoxins that are released. Endotoxins are released from the Lyme bacteria’s cell wall when its cell wall is destroyed by either antibiotics or the immune system. The more endotoxins that are released, the greater the body’s inflammatory response is in order to control the pernicious nature of these endotoxins. It is chronic inflammation that is responsible for much of the symptoms a person with chronic Lyme Disease experiences and a flood of endotoxins only increases it. Having understood that premise, it should now make sense that because people with chronic Lyme Disease have ever-present symptoms, they have chronic inflammation.
Here's the article where you can read more: Herx article
I have been experiencing some herxing the past week and a half as I have been doing an 11 day deep cell body cleanse, particularly on my cleanse days. My body is fatigued (not fatigued like I haven't slept but fatigued like I have worked out so hard and so long that I don't ever want to do anything again nor can I, but I haven't). I lack motivation, my head and neck (vagus nerve) hurt, my stomach is uneasy and nauseous, my joints ache, my vision isn't clear and my brain is foggy. Saying that, the level of discomfort is far less than it was 2 years ago when I was going through this and my Lyme was just being fought for the first time and I am so grateful.
You are probably asking why I would cleanse if this makes me feel so crappy, right? I will tell you without hesitation that cleansing and detoxing the body is the best way to rid the inflammation in the body and release the dead bacteria fast, balance the pH in the body and build healthy new cells. Once I get through this I start feeling good again, my energy increases and my ability to work out and live life is greater than it was before. I am releasing a lot of toxins and not just toxins but toxic fat so of course the other side effect of losing some inches (and weight but I never get on the scale so I don't even know what I weigh) is great.
I know a lot of people who experience the Herxheimer Effect when they cleanse- they feel tired and sluggish and they don't like it so they don't ever want to cleanse again. What they aren't realizing is that their body is working so hard to release toxins that have built up for years and years and deep nutritional cleansing is the only way to release it quickly and less expensive than other medical therapies. They are doing their body a huge favor and it will thank them sooner than later.
I woke up at 5:45 am this morning because I was awake and ready to go. I started thinking about how I was feeling: I could feel my head and neck were still a little sore, my stomach is uneasy (I also have to note that it is my time of the month which also has an effect on my body AND I got biofeedback on Tuesday which adds to the soreness and fatigue which is healing it but adds temporary discomfort) and I thought of the herx reaction. I hadn't heard of it before I found out I have Lyme but I sure had felt it before so I thought I would get up and share this information with you as I am going through it. Maybe it will help someone else realize what they are experiencing and realize that it is a good thing and necessary to go through to help the body heal.
I am on my second round of deep cleanse days, day 4/4 and hoping that by later today or tomorrow I am feeling great. Sometimes hope and faith are what get me through the tough days so I will keep on hoping!
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