Treatment #3 of Chelation

You guys are getting blogs weekly like when I first moved here!  I really do love writing.  I hope to keep up with a few blogs a month after this resurrection of the blog.

Dani was sick at school ayer, I ran to pick her up and take her home to turn around and go meet with our ministry lawyer.  Straight afterwards I went back into town to the doctor to do my IV.  The nurse was able to get my iv needle in so smoothly.  She sweetly taped it and it wasn't going anywhere.  Last week, a different nurse used my big vein on my hand and the tube popped out midway and blood was everywhere (and so was my expensive solution until I stopped the iv).  

Doc always asks how I feel and how it's going.  I told him I feel awful.  Everything is making me nauseous, I can't workout at all, my legs are jello, and I want to sleep a lot. I am dizzy and can't seem to think straight most days.  He said all of this is normal--that it gets way worse before it gets better.  He asked if I have a taste in my mouth that is different and I realized I do!  I didn't really know what it was, but it wasn't normal.  He said it was metals being released. He asked if my feet hurt and they hadn't yet, but last night I woke up with one sore foot.  

He said after the initial 21 day diet of basically juicing, I will do another 21 days slowly adding in protein. He said since my kidneys are having issues, we took out meat to be able to let the kidneys get going and then we can add it back in.  My kidney that had been real sore has gone down to almost never being an issue.  A few days the other kidney had a slight soreness, but he said it could just be that kidney going back to working.  Next Monday is the last chelation therapy, but we will retest the organs and blood to see about functioning and levels.  My liver enzymes were high to start.  My creatine was low and so was my uric acid.

I figured out my hate of coffee enemas and found an article that said to cut the amount in half and do it in two parts for a longer time.  I also lowered the bag from the high shower curtain to midway on the shampoo rack.  I finally have success with this.  I was getting frustrated with this because it's a huge part to the liver detox.  Basically, the coffee stimulates the liver and the liver produces bile and eliminates toxins.  It is really wild to hear the gall bladder dump in this process too.  You hear a loud rumble like your stomach is hungry but this is higher up on the abdomen and to the side a bit.  (I tell these details because I had no idea so many of you do this for detox, so if I could help someone with that process by my experience, I'm glad!)

Coffee enemas also deplete your electrolyte balance so I am trying to watch that.  Between that imbalance and a light food diet, I feel so out of it.  I pray through the process daily and if I feel too light headed or malnourished, I eat a piece of fish (twice a week I am allowed fish) and some extra carbs.  The process also make you nauseous afterwards when you are detoxing metals, he says.  All these things are released and then you feel sick as your body deals with it.  I have to do it morning and afternoon.  (Can I brag on my staff at this point?  I found clothes on my line last week and a load of laundry in the washer and was like who is doing laundry!? I asked Maria, our campus cleaner, and she said she stopped by one morning to start a load, and then another for me.  I could cry!  Fran, my maintenance guy, took my trash out of the truck and I didn't ask.  Julio, my farmer, brought produce up to my house after I told him to leave it by the office and I would go get it sometime.  I am so thankful for them!

Doctor says after this week, I should be turning and feeling much better.  I can say last night I didn't sleep 13 hours like last week, I was up at my normal 6am and went to bed around 9.

My weight didn't change this week.  To me, this is shocking because I feel starved most days.  My friend that does this therapy weekly for some paralysis after stroke, lost 10 lbs JUST last week.  Men, they make us angry.  Eat a few veggies and lose weight.  

After my Spanish class this morning, I am going to take Dani to the doctor.  She has slept since 1pm yesterday. Sore, red throat, sore back, dizzy, lethargic--  Lift her up for me.

Also, Jessica has registered for school in Higuey, the place she is living now.  She will start public school on the 20th when the country starts!  That's exciting!  I will send you a first day of school pic.  Gabriela's (sister) adoptive mom took her school shopping last week and she sent me a photo of Jess.  She is sooooo tall. I spoke to Jess this week and she is excited to start school.  That was nice to hear because she hates school! 

Blue Scorpion Venom Treatment

Number 2 out of 4 of my chelation treatments was Monday.

Last week my doctor started me on a new diet that basically has me drinking green juices 8 times a day with a few days of oatmeal or fruit for breakfast and for lunch sometimes I can eat green vegetables. Sometimes soup of vegetables made with water, cilantro, and garlic. Other days I can have a potato or maybe a piece of fish.  I’m currently on day 7. These juices help to restore vitamins to my body and the potato is for potassium.  

Last week I had more energy. I did my workouts and increased my weights, but this week I am so EXHAUSTED. I’ve been nauseous for 5 months or so, but this week, I don’t even want to eat when I can or it’s hard to finish.  

Another part of treatment is coffee enemas. Don’t freak out too much. People in America do this, too.  It's a way to detox the liver and colon.  I was slow to start this part of detox because I couldn’t find the bag enema here. I found a regular enema at the farmacia, but it only holds 133ml.  I needed to do a full quart.  This seemed like a cluster. I went to the medical store that I rented Daniela's surgery equipment and found the bag one last Saturday. This looks just like the bag you use when you have an earache, or at least it’s what Filomena used! 

Once I got the bag over the weekend, I started coffee enemas. You boil a quart of water with 3 T of coffee grinds for 3 mins. Strain it a few times and let it sit. Then, you are suppose to do it twice a day, but i am still trying to get used to a quart of coffee sitting in my bottom for 10 mins. Your stomach bubbles and pushes out as gravity just pushes it in. It’s so weird at first, but I’m trying to get used to it. The stomach expansion makes me more nauseous and afterwards I just don’t feel good. Kinda dizzy. Sometimes I fall asleep right after as it zaps my energy, which is OPPOSITE of what others say. Some say you feel so awake from the coffee.  They say it causes the liver to excrete bile and detox. I know it's becoming popular in America, but I won't be someone telling anyone to do this.  I'm just following the doctors orders and hoping all this kicks my liver and kidneys to work properly.

I had a bowel movement on Sunday that looked like black sludge was weaved throughout it.   For a week or two before treatment my bowl movements were yellow. This had to do with my liver issues. My bowels have returned to a normal color/size today. I found this so hard to believe because I feel like I am starving to death on juices.  I dont even understand how I could have a full movement.

A few nights in a row, I have had calf Charlie horses. I googled and saw that the enemas deplete potassium. I asked my doc if I could eat an extra potato on Sunday. He said yes, or eat more raisins. 

Did you know raisins have more potassium than potatoes? I’m surprised. (I can’t eat bananas.)

My doctor recommended that I get Blue Scorpion Venom. 

Wait. 

What? 

He asked what my family history of diseases are and I said cancer. He didn’t seem to care about cancer. What else? I don’t know. Dad died of heart issues and had his first of many heart attacks at 55?? 

No, not that either.

He says my cells show signs of what could turn into lupus or arthritis. My lymphocytes are low and adding this to my treatment will cause my body to strengthen and not allow disease in. Ok, I think my mom has arthritis.

I called Mom that night and asked if we have lupus and arthritis. She said one of my nieces has been diagnosed with both.  Mom says she doesn't have arthritis.  Mom also has dementia, so she might not remember that she has arthritis because I swear she's had it since her 40's.

Hmmm to these sicknesses...

Although I feel like God usually speaks pretty loudly to me on decisions, this wasn't one of them.  I was saying GOD, I'M GOING TO NEED YOU to give me a deep conviction if I'm not suppose to do this.  I asked a few friends to pray and discern and no one felt a pull back.

So yesterday, I took Blue Scorpion venom in my IV. Feel free to Google it.  Stanford and some other places have done studies on it.  It's mainly used in Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico.

I slept 13 hours last night but I was fine this AM. I mean, I’m alive. One of my kidneys hasn’t felt good for 2 months now and I’m just waiting for that thing to stop aching. I don’t really have energy today and still want to go back to bed as I write this on my phone as Daniela is in the dentista.  This morning I was walking slowly around and didn’t want to eat because of nausea. I just felt drained and sick.

I am finishing this at 9pm and some of my energy returned and I feel much better than I did this morning.  I still have this foggy brain feeling.  I can't remember things the last few days and I feel like I keep repeating myself.

Update y'all next week.  xoxo

Education by Daniela

 Education

As a child, I never had the privilege of dreaming for a future outside of poverty. Around me, all I saw were people who were stuck in misery and always on the verge of losing everything, no matter how hard they worked to get it in the first place. Whenever I asked my mother why people lived that way, she always insisted that it was due to lack of resources for education.  In the DR, you have to pay for books and uniforms to go to school.

My mother never got to finish first grade. In my seven-year-old head, I thought that the only way out of poverty would be through education. From the beginning, I put all my attention into learning everything I could to escape the hand that was dealt on my life. Every thought about the injustice of my situation was eradicated when I realized that the circumstances life hands you do not matter as much as what you do to change them.

I saw my mother being murdered in front of my eyes at the age of nine (2013). The person who motivated me to find a better future no longer had one herself. With no one to help me financially with my education, I was unable to study for a full year. In 2014,  I was adopted by a woman who valued education and had a love for Christ.  She taught me that I could overcome any circumstances and find full healing in Jesus.  At first Mom thought that learning a language on top of my traumatic experiences and managing school was too risky. But, I was willing to do whatever it took to take advantage of the opportunity that was given to me.

I learned to write, speak, and read English in just one year. As I learned a new language, more doors opened in my favor. To the point that I was offered a position in what was said to be one of the best bilingual institutions in the country. That opportunity made me realize how powerful communication was for everyone.

My dreams of a better future became more and more concrete. I imagined what I could do with more knowledge ​​at my disposal. The tongue is an essential tool for causing change. Additionally, the range of influence only grows with your knowledge!

I consider it important for others to be offered more opportunities to learn a new skill, as this would help them be better equipped to handle future situations that may arise. This will help the future generation have the right tools at their disposal to be able to think critically and make better informed decisions about the fate of humanity. What are you doing to change your circumstances?

A. Daniela Espinal