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!
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