Walking to the Oldies

This week felt like a set back week one me. I guess it's good to be humbled this way (only once in awhile please) in order to remind myself of all the many little blessings I have, and how far I have come. My right hip started to hurt 2 weeks ago. It was a gradual pain. This past Monday and Tuesday though I was dreading any type of walking. We aren't sure if I was reacting to some food, if it was a detox, or I did something physically to my lower back. In the past I would have hip pain on my left side, and this seemed to go away when I took out the food culprit. So the right side was a new one for me.

I had my friend give me acupuncture two Fridays ago that seemed to take the edge off of the pain and allow me to semi walk that weekend. I seemed to get worse though Monday morning. Tuesday night I remembered that I had castor oil and so poured that onto a clean cloth then onto my back with my heating pad on top of that. I slept that way all night. The next morning I was able to walk without my cane. I kept putting castor oil packs on Wednesday morning and the pain continued to get better. I called my mom Tuesday night and asked her to send me some Frankincense oil and others to see if that could help as well. By Friday I was able to make it to clinic and sit. I told me friend how today I felt like I was 70 years old, much better than the age 85 I felt at the beginning of the week. During clinic, my friend offered to give me a Tui Na massage to help relax it. Unfortunately as she was doing one stretch, she aggravated it and I ended up limping pretty badly. After another friend offered to do ear acupuncture on me. She needled the hip point on the ear as well as others. I could not believe how after 10 minutes with the needles in, my hip wasn't bothering me as much. I had the strength to get home. A great blessing to me. Today the hip is barely noticeable. I am very grateful for that. Something (or a combination of everything) within that all those treatment modalities is working! Perhaps now I can clean and do the dishes that have been neglected for the past two weeks. Grateful to have learned about all these resources and how I was able to calm this down a lot sooner than my past experiences.  

My latest pet

I got a new pet this week. I'm calling him Henri. He more or less found me. Came in one rainy day and seems to enjoy his new home. It's been working out so far. He is small and doesn't really require much food or attention. He let's me continue to do my work, while he explores every nook and cranny of my home. Sometimes we play tag. He's really good at this game. I can never seem to catch him. I'm not sure how long we will be companions, but it's been fun adventure.

Hair Test Results #3

I did my 3rd Hair Test Analysis this month and received the results this past week. Thought I would post them, so that I can remind myself in the future of where I was. For those interested, on my analysis below, the top number is my current reading. The bottom number is what my test results were 3 months ago.

It's been interesting to see where I am at. I have been feeling a bit better since December. I was surprised though to see the results. My already high calcium and magnesium levels were much higher. I found out though that this means that my tissue is starting to dump the excess magnesium and calcium. There are 4 layers of tissue and my body is starting to push out the stuff that was in the inner layer out. So this is good news. Causes me to be more tired, but I will take that if it's only for a little season. On another good note, my sodium levels have risen since last time. This means my adrenals are getting a bit stronger.

My copper levels are still low. I found out that copper will help move out calcium, so I am definitely using what I am giving to my body. My manganese levels are a bit higher, which means that I am starting to metabolize glucose. Yea! My digestion is slowly starting to work on it's own.

I still show signs of having a chronic bacterial infection, but it has improved since the last test.

I am also FINALLY starting to dump mercury. The past 2 tests showed that I had no toxic elements. I didn't feel this was right. It looks like my body wasn't strong enough to deal with toxic metals. Now it finally has the ability to address them. My consultant told me that my body will only move one toxic element at a time. Which I found interesting. I think those were the most significant changes I found with this retest. Been happy with the progress I have been having since starting at beginning of August. It's a slow process - but I am just happy to see progress!

 

  

12 Random Things You May or May Not Know About Me

I posted this on facebook awhile ago, but wanted to place it somewhere I knew I could find easier (I still can't figure facebook out at times). 

1. My dad informed me that if I wanted to learn how to drive, I needed to go with him Sunday mornings on the paper route he had. So every Sunday at 1am, I would wake up and go drive his paper route for him until about 7am. This was great experience. There was hardly anyone on the freeways and his route was in Apache Junction where there were mostly mobile home parks and a random golf cart.

2. My first car was a 1982 New Yorker. I got it when I was 17 years old. It was an automatic, but the transmission didn’t work well. I had to manually shift it when driving. It didn’t like to drive in “reverse,” and seemed to always stall when I made a left turn. That car taught me what to do when the brakes go out while driving, stalling in the middle of an intersection, how to park so you don’t need to go in reverse and how to change a flat tire.

3. My high school graduation was in the back of the school in the alley.

4. I went with several other students to Washington DC to talk to AZ Congressmen about financial aid for community colleges.

5. I have been in 2 commercials

6. When I was around 8 years old (I think), our family took an airplane trip to Tennessee. The flight attendant let me pass out the peanuts to the other passengers on that flight.

7. I am certified to be a Drum Circle facilitator.

8. For lunch my Senior year of high school, sometimes my friend and I would go to the grocery store, Bashas’ and split a loaf of French bread ($1), then take a handful of mustard packets from the deli counter to spread on the bread. If we had extra money we would order $.50 worth of mashed potatoes at the deli counter, and take several ketchup packets to mix in. At the time it tasted like fries with ketchup.

9. I like to make up different percussive rhythms on my steering wheel when my blinker is on in my car.

10. I like to watch foreign movies.  

11. I do this weird thing, where I try to see how I can "lessen" the amount of garbage I can take out each week. I think I've been living in California too long. 

12. I know all the words to the ABC song!

Alfalfa

Since September I have been doing Hair Mineral Analysis to help get my health back on track. To do this, you are to cut about 1Tbsp worth of hair and send it into the lab about every 3-4months. The last analysis I did in November I had this idea that it would be good to get samples from all over my head. I had "thought" I had cut samples from the bottom layers. Now 8 weeks later, I am seeing that 'nope' I actually managed to cut the top layer right on top of my head and at the top back.

This isn't too bad though. I have something to laugh at for the next couple of weeks, or until it grows out a little more. I guess some of us still have that 3 year old inside of us just wanting to 'cut' our hair with the scissors mom hides in the bathroom.

Living Legends

Saturday, I actually took a night off from studying and went with some friends to see BYU Living Legends perform. They came to Oakland for a one night performance. They perform songs and dances from Native America, Polynesia, and Latin America. A friend who came along stated that she would have been willing to pay $50 to see that performance. Luckily for her, I try to find the best, "most economical," way of experiencing these events and was able to get a group big enough to get the group discount. That's a perk you get when you are associated with someone on a college budget.

Here is an excerpt of what I was able to see. If you ever get the chance to see this, I recommend it!

A New View on Life

The past few years I have learned that computer (especially screens) and fluorescent lights are at times too strong for me to be around. It's hard to describe what happens to me when I am around them. With computers, smart phones and ipads I can literally feel the energy that they emit and it doesn't feel good. Also nausea and low blood sugar symptoms will follow. Around fluorescent lights I will also start to feel flu like symptoms. It took me awhile to figure out what was going on. I finally connected the dots when I left a store after starting to feel sick and realized I started to feel better being outside. My latest theory on why this is occurring is because I am blood deficient. So I don't have that extra barrier of blood to protect me from the energy they put off as others do. I am always in awe to see someone being able to hold a smart phone and not being in pain from it.

This week I decided to try something new in hopes that I could be in fluorescent rooms and on the computer longer without having to deal with side effects. I had been hearing about computer glasses, especially the brand "Gunner" and how they help. The glasses have an amber coating on them that block the harmful blue lights that affect our bodies. I found some off-brand glasses on Amazon. I got them Wednesday and cannot believe how much better I have felt. I don't feel as drained after being in buildings and my eyes aren't so tired after being on the computer. They have a yellow tint on them, but I think it helps me see the world in a better way!