At 6 Months/Part III: Nutrition Consult, & Fast Forward to Chicago 4-18

At Six Months Part III 'Post'? Lyme, January 2016:

NUTRITION CONSULT NOTES
with Cathy Sloan Gallagher 1/21/16 at Good Life in West Bridgewater, MA

Started Probiotic Supplement -
Only took one - Will wait a bit -
Head was more queasy dizzy after.

(With Armour Thyroid,
Baby aspirin,
Single pain pills each day-aceteminophen, ibuprophen,
And Astra 8 for asthma)

Gut and Brain connected -
And compromised/still healing from the 25 days of Doxicyclene In July -
Food not enough now
(Me with yogurt and sauerkraut)

Cathy recommends cutting out Carbs and Dairy for five days and seeing how feel

Have Good Fat -
NOT low fat -
Body uses good fat better -
Coconut oil is easier to digest

Bacteria feeds on sugar

Honey ok (is natural antibiotic) if light (is still sugar)

ANY carbs yields glucose (even whole grains)

And increased glucose engages the adrenals

And links between gluten and asthma

For Lyme health, have to address adrenal health
(or the body is over stressed, and affects the immune system etc.)

Adrenals love Sea Salt - celtic gray or pink himalayan

Google SOLE recipe - have in a.m. with 8 oz. of water.

Decrease stress - including excess exercise - need to rest - still healing

Whole Food Vitamin C (not processed, NOT ascorbic acid),
e.g. New Chapter or Garden of Life

also. Camu Camu or Aserolo (sp?) 500 mg/Day

“Cape Cod Nutrition”: (Route 138 to Right at Light by CVS shopping center )

Acid reflux and heartburn: gall bladder congestion

Gall bladder and liver are connected
(Janet has treated my spleen and liver for years with acupuncture)

Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar -
Teaspoon ten minutes before a meal

Beet Kvass 4 oz/day -
On Cathy's website (beets, salt, water, can add lemon and ginger) - and ferment

If still a problem with brain fog and thinking after 2 months of pro-biotics, then meet with her:

Food Journal, 300 questions on line
(gives a chart of up and down health issues and diet needs),
(She palpates various body organs for sensitivities)

Hair mineral analysis ($185)

RE: ablation and heavy bleeding (needs liver support, liver diet)

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FAST FORWARD TO

4-15-18
Well, well, well... it just keeps snowing...

~Took an experimental trip...
To Chicago...
See how I'd do...
With the intermittent confusion and all...
Getting a rental car...
Got a hotel close to the airport...
Visited my alma mater - hadn't been since graduated 33 years ago in June...
Visiting a close family friend...

As Long as I stay in the moment -
Keep aware of the present,
And get enough rest and eat right...
So far so good.
Though I did wander a bit around the airport car rental lot trying to find my way out.
And very stressed the first night here when the hotel shuttle didn't pick me up
They kept saying it would be five minutes...and that it was on its way....
Two hours after my flight arrived
I finally took a taxi.
The hotel is two miles from the airport.
They reimbursed my taxi, and discounted the first night's stay.
But still.  The damage was done.
I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone.

~Wasn't sure about the flight from the East coast....
Have a strange sensation in my right shin -
Moves around a bit to the side and back and up and down throughout the day(s)....
Started as part of 'Sciatica' -
And the chiropractor didn't help at all -
Actually caused more problems -
Cracking my neck
didn't go there for my neck)
And then I couldn't roll down the window of my mother's old 'back up' car...

Sooooo....
A year ago March,
I was bedridden,
Long story short...
(Lung and GI flareup).
This year is better -
But the Flare up this time appears to be my joints.
Did  a number on my hip -
Wearing the wrong footwear for the walking I do at work
Across two schools throughout each day -
And then over did it at the gym on the treadmill...:
Half hour on a very steep incline...
And haven't been the same since -
Been at least 6 weeks now.
Hoping to have a PT help.
It did years ago with a lower back issue.
Have been stretching throughout each day...
Would wake me up at night -
The sharp pain at my hip mostly -
Also some under the knee.
The chiro said lumbar radiculopathy (among other things) - AKA 'Sciatica'.  
Took more OTC generic pain meds
In the past four weeks than have in .... don't know how long.

UPDATE:
Been waiting for a return call from my Dr. in Mass...
Should I go to the ER?
Is it a blood clot in my lower right leg?
Wouldn't know what it is or what it looks like.
Checked online.
Called to friends.  One is a nurse.
Going to bed not sure if I'm going to wake up.
Pray to my ancestors...
Vocally tone.
Walking lots on the last two days in the cold and wet certainly hasn't helped.
But maybe it's the post-inflammatory stuff
That is part and parcel to what has been my experience with Post Lyme Syndrome...
Nerve damage....
Related to the radiating nerve stuff of sciatica from overdoing it at the gym.
Lisa, a nurse friend,
Said the deep muscle of the butt is also something that can get inflamed -
And then misinterpreted for sciatica.
She also helped with a nighttime affirmation:
"My body functions perfectly".... and texted this morning:
 "Are you still alive?"
Glad she was checking in - across the many miles.
And it gave me a chuckle.

So it's off to the Chicago ER I go.
To rule out a blood clot -
Which can be very serious.
I know of at least two people who have died from them.

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Until next time - planning to sign off for a while after that.

Wishing you peace and wellness.

--Lisa