I'm two and a half weeks into the regimen she suggested, and I'm not sure, but I think I'm starting to see some results.
The thing about results, in this case, is that the majority of what's happening right now is my body trying to rid itself of toxins. So the results I'm seeing is that my skin is breaking out. And it's greasy. And my hair is greasy.
That being said, I feel better. I'm not taking as much of everything as she suggested, but holy hell, if I were, I'd be taking over 30 pills a day (vitamins and minerals, and herbs). And really, who takes four prenatals a day? Not me, for sure. They're enormous, and I can see taking two. But four? No, thank you. Same thing with the vitamin C, and the vitamin E. Two a day is plenty, for now.
And my herbs finally came. They're liquid herbs, and I've only been taking them for four days now, so I can't say that I'm seeing results just yet. I am taking them, though, and I'm interested to see if they help.
I keep trying to visualize all the bad things leaving my body and being replaced with nutrients. Especially when I'm making my smoothies... That's been an experiment. One of the things she suggested was a superfood blend called Ultimate GreenZone. It's full of all kinds of things that are really good for you, but it smells horrible. She said she takes hers in water, but I couldn't even try it that way. To give you a frame of reference, for several weeks now I've been making smoothies from frozen fruit and either almond milk or some organic juice. If I make a smoothie of strawberries, bananas, orange segments, and pineapple-orange juice, one tablespoon of the GreenZone turns that entire almost-16-oz. smoothie green. Yeah. It's pretty potent. And even with what seem like pretty dominant flavors, I can still taste the green in there. I'm used to it now, and kind of like it, but it was definitely an adjustment.
If it helps everything else function normally, my hope is that it will whip my body into shape enough to put some super-healing power toward my spine.
Really. It's all I want.
I just want to feel my age again. I miss dancing. And running. And riding my bike (that I bought in July and only got to ride a few times before my back went out). And sex. I mean sex where I'm not worried about that nerve getting irritated and causing muscle spasms. You know. Sex more than twice a month.
Basically, I'm bored and I have all this new energy I can't really use because I'm almost crippled. But it's getting better. Slowly.
I guess that's all I can ask for.
I have a follow-up with my MD next week, and they'll be referring me to a specialist for an MRI and probably a discussion about pain management. It's not the route I want to take, but at this point if it helps I suppose I'll take it. I mean, having a needle jammed into your spine is a good thing, right?
Oh, wait...
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