The Perfect Storm

Memorial Day Weekend 2019

At this point, I am doing a number of things to kill off numerous harmful things in my body: cancer cells (through pancreatic enzymes and mistletoe extract), possible Lyme spirochetes and its co-infections (with a potent herbal formulation), as well as the Epstein Barr virus (through a powerful supplement called Lauricidin). On top of this, I’m STILL dealing with the severe joint pain and fibromyalgia-like symptoms. My body feels like it is working triple overtime to deal with this and yesterday morning was one of the lowest points I have had to date. I was feeling relatively well when I went to bed the night before and thought I could skip the Advil I usually take in the late evening to ward off the onslaught of pain that I experience without it. HUGE MISTAKE! I woke up at 3:30 AM to screaming pain in my joints, muscles and head, but I thought I’d try to tough it out until my usual wake up time of 7-7:30 am. Returning to deep sleep, however, was next to impossible. I was able to grab 30-35 minutes of sleep here and there until about 8 AM, when I finally forced myself out of bed. I felt that I was going to pass out. This happened twice and was quite alarming! I felt so weak, like I was running on fumes and was limited to only doing what absolutely needed to be done: supplements, sauna and my coffee enema. I had discontinued the herbal Lyme remedy the previous day after the morning dose as I felt it could be the cause of recent pounding headaches and sleep disturbances. I truly felt that this was the perfect storm for a complete collapse; death couldn’t be far behind if I was feeling this horrible!! My body was in overdrive and on the brink of total exhaustion and I felt it in every fiber of my being. Fortunately, I had a phone consultation with my naturopath this morning and relayed to him everything that was going on. He strongly felt that I was having extreme detox reactions to the remedies I was taking and urged me to cut back temporarily on some of them to give my body a break for a little while. He also gave me some recommendations to soothe the detox reactions and enable the toxins to pass out of my body much more quickly. I incorporated these strategies that same afternoon and did experience some real relief from my agony.

In the meantime, a dear friend and spiritual mentor was energetically picking up on my anguish from across the country and felt the need to reach out to me. I’m so glad he did! We had a wonderful conversation via FaceTime that really lifted my spirits. He reminded me several times during our talk that all healing really takes place in the mind first before it can occur in the body. I’ve known this for decades, but needed to have it “reinstalled” in my brain. He also advised me not to focus on the cancer, but to instead go out and serve others and/or do something enjoyable. There’s so much to be said for maintaining a good quality of life and that includes doing pleasurable things!!! After this conversation I finally felt like I was relaxing and was able to fall and stay asleep peacefully last night.

Serendipitously, I happened to read a post online from someone who stated that the thyroid medication that I had been taking and doing quite well on for several years had recently been “reformulated” in the latter part of 2018. Given this, a significant number of people taking this medication were no longer doing well on it and were experiencing many hypothyroid symptoms. Coincidentally, the beginning of 2019 is when my severe joint/muscle pain and swollen feet and ankles started. I also started to experience depression and loss of appetite which has been getting more pronounced of late. These are ALL symptoms of hypothyroidism!! My recent thyroid blood work clearly showed me to be hypothyroid with an elevated TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and a Free T3 level (the more active, usable form of a major thyroid hormone) close to the bottom of the range!. I really have been running on fumes even though I have been taking the same dose and brand of thyroid hormone that has always worked so well for me in the past. Realizing that the med I was on was possibly no longer working for me, I asked my doctor for a script for Armour thyroid medication to see if it would make a difference in how I’m feeling. She agreed to switch my Rx to Armour and I started taking it 3 days ago. When I woke up this morning, I felt 100% better! It was like someone had plugged me back in and turned the lights on!! Now I don’t know if I can credit the Armour thyroid med for this (only time will tell that) or if it was due to laying low on some of the detox formulas (perhaps it’s a combination of a few things), but I am truly grateful for having a good day for a change with what feels like great energy!

Medical Marijuana Update: After finally receiving approval from the State of Florida to receive medical marijuana, I made the trip to the dispensary to get my Rx’s filled. I had to show my email approval from the Florida Health Department and photo ID before I was buzzed into the dispensary. Once inside, I showed them the script given me by the medical cannabis doctor and was shown the appropriate products. Since I was a new customer, I was given a free vape pen (used to inhale the liquid cannabis preparation) as well as 20% off my first order. I was rather shocked to find out that they do not accept credit cards——only cash! Fortunately, I had enough cash on me to pay for the majority of my purchase and they had an ATM machine onsite than enabled me to make up the small difference needed. I was shown how to use the vape pen and left with my Rx’s (Elara—a liquid THC/CBD preparation in a 1:1 ratio to be used in the vape pen for pain/anxiety/depression). The other formula was a tincture by the name of Perla, to be used for pain. Upon returning home, I inserted the Elara cartridge into the vape pen and took a shallow inhalation and exhaled. I then waited 5 minutes as instructed and then took another shallow inhalation to see what would happen. Ten minutes after the second inhalation I didn’t notice much of anything and figured I’d just wasted my money. The next day, I decided to try it again but when I inhaled I took a much deeper inhalation and held it much longer. I followed this in rapid succession with a second deep inhalation. HOLY CRAP!!!!! I was stoned for a good 3 hours!!! For a couple days after that I continued to vape but only did one inhalation at a time. But I just didn’t like the way it made me feel. It didn’t make me paranoid, but I felt a distinct sense of anxiety hanging over my head. I also seemed to see things moving out of the corner of my eye, which was very unnerving. I don’t want to give it up because I’ve heard that it is excellent for shrinking tumors. I’m going to try taking more shallow inhalations to see if that is more tolerable. I have not been using the Perla tincture (a high CBD/low THC formula) since I have another CBD oil that I am using at the moment. When that one is gone, I will start the Perla.