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Portable Sauna

So, I finally decided to open my portable far infrared sauna that arrived from Amazon a month ago. I briefly used it this evening just to test it out. So far, so good. I'll slowly do longer and hotter sessions.

Bone Broth

My doc says bone broth heals the gut. So much for vegetarianism. Boiling the bones of an animal is not my goal in life, which is why I'm glad my husband does it for me. We buy a whole organic chicken, throw it in a pot, boil it for an hour, remove the meat from the bones, then boil the bones with chopped up organic carrots, peas, green onion, and celery. We add a lot of sea salt, too. I just eat the soup for dinner every single evening before I take my mountain of supplements. The whole pot lasts me an entire week. I think you're supposed to boil the bones for a really long time, or leave them in a crock pot for 12-24hrs to get the actual nutrients from the bones.  

Disability & Insurance

Time for a vent

So, we have Critical Illness insurance. I'm looking into filing a claim 'cause my poor husband can only work so much in order to pay for all my treatments. Technically, I was diagnosed Positive for Babesia two months before we got the insurance, found out I had Lyme from a microscope 1 month before we got it, and just found out I have 3 other infectious diseases. I guess only one of which is CDC actually "POSITIVE". So there are so many stupid loopholes and pitfalls or whatever you want to call them. I am SO SICK yet don't really have proof??? I will talk to my doc and see if she can look into it for me. But she's an Osteopath, not an actual MD. Does that matter?

Also, I was looking into disability lawyers and found "Only taking cases for people older than 30 and younger than 65". SERIOUSLY?? I am 29. So what does that mean??? Try again in 2 months when I actually turn 30? Then what proof do I have that I need financial assistance??? My MRI's don't show much as far as my wrecked pelvis ligament. No imaging can show my hidden injury. My chiropractor is the only one who can feel it. And my diseases are hidden, too!

HOW HOW HOW am I ever going to get help when I can't prove I need help?? The CDC and insurance companies and everything that is supposed to be there to help people like me, so far, are impossible to get through to.

I just don't know what to do. I'm such a "gray area", yet sicker and in more pain than some people who are on disability.

I want to work. I want to dance and swim and walk my dogs and pick up my son. I WANT to work. I don't want to sit on my butt collecting disability. But I need to collect something. I'll just have to pray.

(Sorry if this post doesn't make sense. My brain fog and sensory overload is severe right now).

Iodine, Copper, and Zinc

I got my Iodine, Copper, and Zinc results back. Clearly I am deficit in Iodine. I don't believe in "reference ranges" all that much because we are all SO DIFFERENT! I googled Iodine information and I am very anxious to start my supplement. I am glad to see my Copper is normal, and it looks like I'll be needing Zinc. I have had Zinc deficiency symptoms. 

Lyme wrecks everything. Everything is thrown off.

If you have Lyme, it's never JUST Lyme.

Chelation, Myers, & Glutathione IV

So I've gone to the wellness center twice now and have had 2 treatments. One on Monday and one on Wednesday. They say you should give yourself at least a day between so your body can detox what was done. For some reason, the IV HURTS SO BAD! IVs never hurt me at the West Clinic. They're gonna dilute it next time to see if it helps. It feels like my bone is bending in my arm. I feel a zombie fatigue and nausea after the treatments. I get a chelation push to bind heavy metals so they can come out of my tissues? Then I get a Myers IV (b vitamins, vitamin c, etc). Then I get a glutathione push. There's 30 minutes between my chelation push and my Myers. The Myers lasts 30min so it's an hour treatment. The last 30 minutes are SO PAINFUL. I just breath through it. I really have NO idea why they hurt so bad. 

Infrared Mat

My wonderful chiropractor lent me her infrared mat. So I put it on my recliner and turned it on during a football game (which I sometimes can't watch due to sensory overload). It took a while to heat up and then my leg symptoms started. It's a burning fizzing RLS type feeling in my whole legs. Some twitching. My foot arches cramp a little and some of my toes will move on their own. I remember this happening last time I used the mat. I don't see this as a bad thing. It's doing something to my body. 

I think I am going through healing crisis lately because my SI joint has flared so bad AND my 3.5yr old csection scar feels a LOT newer. My SI joint ligament feels newly injured. My upper back at the base of my neck has been seizing, too. My new protocol is definitely doing something.