Well......it has been awhile. It's a rainy day so I thought I would catch back up and write!
So some new things to report. Since changing my lifestyle, I have been feeling tons better. Five months ago when I had my first Upper GI scope it was pretty miserable in this stomach of mine. Horrible inflammation. Proud to report that I had my second Upper GI just two days ago and I was told my stomach looked healthy and pink. Doc said he didn't really see anything wrong in there. No ulcers no inflammed tissue. I did have gastritis and intestinal metaplasia last scope Which both put me at a higher risk of stomach cancer. Scared the shit out of me which made me finally put my foot down, that I was done living the lifestyle I was. (I have some biopsies still pending). BUT it made me really happy because it means what I have been doing is helping my stomach to heal. I have lost 19 pounds and 9 inches. I was hoping the weight loss would be a little better, but every pound has been worth it. Eating lots of coconut oil, drinking barely tea to help my stomach and on an herb called Slippery Elm.
I WILL continue on this path. I went from being sick daily to not really sick at all in the past months. I think that would be enough to change any persons mind....I get shit from a lot of people. They don't believe it all of it. But I don't care. I have to do what is right for me. So I listen to the criticism and move forward and ignore it. I never understood how someone can take a medication from a doctor which has an endless side effect list ( AND by the way just eases SYMPTOMS not the CAUSE)and no one thinks twice but the SECOND I say I'm trying some new herbs and they are helping -people think Im nuts. No, your nuts. Im trying to in fact HEAL myself and GET RID of the problem. Your medication is making you feel a little better but really for how long? The problem is STILL there, your just numbing it. And I have been on meds. I did them for years....I have done them why? My doctor scared the shit out of me and I gave in. Well, that's over with. DONE with it. (Now, I get some meds may be necessary to save your life, but if you change nothing about your lifestyle than you can plan to be on those meds for a long long time-),
Recently my stomach pains have come back here and there so I'm once again trying to figure it all out. I am so determined to figure it out. May just be stress at this point, who knows. I am eating healthy and taking my supplements so I know I am heading the right way. I am thinking of embarking on a plant based diet. I want to just try different paths. I like doing that. Experimenting with different ideas. Paleo diet seems pretty cool. Time consuming but I want to eat as natural and as unprocessed as possible. I have some new ideas.....stay tuned. Whoo hoooooo
