Hello, devoted readers! I'm in the woman-eating, or man-eating when applicable, fog of finals time in graduate school, but doing well. I manage :-) I am working on a final paper in my Research Methods I course, and the topic I chose to research is a single case design on "Is CBT an effective treatment for chronic pain?" It's wonderful researching topics you actually give a doodie about, unlike the last decade of school years being tide down to subjects that made me snore.
Gratefully, my dad pointed me toward an article about Michael J. Fox and his dance with Parkinson's Disease after reading my last blog entry. He said, "He sounds like you," so I petitioned my mom for her Good Housekeeing promising I would give it back so she could save the recipes. Cute mommy :-)
Michael J. Fox describing what he sees when he looks in the mirror upon waking from the only time he is symptom free, pure sleep (all RSDers know that feeling, too): "This reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched, and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question: 'What are you smiling about?' but I already know the answer. It just gets better from here."
I love it. Love it, love it, love it. This is not the end of our lives, it's the beginning of a new chapter. Make it a good one.
My update is that I am continuing on with chelation 3x a week now to finish cleaning out this bod of mine. In the last 24 hours, I have had three people tell me how great I look, especially my skin, hair, and eyes. Today, one of my doctors said, "There is something different about you. Your eyes look bright and clear." I think the chelation is working :-)
My diet is still 90% raw, and I drink at least 16oz of green juice a day. I slipped with some sugar recently, and the candida is rearing its ugly little head again, so back to a strict no-crap-sugar policy. Some fruits are allowed.
That is all!
Working on my paper and heading to Whole Foods with a friend this evening for some veggies.
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Hey! Where's the comment I was sure I left here? Either it got eaten or it was one of those times where I read it and thought of answering... and apparently didn't! Whoops...
Anyway, so glad to hear your chelation is going well. I recently attended a workshop/lecture by Victoria and Valya Boutenko who are from a raw food family; each family member has authored books on raw food, recipes and so on.
Victoria herself has done a large amount of research into the subject of how to get our bodies their optimal nutrition and the most benefit from greens, etc.
I'd really encourage you to read Green for Life if you haven't already; green smoothies are even better than green juices!
Another thing they were speaking about was finding that 'killing' off candida imbalance need not mean months of absolutely no sugar, including fruits. They were speaking of recent studies showing high concentrations of fat in the BLOOD actually being responsible, not the sugar overload we have been told of. In fact, they have known people who rebalanced their candida overgrowth in a week of low/no fat eating raw with green smoothies, too, of course.
DEFINITELY worth checking out! You can also find them on the Web, naturally along with many other informative sites which I'm sure you've perused.
Anyway, that was my little way of being enthusiastically supportive! I'm so glad to hear that others are noticing the benefits; that's a great sign!
PS I'd be REALLY interested to read your paper on CBT and Chronic Pain when you're done! Really (is that totally nerdy?!)!!!
And I agree about being able to write/learn about things which matter to you being an amazing gift and opportunity. :) This is clearly *your thing*!
Love reading your blog. glad you are doing the raw foods thing and i hope it continues to help you.
i'm on no sugar too but i slip all the time... but a slip for me is like, a piece of wheat bread!
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