Sunshine Journal

I was recently recommended a book called The Last Best Cure: My Quest to Awaken the Healing Parts of My Brain and Get My Body, My Joy and My Life by Donna Jackson Nakazawa. I, of course, looked it up and purchased it right away. The reason I purchased it is because the title and description talked about getting back joy. Yes! I want to know how to do that! As I read through the book I had a million aha moments and was completely entranced by it. It was so much more than I anticipated. The premise of the book is about her journey to get some of her life back. She is riddled with autoimmune illnesses and even had to relearn to walk twice so far in her life because of it. She meets a new doctor at John Hopkins who has a theory that might help her regain some of her joy. They decided to set out a plan for the next year on practices she would do. After the year is up they would retake all the same tests and see where she was at. The journey starts in the doctor's office where Dr. A...

Hello again. So as I stated in part 1, I'm about two months into this protocol that I'm on. The protocol is designed to help eliminate infections, viruses, toxins, heavy metals, and parasites from your body. Some viruses never leave your body, they just go dormant. These can be aggravated again, often from big life events that cause stress and lots of emotion. EBV is a common one that can cause a lot of issues. You have mono early in life, it goes dormant, then comes back wreaking even more havoc on your body later. Most people have parasites, because they're everywhere and contracted easily. But some people don't show symptoms because their bodies have a strong immune system and can fight them off or the symptoms are misdiagnosed as something else. The array of symptoms can be so vast. Skin issues, allergies (environmental and food), digestion issues, anxiety, chronic pain, teeth grinding, to name a few. All of these things I mentioned at the start of this paragraph ...

This has all been quite the adventure. Life in general is though, isn't it? I'm about two months into my protocol now. It's been hard, fascinating, and makes me feel hopeful. Being able to be off of work for awhile has been a tremendous help. This last week Wednesday was really my true start since the long Labor Day weekend the kids were home. They didn't have daycare Friday or Tuesday and since I was already going to be home it didn't make sense to find them a different sitter. Though I'd be lying if I didn't say I was slightly terrified, which is the saddest statement. What mother is nervous about being with their kids all day long. It hit unfortunate timing last week and I got my period end of the week. Which you're all thinking... so? Well, it makes everything so much worse. My whole body is in crippling pain and my usual pain management techniques are worthless. But, we got through it. Friday morning my friend, Christianne, hung out with the kids ...