I really hope I can remember what I have gleaned from my recent appointment to see Pati at the Mountain Centre for Healing. A few things that I had noticed in between visits were so strange this time around. She had said that as we are working towards healing, I may experience a reversal of symptoms. I noticed right away that my acne was coming back in the form of deep pimples that took a long while to surface. I was also noticing more on my back as well. I had a terrible bout of these when I was first starting college.
Other things that were happening...well, it took me 3 weeks after 2 months to see Pati as I felt I was having a bit of a thyroid relapse. My menstrual cycle was almost 20 days late...mind you I am still nursing my baby and it's not going to be completely regular, but 20 days??? Along with the delayed cycle, I had long-term PMS symptoms. I was very tired, especially in the morning. I felt bloated and crabby and mostly annoyed as I didn't know what was happening. And one morning at 3 am, as Inara woke up as usual, I got out of bed quickly and when I reached my bedroom door, I blacked out and fell backwards. What a horrible feeling to be out of control. I tried to grab onto something, but it did no good. It only lasted a few seconds, but for the rest of the night and into the next day, I felt a bit wonky!
I was also having more sinus headaches and that was all going away in previous weeks. One evening, I ate some chocolate (dark), which I heard can cause headaches (a coworker has this experience each time). It caused a terrible headache and again I could not sleep.
So I brought my list of "ailments" to Pati last week, and I might have failed to mention a few here, but here is what I learned. Gladly, she says my parasitic issue causing the typical chronic sinus headache was gone. Thankfully that means I don't need anymore expensive wormwood complex. I had also asked her about how much protein I would need to consume as I had heard that some Docs say that you should only have animal protein 2 times a week! I thought that was completely false and for me, turns out I was right! She said for me, I can have protein every 3 hours if I wanted! Each person has different needs for their current situations. Since I'm nursing and younger, I can consume more than a post-menopausal woman per say. She also recommended that I really needed liver and as soon as I turned my nose up, she said she had a wonderful supplement. Whew!
Speaking of supplements, I have a completely new regimen based upon my body's needs currently. She said that I'm love in vitamin D3 and C, so for that I take a Vital Nutrients D3 and Standard Process Collagen C. She also told me that more often than not, it's helpful to supplement my Armour thyroid with an over-the-counter thryoid supplement (from a natural source of course). What surprised me was that she told me to stop taking my adrenal DSF that I have been taking for years! She said that one of the new supplements has a little adrenal in it to suffice! I will also continue to take my multi-vitamin, less of the sublinqual B-12 as well as my digestive enzymes supplemented with Betain Plus HP (containing Betaine and pepsin, which she said was also necessary to aide in healthy digestion. I also stopped taking alfalfa for my trace minerals.
It's been over a week and my cycle ended and I feel my energy returning. My daughter still does NOT sleep through the night, so I'm hopeful that my liver supplement will help as she has said. She sometimes wakes up so upset and cannot be consoled but by nursing.
And here is the biggest news! I am now able to consume sheep/goat chesses as well as citrus (minus the orange variety). I am somewhat of a turophile, so the consumption of cheese is most welcome. I am trying not to over do it though as she said just a little bit each day. My nutritionist also said that it may help me sleep through the night to have a little protein before bed as well.
I think that is all for now. I forgot to ask again when she wanted to see me again, but I'm going to make the assumption that 2 months is a good time to wait.
Other things that were happening...well, it took me 3 weeks after 2 months to see Pati as I felt I was having a bit of a thyroid relapse. My menstrual cycle was almost 20 days late...mind you I am still nursing my baby and it's not going to be completely regular, but 20 days??? Along with the delayed cycle, I had long-term PMS symptoms. I was very tired, especially in the morning. I felt bloated and crabby and mostly annoyed as I didn't know what was happening. And one morning at 3 am, as Inara woke up as usual, I got out of bed quickly and when I reached my bedroom door, I blacked out and fell backwards. What a horrible feeling to be out of control. I tried to grab onto something, but it did no good. It only lasted a few seconds, but for the rest of the night and into the next day, I felt a bit wonky!
I was also having more sinus headaches and that was all going away in previous weeks. One evening, I ate some chocolate (dark), which I heard can cause headaches (a coworker has this experience each time). It caused a terrible headache and again I could not sleep.
So I brought my list of "ailments" to Pati last week, and I might have failed to mention a few here, but here is what I learned. Gladly, she says my parasitic issue causing the typical chronic sinus headache was gone. Thankfully that means I don't need anymore expensive wormwood complex. I had also asked her about how much protein I would need to consume as I had heard that some Docs say that you should only have animal protein 2 times a week! I thought that was completely false and for me, turns out I was right! She said for me, I can have protein every 3 hours if I wanted! Each person has different needs for their current situations. Since I'm nursing and younger, I can consume more than a post-menopausal woman per say. She also recommended that I really needed liver and as soon as I turned my nose up, she said she had a wonderful supplement. Whew!
Speaking of supplements, I have a completely new regimen based upon my body's needs currently. She said that I'm love in vitamin D3 and C, so for that I take a Vital Nutrients D3 and Standard Process Collagen C. She also told me that more often than not, it's helpful to supplement my Armour thyroid with an over-the-counter thryoid supplement (from a natural source of course). What surprised me was that she told me to stop taking my adrenal DSF that I have been taking for years! She said that one of the new supplements has a little adrenal in it to suffice! I will also continue to take my multi-vitamin, less of the sublinqual B-12 as well as my digestive enzymes supplemented with Betain Plus HP (containing Betaine and pepsin, which she said was also necessary to aide in healthy digestion. I also stopped taking alfalfa for my trace minerals.
It's been over a week and my cycle ended and I feel my energy returning. My daughter still does NOT sleep through the night, so I'm hopeful that my liver supplement will help as she has said. She sometimes wakes up so upset and cannot be consoled but by nursing.
And here is the biggest news! I am now able to consume sheep/goat chesses as well as citrus (minus the orange variety). I am somewhat of a turophile, so the consumption of cheese is most welcome. I am trying not to over do it though as she said just a little bit each day. My nutritionist also said that it may help me sleep through the night to have a little protein before bed as well.
I think that is all for now. I forgot to ask again when she wanted to see me again, but I'm going to make the assumption that 2 months is a good time to wait.
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