magpie wrote: London girl your tests are great, so happy for you and thankyou for the post.
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I find walking is the best thing for back pain and sadness.
If you get an opportunity watch a movie called The Way. Its about the Camino de Santiago in Spain. My daughter is walking it in June so I was interested in the movie. Might even consider walking it myself!
Great Movie Magpie, it was very profound - although some could watch it and not take in the soul-searching aspects - it was such a beautiful and honourable journey the father took. It made me wish I could go and do it! It was reminiscent of the movie, 'Eat, Pray, Love,' taking a physical journey in order to make a spiritual one.
Congrats LG on your latest blood results
Well LG, I could quote you again and Debs and Ariel - OMG! You described EXACTLY how I'm feeling. Hey, if ever you want to discuss GI probs (gotta love autocorrect trying to put the word 'probe' after GI
) re your 'stools' I'm not too embarrassed
Alternating diarrhoea, constipation and pale 'floating' stools
I take Inner Health Probiotics daily to help with these issues. Constipation - I eat extra fibre e.g. fruit, greens; if that fails I take 'Super Greens', tablets - they contain Spirulina, Chlorella, Barley Grass and Wheat Grass - also comes in powder forms to mix in smoothies etc. Great source of protein and heaps of vitamins, excellent for vegans. I'm not taking it daily, only for constipation, 3-4 tablets and plenty of water.
Of course you could try the old remedy of drinking Epsom Salts in water but only if you can control the gag reflex!
I have continued with the Magnesium through Tx because the lower back pain, muscle spasms, leg cramps at night etc., are all improved by taking it. When I've not had enough money and gone without I really notice these symptoms hit back.
As you say, travelling about and eating out can mess you up, so try and take probiotics with you. Many have to be kept in the fridge but there are varieties for travelling.
I'm also finding walking is very therapeutic lately. I've noticed I'm able to walk 2x p/d now, whereas previously I was in so much pain and fatigue in the am, I couldn't do a walk.
I had a massive meltdown yesterday and was stressed out and crying - haven't been this bad for awhile, all my emotional stuff catching up with me - so, I stopped what I was doing and took my son and our dog off. Even though it was wild weather, strong gusty winds and spitting rain, we've had storms on and off for 1 1/2 weeks now.
Wow, it was so cleansing and emotionally I was a lot calmer when I got back. Totally weird because I HATE the Wind - it usually makes me very cranky and irritable.
Yes, things are changing within...a lot of soul-searching, reassessing my life, reviewing regrets, trying to just
'let shit go'! It is hard there's a lot to forgive and I'm really beating myself up with a lot of 'what ifs.'
It is a grieving process, finally having a chance to be virus free and 'healed' and looking at how its affected my life - 35 years having this. I feel so very isolated, abandoned - my family and friends back 'home', haven't contacted me to see how I'm doing - and very alone on this journey. It still amazes me how no-one wants to talk about this 'virus' and they'd rather ignore me than confront it.
As I've said before I couldn't do this without the support and opportunity to vent anything and everything here and not 'feel' judged.
Thank you all and I feel so much better knowing others are feeling the same - although I don't mean I'm glad others are feeling alone and depressed etc
Lots of
to you all