Guest guest Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Good for you Sandy. When I find myself in a diet mentality tizzy, following whatever lead I can focus on - writing here, stopping and checking in with myself etc. usually helps to get me back on track. I can identify with test anxiety too. But I am more and more tending to look on those the same way I do weighing myself - not letting a number 'be' what I am (or not). Information input for sure. Wishing you a delightfully happy results on your next test! ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Thanks. I talked with Jillian today and she helped a lot. I haven't > processed it all yet. I am able to see more of that sneaky diet mentality > and it is deeply incorporated. I do use Olive oil. I like what you said > about double down and second class. I am so confused on this area of liver > but I have to remember that it is not an emergency situation. I am due to > have another blood test on the 30th. I think that is part of what is > driving my anxiety. Sandy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Wow, I am totally impressed with your work with your lungs and following your intuitive. Kudos for taking your body into your own hands - a very scary proposition, I might add, but so worth the journey. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure a few years back (who over 50 isn't?) and determined NOT to go the allopathic (Western Medicine) route. It was a scary decision to make - which actually surprised me, I thought I was much braver than that. I wound up getting accupunture and working a lot on my stress response. For me, starting blood pressure medications and all that follows is the beginning of not only old age, but dying to my inner being and shutting off the voice of my body entirely. I don't want to do that to my psyche and I don't believe that diseases are separate from the self or that they're simply the result of foods, per se. I just don't. The foods are part of it, but it's what drives one to eat foods out of balance that is the issue. And, being unkind to ourselves (per previous posts) is a big driver when it comes to eating in ways that are unhealthy - I find. I can and do get so mean to myself and then when I eat, I'm eating that energy, that emotion of self abuse and self punishment along with whatever food I'm ingesting. That's what causes disease, I'm sure of it. So, yes it's the food - but it's not the food. If you know what I mean. My accupuncturist is a third generation Chinese herbal doctor and he told me this about their knowledge of nutrition. He said that in the past accupuncturists/chinese medicine doctors would be killed by the ruling classes if they did not keep them healthy. It was their job to keep their patients alive and feeling good. He said that made them very motivated to learn everything they could about how to keep a person healthy including how to use foods as medicine. Their nutritional information is 6,000 years old. And, those who are traditionally trained from schools that practice " real " accupuncture and chinese herbal medicine (rather than the short-cut Americanized versions) have an abundance of information on foods and flavors that change various body conditions including emotional states. They diagnose by looking at the tongue, taking pulses (we have many) and in other ways. Well, anyway, for my money western medicine and nutritioal wisdom - a total oxymoron. Western medicine may keep the body alive, but often at the expense of the soul. Know what I mean? Good subject - nice bunch of posts. For me, it's more about being kind to myself than what I think about what I eat or have eaten or want to eat. Have to work on that being kind though, it does not come naturally; lost that a long time ago. Sandarah > > > > Trying to distinguish between External and INternal cues. My > > doctors(EXternal) say I have to lose weight to get my liver enzymes down, > > there is no medication except some vitamin E. Yet the Liver itself > > produces(INternal) most of our cholesterol as I understand it, and it has > > very little to do with diet. How do I know which is EXternal or INternal? > > Anyone with good info on this? I have to go out now and will look this up > > again later. Sandy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Dina Wrote: "I talked to my MD about the things I had done and he discounted all of it and said sometimes diseases go into remission spontaneously. I know he's wrong. What I did was listen to my intuition and tried things that were right for me. The path to wellness is not supposed to make you miserable. The point is to feel better both physically and mentally."_._Oh, Dina, this is so familiar to me. In most cases a doctor will absolutely not recognize something that you have done that isn't on his radar as an official cure or treatment. It is always a "coincidence." -- which can be so demoralizing. I'm glad you're using your intuition and sticking to a regimen that you know is healthful for you. You know your body best even if the health care providers are top-notch. There is a phenomenon called "chemo brain" where you begin to forget things and become absent-minded after undergoing chemotherapy. It often lasts a few years after treatment before subsiding. For years doctors have said "absolutely not," there is no such thing. They figured people were just stressed because they had cancer -- but this condition had a very specific pattern, for instance not being able to remember words. I once had a counselor tell me it was just old age. I was 34! So now there have been all kinds of brain studies proving the effects of chemotherapy on the brain (before it was believed that it couldn't cross the blood-brain barrier), so it is now legitimate! Gee, thanks, I'm glad I have your permission not to feel like a crazy person making up symptoms anymore. In short, listen to your doctors (mine saved my life), but listen to yourself, too. Mimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Dina Wrote: "I talked to my MD about the things I had done and he discounted all of it and said sometimes diseases go into remission spontaneously. I know he's wrong. What I did was listen to my intuition and tried things that were right for me. The path to wellness is not supposed to make you miserable. The point is to feel better both physically and mentally."_._Oh, Dina, this is so familiar to me. In most cases a doctor will absolutely not recognize something that you have done that isn't on his radar as an official cure or treatment. It is always a "coincidence." -- which can be so demoralizing. I'm glad you're using your intuition and sticking to a regimen that you know is healthful for you. You know your body best even if the health care providers are top-notch. There is a phenomenon called "chemo brain" where you begin to forget things and become absent-minded after undergoing chemotherapy. It often lasts a few years after treatment before subsiding. For years doctors have said "absolutely not," there is no such thing. They figured people were just stressed because they had cancer -- but this condition had a very specific pattern, for instance not being able to remember words. I once had a counselor tell me it was just old age. I was 34! So now there have been all kinds of brain studies proving the effects of chemotherapy on the brain (before it was believed that it couldn't cross the blood-brain barrier), so it is now legitimate! Gee, thanks, I'm glad I have your permission not to feel like a crazy person making up symptoms anymore. In short, listen to your doctors (mine saved my life), but listen to yourself, too. Mimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Dina Wrote: "I talked to my MD about the things I had done and he discounted all of it and said sometimes diseases go into remission spontaneously. I know he's wrong. What I did was listen to my intuition and tried things that were right for me. The path to wellness is not supposed to make you miserable. The point is to feel better both physically and mentally."_._Oh, Dina, this is so familiar to me. In most cases a doctor will absolutely not recognize something that you have done that isn't on his radar as an official cure or treatment. It is always a "coincidence." -- which can be so demoralizing. I'm glad you're using your intuition and sticking to a regimen that you know is healthful for you. You know your body best even if the health care providers are top-notch. There is a phenomenon called "chemo brain" where you begin to forget things and become absent-minded after undergoing chemotherapy. It often lasts a few years after treatment before subsiding. For years doctors have said "absolutely not," there is no such thing. They figured people were just stressed because they had cancer -- but this condition had a very specific pattern, for instance not being able to remember words. I once had a counselor tell me it was just old age. I was 34! So now there have been all kinds of brain studies proving the effects of chemotherapy on the brain (before it was believed that it couldn't cross the blood-brain barrier), so it is now legitimate! Gee, thanks, I'm glad I have your permission not to feel like a crazy person making up symptoms anymore. In short, listen to your doctors (mine saved my life), but listen to yourself, too. Mimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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