IOU Healing Year 2

[Guest guest]

YEAR TWO: synopsis

In the last two years i have backtracked from very severe rosacea with constant

heat, redness, pain, swelling, red bumps, pustules both huge and small, loss of

eyelashes and brows with crusty stuff on my face to barely noticible pinkness to

my cheeks, haven't had a sty in three months, have occasional bumps on my upper

lip. Over this weekend someone asked me if i had undergone a facelift because i

have no wrinkles at age 48. What an extreme comparison to two years ago. The

habits i have maintained without difficulty are: filtering all water for

internal and external use, drinking 10 glasses water daily, juicing apple, beet,

carrot, parsley 2-3 times a week, eating yogurt daily, chewing a papaya tablet

with each meal, raw fruits and veggies daily when not a juicing day, eating

salmon, cod or halibut 2-3 times a week, eggs twice a week and soy protein

daily, using raw unprocessed grains(brown rice, long grain rice and wild rice,

quinoa) organic food items most of the time, stevia in place of sugar, buckwheat

remains my primary flour but still make cookies with unbleached flour and add

wheat germ to it, organic milk, lots of garlic, occasional intake of pasta,

potatoes, beans, peas and lentils, making my own yogurt and sprouts, using

primarily olive oil but some sesame oil and almond oil. I drink one cup of

coffee every morning then green tea and chai tea. Walking for aerobic exercise.

I take cold water fish oil, calcium and a multivit daily. I continued to have a

piece of cake or ice cream/sherbet/frozen yogurt weekly or a cookie here and

there, spicey foods twice weekly. But i cut out alcohol which was hard because

my tradition has been one drink a year on my birthday (a margarita and singing

with jimmy). That was the tough one because i had to think up a new tradition.

My face routine started with cleansing with noxema, apply cucumber juice, then

oil free moisturizer to which i added almond oil, lavender, chamomile, gotu kola

and comfry. Midway through the year i tested an alcohol free cucumber gel. My

face liked it so i switched to that instead of squishing up cucumber. I have

now progressed to using a moisturizer with chickweed, chamomile, gotu kola and

comfrey with minimal almond oil. The change of season is a volatile time to try

new skin products so i will wait until warmer weather before deleting anymore

additives to my moisturizer. Comfrey will be the next to go. I need a little

help with exfoliating this 48 yr skin so i use salicylic acid (aloe juice

immediately from the plant or a commercial brand) every other day.

What i learned: I found myself thankful for having a father that loved me

enough to teach me that my external beauty was nothing but good luck and

genetics and that it is the inner beauty that matters because those teachings

got me through the times i felt overshadowed by these external symptoms. I

found myself thankful for my ability to think and to explore and for my problem

solving abilities. I am thankful for having a great grandmother who was an

herbal healer. The words " what we do to the environment we do to ourselves " hit

an all time high true note. I learned that even the experts don't know

everything. I learned that i had the answers for myself all along and that it

took courage to plod along knowing i was going against the tide. I learned i am

a little stick of dynamite and i can accomplish anything...if i want to. I

learned to look at rosacea and life from different perspectives: from the

inside, from the outside and upside down. IOU. It boiled down to years of

building up a nutrition deficit, an iou, because of decreased GI functions and

it had come to critical mass. It was pay back time. The pay back turned out to

be an investment with excellent growth.

If sharing my journey has helped just one person...it was worth the time and

energy to type all of these posts. At this time i maintain the belief that

rosacea can be history, over and done with if i stick to taking care of my

health via good sound practical nutrition. I'll probably hang out with you all

for awhile then unsub. Feel free to email me with any questions regarding my

journey.

Note: The IOU Healing posts by Herbler are a personal account of her journey

into self healing and in no way are prescribing or recommending specific

treatment modalities for others. Please see your trusted health professional

for adivce.

Herbler...a toast to you and to your bright, healthy futures

[Guest guest]

> Hi, I would be very interested in seeing what your

> typical daily diet was two years ago, before you

> started eating the way you describe here.

>thanks,

>

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Dear and All,

I usually started my day with a bagel or bowl of multi bran chex, orange

juice. Lunch was fruit usually and sometimes yogurt. For dinner i would

have a protein (usually soy), cheese, cooked to the point of mush veggies

(my tummy would hurt with raw veggies) and rice (white or brown). I drank

alot of coffee, diet soft drinks and water. I frequently used pre packaged

bags and boxes of just throw on the stove and cook foods.

That about does it. Not much variety and certainly not very nutritious.

Herbler.

[Guest guest]

> Hi, I would be very interested in seeing what your

> typical daily diet was two years ago, before you

> started eating the way you describe here.

>thanks,

>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear and All,

I usually started my day with a bagel or bowl of multi bran chex, orange

juice. Lunch was fruit usually and sometimes yogurt. For dinner i would

have a protein (usually soy), cheese, cooked to the point of mush veggies

(my tummy would hurt with raw veggies) and rice (white or brown). I drank

alot of coffee, diet soft drinks and water. I frequently used pre packaged

bags and boxes of just throw on the stove and cook foods.

That about does it. Not much variety and certainly not very nutritious.

Herbler.