IOU Healing One Year

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YEAR ONE:

What i learned: trust myself and believe in resiliency, less is more and it is

what i do the majority of the time that matters.

My mother was killed in a car accident at month 11 of my journey. I flew to her

home and stayed for two weeks to " sort out " legal matters, possessions etc. It

was a grievous time. I lived on apples, seafood, coleslaw and gallons of

coffee! My face withstood the test of time...no ill effects. While there

i noticed that others in the family had rosacea. We are

scotch/irish/welsh by ancestry. No one seemed bothered by the way their faces

looked, just part of life.

At the end of one year my forehead and chin were clear, my nose was prone to

pinkness from time to time and my right cheek was pinkish, left cheek was

blotchy. Still had visible veins on the cheeks and edge of nose and tiny amount

on chin. Slight edema subcutaniously on the cheeks but not visible and my skin

still felt a little bumpy. I continued with the same facial routine.

Continued with experimenting and incorporating diet agendas into my life. I

was using olive oil, almond oil, sesame oil mostly and a little butter at

times. I was taking a cold water fish oil supplement (not to be confused

with fish liver oil) and enteric coated garlic tablet if not eating fresh

garlic. My vitamin supplementation depended on my juicing days. I ate papaya

and yogurt with each meal. My complete protein foods consisted of soy,

halibut, salmon, cod, eggs. My grains and " starches " (all organic of course)

consisted of buckwheat, kasha, amaranth, oats, quinoa, brown rice, wild rice,

long grain rice, corn, potatoes, pasta, beans and peas. Veggies and fruits

(again organic) were whatever was local and in season, lots of cruciferous

veggies. I was eating more shitake and reishi mushrooms. Dessert? Yup at least

once a week...not much of a sweet tooth. Coffee (organic)? Yup two cupsa java

in the morning. Tea (organic)? I chose a mixed green and black earl grey and

chai. So basically i had incorporated many of agenda suggestions by this time.

What was so hard? Using olive oil instead of vegetabel oil? No. Cooking

organic spinach pasta, tossed with olive oil, sprinkled with shredded romano

cheese and blanched organic bell peppers, onions and garlic? No that wasn't

hard either. It was easy! And fun! My body liked getting back to basics and i

didn't sweat it when i ate out or went on vacation...it was what i did the

majority of the time that mattered.

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