Well it has been a while since I have posted. Lots of things going on and lots of things to do. 1st things 1st. I have moved from the 25 to 50 of minocycline. I am responding as I expected. I did break the blockade today and am suffering a bit tonight as a result but I will get it back on track. At least I know how to do get it back on track quickly. I am excited about what this next chapter of my life is going to bring. What new doors are going to open and what challenges await me, you, us. I am very blessed that my Mommy will be moving here soon...YAY!!! There was a time when I might not have been so happy about that but I am now. I love Mom dearly even when she is a PITA ;-). And Look forward to having breakfast with her at Woodside for years to come.
I've learned many things over the years and I am looking forward to learning so many more. Many of us have been going through a transitional time and difficult time lately...but i do think there is a light at the end of the tunnel for us. Not that it will be quick...most of the folks I know are in 3 to 12 months of transition before it is turned around. But it is going to get better. We all need to have faith, keep counting our blessings, and keep praying for ourselves, loved ones, and the world. Yes for a religious phobic person I am very spiritual. I have always had my own relationship with god and I am proud and glad for it. So for all of my loved ones and you know who you are...keep hanging in there. The light at the end of the tunnel is coming and it will be bright and beautiful.
Ok...let's see what has happened of note. Mom will have her house sold soon and be coming back to live here in June. Oh....I am 3 less tress on the hillside!! I am 4 trees from a retaining wall and I am going to fight it out with the board this month. They are coming out to see it the hill next Tuesday so I will be here to see what they have to say ;-). Tour the house and the damage done to it. People should never under estimate me or anyone I love. My mother taught us how to fight for ourselves and others. She is nothing if not strong and she is that and a lot of other wonderful things. Mom is winning on my mushy meter tonight ;-). So watch this space....Retaining wall fight here we come!!! The board isn't going to know what hit them ;-).
I took a risk recently and we shall see if it pays off. That is all I am going to say. So please don't bother asking what it is. If I wanted to tell I would. I would just ask that you think good thoughts for me on "sally's risk". It will be a long time before if we know if it was the right thing to do....but my gut instinct says it was...so I followed it ;-). And if I am wrong...I am still glad I did...so it will always be a good thing. If it was right well then...it will be a fabulous thing.
Well I have lots of work to do on the house this weekend. I have been a smidged overwhelmed as of late and so it is so out of control. So tomorrow is a cleaning/chore day and Sunday is a baking and cooking day and board presentation creating day. I will make some homemade bread and cookies and I think some chicken soup. Of course I have to clean tomorrow for any of that to happen and since if I don't clean I will have to move out then cleaning will be the order of the day ;-).
I always knew growing up that I was different. Not because of my family...which the older the get the more I realize what a good picker I have to have chosen these people to go through this life with. But because I had certain knowledge about how my life would go...how I would be in it...and I have always lived it on my own terms. I did that because I just knew instinctively it was what was to be. Most of what I have known to be has come true. Only sometimes it is not on the time line I thought it would be. But I have always stepped to my own drummer weather it is rock, r&b, jazz, country, classical....whatever it ends up being ;-). So my recommendation is to crank up the music on your life and DANCE!!!
Which leads me to tell you about Linda and my trip to see John Edward the medium. This was really a treat since Linda booked massage's for us in the early afternoon at the Aveda Day Spa. Then we went to her home in Baltimore which is coming along very cutely. And later we went to see John Edward. Linda and I have a theory that her mom and my dad hang out together. We where hoping to have them come to us and while I felt them there I think they all stepped back to let all the parents whom had lost children through. If I didn't believe before I certainly do now. It was a wonderful day and I am so greatful to have had it. I miss hanging out with Linda so when ever I get to do that it is a treat. Much like all my friends that have moved away...whenever I get to hang with them is a treat.
I also learned how to change a tire THANK YOU LINDA!! I had a blow out on the highway and handled it beautifully and was close enough to make it home. Linda taught me how to change my tire after we confirmed the rim wasn't damaged (thank you car gods ;-). So I now have new tires and the car drives great. So what does the brightest bulb in the pack do?...promptly run over the curb....go figure. Oh well it needs an oil change so I will have it fixed then. And yes I do now have triple A.
I am sure that I have loads of other things to say but I am getting tired. I don't want to sleep the day away tomorrow so I will stop. Please treat the people you meet on this journey of life the way you would like to be treated. And follow your gut instinct. I have found the times in my life when I don't follow it....I always have made the wrong decision. And when you are really pissed off or upset...remember to forgive...yourself and everyone else that you come in contact with...cause ultimately. We all are flawed and we are all perfect...and we are all on the journey from flawed to perfection. It's just the number of lifetimes it takes us to get there.
Take care...be safe...lu2pmbu
Friday, April 6, 2007
Surprising info on Wheat and what really is causing the issues
This is my personal experience and if someone forwarded this to you it is because they love you and want you to live a long time. Take what you like and leave the rest. If none of it works for you by the end of this note then thank you for taking the time to read it. I have developed a serious allergy to conventional wheat products. Up until early November 2006 I had noticed that I sometimes would hurt when I ate wheat. It continued to get worse.
But after starting the Marshall Protocol for Chronic Lymes, it gradually got to the point where I could eat wheat at all. The culmination in missing Dinner because I had eaten Christmas cookies on Christmas eve. Eating any wheat would actually cause me to have to take pain medication. So I gave up all wheat products. This was really very sad to me because I love to bake. However, the benefits I have seen from the Marshall Protocol have made it worth my giving up the last of my vices ;-). However, it made me sad because I am a baker. My job is a computer geek but I adore baking. Have since I was a kid making Christmas cookies with my mom. Losing the ability to sample my products made it impossible for me to bake. Which has made me very sad. I love to play with recipes and see what this will do or just make them up as I go along. Most times they are edible and yummy...some times they are just yuck
So in order to preserve my ability to say thank you from a homemade perspective. I started exploring the alternatives to wheat none of them really had the desired texture. There are good substitutes but nothing bakes like wheat. When discussing this with Dr. Fishman, he mentioned to me that prior to 1950 flour was processed with Iodine. After 1950 or some time around then they stopped using iodine and started using bromine which is toxic to the human body. Hummmmm...could we be poisoning ourselves with our food? Now I take 4 tablets for Iodine deficiency.
Well Dr. Fishman mentioned to me that his wife had found a flour that didn't have bromine in it. King Arthur flour. So I bought some white whole wheat flour recently with the intention of seeing if I might be able to find a way to bake again. I know that I have a worse reaction to white flower then whole wheat. I decided to make cookies. Oatmeal was the test cookies of choice. Since it is lent and my nephew (lup2mbu Cole) had given up chocolate and it has less flour so if I did have a reaction it might not be as severe. So with recipe in hand I made them.
I tasted the batter as I do at every stage of the baking process. No hurting. When the cookies came out of the oven I waited the minimum amount of time and broke off a piece of one. I tasted them and they where very yummy. But the true test isn't till I swallow. Nothing. No pain. Needless to say I thought it was best to test another cookie to be sure that I hadn't made a mistake. I hadn't...but to be sure I had to have at least 5...hey you go 3 months without wheat not by choice and see how many you eat ;-). They are darn good if I do say so myself and so does everyone who ate them ;-)
Now I cannot say that everyone who has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance will have the same reaction. I am not a doctor. I am a women who has looked all her life for something to make me feel better. When I was young my mother worked diligently with doctors to figure out what the source of my problems where. I have always presented hypothyroid symptoms with normal test results. My body temperature however runs low at 96.5 with no medication and blood pressure averages 95/60. As an adult I continued to look for something to make me feel better. I have had great doctors whom I adore and cannot THANK enough for their wonderful treatment. However, we have never been able to find the source of my problems. In my search I have become keenly aware of my physical body and can tell the reactions of the introduction of different items to it. That is how I can tell you that this worked for me.
This has been forwarded to you not as an endorsement for a kind of flour, not to say never eat processed food again. I certainly have not been able to accomplish that task.. However, I will do it where I can. I can recommend to folks that most communities have farmers markets during summer for the least processed produce. Trader Joe's has great organic food at great prices!! Cheaper the highly processed crap at regular groceries. I also highly I recommend you pick up a copy of Nourishing Traditions Cook Book or her DVD Health, Beauty & Strength with Nourishing Traditions Diet. Like all things in life take I pass this on and hope you take what works for you and leave the rest.
But after starting the Marshall Protocol for Chronic Lymes, it gradually got to the point where I could eat wheat at all. The culmination in missing Dinner because I had eaten Christmas cookies on Christmas eve. Eating any wheat would actually cause me to have to take pain medication. So I gave up all wheat products. This was really very sad to me because I love to bake. However, the benefits I have seen from the Marshall Protocol have made it worth my giving up the last of my vices ;-). However, it made me sad because I am a baker. My job is a computer geek but I adore baking. Have since I was a kid making Christmas cookies with my mom. Losing the ability to sample my products made it impossible for me to bake. Which has made me very sad. I love to play with recipes and see what this will do or just make them up as I go along. Most times they are edible and yummy...some times they are just yuck
So in order to preserve my ability to say thank you from a homemade perspective. I started exploring the alternatives to wheat none of them really had the desired texture. There are good substitutes but nothing bakes like wheat. When discussing this with Dr. Fishman, he mentioned to me that prior to 1950 flour was processed with Iodine. After 1950 or some time around then they stopped using iodine and started using bromine which is toxic to the human body. Hummmmm...could we be poisoning ourselves with our food? Now I take 4 tablets for Iodine deficiency.
Well Dr. Fishman mentioned to me that his wife had found a flour that didn't have bromine in it. King Arthur flour. So I bought some white whole wheat flour recently with the intention of seeing if I might be able to find a way to bake again. I know that I have a worse reaction to white flower then whole wheat. I decided to make cookies. Oatmeal was the test cookies of choice. Since it is lent and my nephew (lup2mbu Cole) had given up chocolate and it has less flour so if I did have a reaction it might not be as severe. So with recipe in hand I made them.
I tasted the batter as I do at every stage of the baking process. No hurting. When the cookies came out of the oven I waited the minimum amount of time and broke off a piece of one. I tasted them and they where very yummy. But the true test isn't till I swallow. Nothing. No pain. Needless to say I thought it was best to test another cookie to be sure that I hadn't made a mistake. I hadn't...but to be sure I had to have at least 5...hey you go 3 months without wheat not by choice and see how many you eat ;-). They are darn good if I do say so myself and so does everyone who ate them ;-)
Now I cannot say that everyone who has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance will have the same reaction. I am not a doctor. I am a women who has looked all her life for something to make me feel better. When I was young my mother worked diligently with doctors to figure out what the source of my problems where. I have always presented hypothyroid symptoms with normal test results. My body temperature however runs low at 96.5 with no medication and blood pressure averages 95/60. As an adult I continued to look for something to make me feel better. I have had great doctors whom I adore and cannot THANK enough for their wonderful treatment. However, we have never been able to find the source of my problems. In my search I have become keenly aware of my physical body and can tell the reactions of the introduction of different items to it. That is how I can tell you that this worked for me.
This has been forwarded to you not as an endorsement for a kind of flour, not to say never eat processed food again. I certainly have not been able to accomplish that task.. However, I will do it where I can. I can recommend to folks that most communities have farmers markets during summer for the least processed produce. Trader Joe's has great organic food at great prices!! Cheaper the highly processed crap at regular groceries. I also highly I recommend you pick up a copy of Nourishing Traditions Cook Book or her DVD Health, Beauty & Strength with Nourishing Traditions Diet. Like all things in life take I pass this on and hope you take what works for you and leave the rest.
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