Three months and more on an all beef diet! At this point it feels pretty routine. People ask me how long I’ll do it for and I say as long as I see improvement. After the three month mark it feels like I could do this for a year, no problem. Sadly for the time being I have no travel pictures for this blog post. Alas my computer is in the shop and the outlook is grim. Oh dear!
Well folks, it was kind of a bummer, but week 12 was pretty rough. This was the 2nd full week of taking my new supplements to fight off the smallest remaining parasites and I was certainly feeling the repercussions of that. When parasites die in the body they release the heavy metals that have been contained inside of their bodies. I read an article somewhere that parasites can actually help the very sick by consuming the metals within their host’s body thus alleviating the symptoms of heavy metal overload, and that perhaps that is the adaptive strategy of our biology which allows them to remain or even invites them in so to speak. Of course they also contribute to a disaster in other ways, but I found that to be an interesting theory. Somehow maybe the last three years these insane monsters were keeping me alive. Who knows, but they have outlived any use and I want them GONE!
Anyway, this die off has resulted in my being much more stressed by the heat, experiencing burning from inflammation, worsening of circulation in hands, stooped shoulders, being bloated and very uncomfortable. My stomach fluctuates back and forth from severely bloated to normal.
I noticed that my overall energy levels started to dip, definitely struggling with my stamina by the end of the day. I am familiar with this cycle all too well, the must feel worse in order to get better. It can be very draining and discouraging, but I know now that this flare in my symptoms is entirely due to the war waged in my gut: enzymes vs. parasites and unfortunately the aftermath is felt in the rest of the body.
Because of this flare I needed to do whatever possible to support my liver in detoxing from the heavy metals as well as expel dead parasites, so I resumed doing coffee enemas which definitely keep symptoms from worsening. It sounds weird, maybe gross, but seriously if anyone is suffering coffee enemas are a major tool to functioning as well as possible in a rough situation.
On a different front I went through that unique cycle exclusive to beef eating where I need to rest in bed for about 2 days, feeling absolutely exhausted in a very peculiarly sweet and pure way, not from feeling awful with a Lyme/mold flare, but that my body is demanding deep rest in order to heal. Even though this is rather inconvenient now that my work season has begun, I get encouraged when this happens because I know that healing is taking place. I always feel better after this happens.
Apparently three months into beef eating I am not cured of my chemical sensitivities. After spending a good deal of time carefully combing through each aisle while shopping at TJ Maxx looking for a gift I became impaired from breathing all the odors from candles and whatever else smells up that place. I started feeling very ill and we continued more shopping at Target. By that time I was very spacey and for the first time in a long while my body started violently twitching. I had to hold on to my mom in order to walk and not stagger out of the store. Highly unpleasant but I’ve experienced that before; I can’t even tolerate Walmart or Home Depot. I hope some day to help my nervous system heal so that it is not so highly reactive.
All this being said; however, I still had mostly good days, gave a violin performance for senior citizens of which I was proud and played a solid wedding gig with a sharp brain. Even though I wish I did not have to feel worse to feel better, I am happy nonetheless that the last remaining parasites are being targeted. It is also interesting to me to see the relationship between the attack on parasites and the worsening of my symptoms. I see how and what specifically is related to parasite die off.
So I’ll keep fighting the critters and hopefully soon they will be gone and I can return to the all positive upward spiral of progress I’ve seen with this crazy all beef diet kicking the Lyme/mold/reactive nervous system/inflammation seven headed monster’s ass. I hope you are finding encouragement in your road to health vitality!
Gonna Get Well 