Birthday blessings continued....

I had a 15 min "nap", chocolate cream flavored butter oil/fermented cod liver oil (it tastes as "delicious" as you would imagine - and no the chocolate flavor does not help cover the fish flavor), a trip to target ALL BY MYSELF, Chipotle, a nursing baby, I got to miss the biggest temper tantrum on the planet, Javan's giggles, a game of "which baby is crying" , and right now 3 sleeping kiddos and a quiet house. 

All in all a pretty great day. 

A little health update:

I have not heard back from Dr. Brooks about my thyroid levels. Its on the list of things to do (get on him) but the truth is... he is a very expensive doctor to see (he does not take insurance) and I am not quite ready to go back to see him yet. So, i'm kind of holding out.

I went on Monday to a Naturopathic doctor (and again on Friday for a follow up and to discuss results/ treatment plan). I know I said I would wait until after I hear back from the medical doctor but this guy was actually quite affordable and came highly recommended. 

So, I thought I'd give him a try.

On Monday he did two separate tests. One is the Zyto scan and I'm not quite sure exactly how it works but it basically tests what parts of your body are stressed. 

.... and I AM STRESSED... 

Who knew?! I don't feel stressed besides the usual stuff life throws at you but both my physical and mental stress levels are SO HIGH the doctor said he has NEVER seen a patient with levels this high as long as he has been in practice. Also, my bodies ability to handle stress (the bottom line "stress resistance") is so low he could hardly believe it. Lots of stress + not able to handle stress = no good 

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This goes along with and affirms everything that I had been saying... that the high glucose numbers have little to do with what I am eating or doing. That something else must be affecting them. I also know that the stress hormones Cortisol and Epinephrine can really do a number on your blood glucose levels. 

It all makes sense to me. Unfortunately, there isn't a quick fix for this.

The doctor also got my pulse rate and blood pressure. My resting pulse is between 80-100 - which is even high for someone who is exercising. It like my body is running a marathon all day long. My blood pressure was also very high 140/90. Ironically, the zyto scan showed that there was no blockage in my arteries and my heart health was good.

He did this really interesting test on my body. He had me lay down and he would put pressure on my arm (my arm held up in the air) while I pushed back. Then he put different minerals/vitamins (and who knows what else, they were in little vials) on my chest and put one finger in my belly button and put pressure on my arm. If I was deficient in something or have too much of something then  my arm would go weak as he pushed.  Then he would gently put pressure on different parts of my body and if there was an organ was weak, my arm would go weak. It is just so awesome how interconnected our bodies are. 

Anyway, he was baffled that I am showing high levels of mercury in my body. Most people have something like that if they have fillings or work done on their teeth but I haven't had any of that. You can also get mercury in you body from vaccines - and you all know how I feel about vaccines. None here (and adds to my list of why I won't be adding any of those poisons in my childrens body...)

The Zyto scan also shows high levels of mercury in my body along with aluminum and arsenic. 

So weird. And you can see below how stressed my adrenal glands are. 

Ironically, the pancreas isn't as stressed as you would think it was compared to the others. (of course, stressed still just not as much)

So, what's the treatment plan? Well, right now he is treating me as a person who was "malnourished" (not in a "not enough food" kind of way but a "not enough nutrients" kind of way.)  and then had 2 pregnancies back to back which caused too much stress on the body. 

I would say most of that is true. So, he prescribed me a whole bunch of different suppliments, etc.

He told me that the sun is very healing for the endocrine system. He wants me to try to have an hour of sunshine a day and not to wear sunglasses. He said that we absorb the most vitamin D (and whatever healing qualities the sun has) through our eyes. Also, suggested "grounding" as much as possible. This is kind of weird to me but then again... God made the sun and he made the ground... I think he had bigger intentions than we give him credit for. 

Anyway, grounding... basically spending time laying on the ground is quite healing to the body. I didn't read up on it entirely (like I have time to read through the pile of info he gave me). 

So sun, grounding, and the last things were sleep and raw milk. Our Adrenals "shut off" when we sleep and I need to be getting as much sleep as possible (heh). He said that if he didn't know my situation he would suggest I take 3 days to only sleep. THREE DAYS!?!? lol. Its crazy but he basically told me my body isn't going to heal unless it can rest (that part does make sense). 

He was big on the raw milk products. Raw milk, yogurt, kefir...basically anything you can make with raw milk. Well, I can't really drink milk because of the sugar in it but I got some kefir grains from him and started fermented my milk with kefir. Raw milk is SO healing. I actually know several people who were healed from migraines, allergies, even cavities from drinkin raw milk. 

I talked to him about how milk is linked directly to diabetes (why I stopped eating dairy for a while there) but he assured me that RAW milk is a completely different story. The virus that travels in milk and attacks your pancreas (yes, you can get a virus from pasteurized milk that will "kill" your pancreas - leading cause of type 1 diabetes) is not found in raw milk. 

He also took a hair sample for testing to see if I do have mercury and the others in my body. 

I will back to see him in a couple of weeks to get those results back and to see if there is any improvement.

It will take some work on my part but the way I see it is that I can take a pill and get the "quick fix" (along with a whole lot of other side effects and issues) OR I can get to the root of the problem... possibly still take medicine if necessary but working to heal the root issue 

(and allowing my body to do its job of healing as well).