Day 120 Check-In

January 2014                                  May 2014                  

Celebrating Four Months of Healing!

Here it is - the 120 day milestone!  Four months of following the Autoimmune and Amino Acid Protocols.  What a learning curve it has been.  I’ve begun to really understand my disease and how to heal myself and everyday I am learning more. The good news:

• I feel like a new person, no aches, pains, weird symptoms or extreme moods.
• I’ve lost 45 pounds!  Yipee (All my clothes are getting loose.)
• I have lots of energy.
• I feel comfortable in my own skin (a blessing and miracle!)
• My sleep has improved dramatically!
• My self-esteem and confidence has increased in ways I never imagined.
• I’ve lost cravings for sweets, etc., and have no interest in overeating.
• Exercise (moving my body) is so much easier and feels natural.
• I am beginning to listen and understand the messages and signals from my body.
• The “monkey mind” crazy thinking processes ended and I have a sense of peace.
• My mind is sound and I have clarity in ways I never imagined.
• My digestion is completely normal - no more constipation, bloating, gas, heartburn, etc.
• I have a sense of spiritual connection that comes with ease.

For nearly 30 years I have been struggling with this disease and I think that I now have the tools I need to put it in to remission.  At last, I finally understand it.  For so many years I felt like I was chasing my tail, going from doctor to doctor looking for an answer to why I never felt right and looking for a solution to ease all the crazy symptoms.  I remember one time waiting for eight months to see a endocrinology specialist at the Cleveland Clinic who saw me for about 5 minutes, wrote a prescription and said, “Come back in a year.”  UGHHH!!!  Just one of a long line of doctors who never could put it together and see that it was the autoimmune onset that was responsible for the waterfall of issues.  None of them ever taking the time to discover the real issue, what was happening in my body that created an environment that set up the autoimmune response.  That’s a puzzle that I am solving piece by piece. There is no doctor out there who can do this for me, no doctor that cares about my recovery more than I do! Thankfully I have found a couple of good ones that have helped me in the past year.  It is a complex issue, not one that many doctors have the patience or time to deal with.

These months have been so rewarding and enlightening.  As I move forward into what I am calling, “Phase II” of of this process I have a better understanding of what I need and the areas I need to focus my energies.  My Phase II plan includes the following components:

1. Continue Healing Autoimmune Disease (AIP)

2. Balancing Brain Chemistry

3. Connecting with Body Wisdom

4. “Yoga of Being” Spiritual Philosophy

5. Simple Living - Downsizing and Living More Fully with Less

6. Speak and Live My Truth - Becoming Zia

Healing my body and putting the autoimmune disease in remission takes a whole life approach for me.  It is more than diet, exercise and taking thyroid meds.  It is a physical, metaphysical, and spiritual issue that requires I approach my life in a different way.  Today I feel better able to address it in those ways.  Yes, four months has made a significant difference physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, I can hardly wait to see what lies ahead!  The gift of the parathyroid tumor is at the core of this transformation.  It goes to show that sometimes the greatest gifts come from unexpected and seemingly negative situations.

“Do not reject a gift because you do not like the wrapping.” ~ Amrit Desai

Transformation

The picture on the left was taken in San Francisco on vacation in January 2014.  I felt terrible and found it really painful to walk, but it didn't stop me from eating sourdough bread morning noon and night!  The picture on the right was taken yesterday (May 20, 2014) in the dressing room of Lane Bryant's while I was trying on new clothes, two sizes smaller.  I still have a long way to go, but it feels great to be shrinking.  It feels even better to be pain free, happy, have tons of energy, and finally be comfortable in my own skin!

January 2014                                          May 2014

Thanks for your support and interest in my process.  

Big Love,