So our story begins...

Yours Truly

     About 6 months ago I got whooping cough (pertussis). If you have never seen someone go through that, I will let you in on the fact that it is horrible. Terrible. Nasty. I know why people die from it. I wanted to more then a few times. While I was sick, in and out of the doctors offices, I caught MRSA. An antibiotic resistant staph infection. Then, due to the deep horrible nasty, lose your breath and aspirate on vomit, cough I had, I put my back out. I was pretty much immobilized for 2.5 months, during which my amazing physique deteriorated.
     Oh, you! Quit laughing! My amazing "physique" was not so amazing really. Poor nutrition, a huge amount of stress, and psych meds had taken their toll. As had depression and numerous other things, but I will cover that in time. Bottom line was I was not in good shape before I got sick (which probably contributed to me getting sick in the first place). Two and a half months of almost not moving at all, dozens of doctor and hospital visits, antibiotics, anti nausea pills, inhalers, narcotics, cough syrup, oh I should have taken a picture of all my meds, and I still have coughing fits. Not all the time, but they crop up it sounds like I am about to die.
     While I am so much better today (and I am very very VERY grateful for this) I know I am still not healthy. I have cut down my psych meds to just one antidepressant. However I have had a really hard time with my skin over the last year and occasionally it looks so bad you might think I was on meth. And I have had trouble with digestion. My doctor put me on pepcid when I started vomiting in the middle of the night for no reason last December. Sometimes it doesn't seem like I have one fire completely out before another one crops up. As one friend put it, my body isn't helping me.
     So with that I will explain what in the hell I am doing!!! After a bad interaction with a doctor a week ago, found a book at a used book store (shop local) called Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss. I have since found out that this book is a hippie essential! So after looking through treatments for eczema (for my skin issues) it said to abstain from wheat and citrus. I can say that I no longer fart after every meal and my digestion is not so painful. Skin is still messed up, but you have to give the body time to heal.
     As I have been perusing the information in this book I have been contemplating about a lot of random things. 

• I have looked for healing through the doctors for a while now and I have never been sicker. 
• I am intelligent and the human body is an amazing machine that will heal itself. 
• At 31 I cant neglect my body and still expect it to perform. Stress is a silent killer. 

So many thoughts about so many things. Ultimately, I need to figure out how I got here, but what is more important at this time is figuring out what I need to do to get healthy.
     So what I have already done is cut wheat out of my diet. I have joined a 30+ adult outdoor soccer league. I have been practicing meditation sporadically for the last 4-5 months in an effort to reduce my stress. I have been talking more positively about myself and trying to love myself just as I am. Cause really I know I am pretty damn cool, but sometimes I don't feel like I am. All of these things are important (specially the self love, cause my soul and my personality are not going to change- but I hope my body will) and I am sure I will find more tid bits on my journey.
     I guess my attempt at this blog is to chronicle the healing process and document what I did in hopes that it will help and inspire others to treat their body right. And some accountability doesn't hurt either! So I plan to write about how the changes I am making are helping me, what kind of new information I am coming across, pictures, recipes of wholesome real food, and anything else I decide to throw in here. I hope you enjoy what you read, please comment, ask questions if you need, and most importantly, I hope you love yourself just a little bit more!

Link for Back to Eden on Amazon (of course purchase locally if you can. Your vote with your dollars is the most powerful vote you have)