I Will Not Suffer In Silence

Just wanted to check in with my goals I had set back on November 13th:

• No more sugar - still holding steady with occasional mild slipups
• No more alcohol - initially failed; got REALLY drunk on wine the weekend after turkey day. Been really good since then though - only had a little bit of sake last night.
• Keep taking the Chinese herbs (as discussed back on November 5th) - holding steady
• Read more about the pH Balancing that someone on the DailyStrength Endo forum told me about - checked out books, reading them
• Check the West End library for the Budwig Diet books that my friend’s brother told me about, and purchase books from Amazon if the libraries in town don’t have them - neither library had the books but I still haven’t ordered them from Amazon.
• Keep doing acupuncture - did that today
• Borrow pilates for beginners yoga videos from the library or from friends - haven’t done that yet
• Keep assembling my personal recipe book based upon all my dietary restrictions (gluten-free, yeast-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, protein-rich) - haven’t been working on that

Okay, so what I still need to work on…

I need to order the Budwig Diet books that my friend’s brother told me about.

I need to borrow pilates for beginners yoga videos from the library or from friends.

I need to keep assembling my personal recipe book based upon all my dietary restrictions (gluten-free, yeast-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, protein-rich).

And now, results!
I have continued to take the Chinese herbal pills since my last cycle, and what I noticed this time around is that the blood at the beginning of my cycle was not brown. Yes, normally for me, I get the old dirty brown blood at the start AND at the end of the cycle. I didn’t have that this time. And the blood looks MUCH brighter, too.
There’s still a lot of blood, and the pain this time around feels deeper and worse than it has in the past few months. I am not seeing very many clots - those I do see are very small. So I want to say that the herbs are slowly doing their thing - “Decongest the blood mansion” ;)

The other thing I just tried is acupuncture. I’ve used this several times before for the back pain, but this is the first time I’ve done this for george. Wouldn’t you know it though, my shoulders and neck felt left out so they had to get all kinked in my sleep last night. >:(
So I saw Dr. Yan today mainly for george and secondly for the neck/shoulders.
I laid flat on my back on the table because it was too painful to lay on my side.
The acupuncturist used cupping - 3 cups across my abdomen, and he used the needles; two in each calf and one in each inner ankle. He used the electricity on two of the needles in my legs.
The pain went COMPLETELY away while I was in the doctor’s office. It was a slice of heaven!
As soon as the treatment was over though, the pain everywhere started to come back. When I got home, pain was just as bad again as it had been, so I was about to take more Tylenol 3 but before I could reach for it, the pain went away again, AND I had all kinds of energy! It was seriously manic energy. I used the time I had to carefully do two loads of laundry, scoop the catbox and take out the trash, and do dishes. I tried to be as slow and methodical as I could, but my heart and brain were racing. I’m blaming that energy on the acupuncture cuz I NEVER have this during my period.
But alas, I think I did too much. ;) And the pain set in again enough that I needed more Tylenol 3.

The Tylenol 3 has not been able to knock me out, although it did help to relieve pain.
I’ve been quite productive insofar as researching more endo stuff in general for myself, and reading the pH Balance books I got from the library.

But now it’s after midnight, so I should get some sleep.

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