It's been a tough year and a half. I nearly gave up, many times. I spent all of 2015 trying to recover from the illness that put me in the hospital. It was a slow recovery, and I'm not there yet.
Because I was unable to tolerate exercise, I ended up regaining most of the 30 pounds I worked so hard in 2013 to lose and all of 2014 to maintain.
Last year at the holidays I was a real mess. My sister-in-law, a nurse, found a functional medicine doctor in our part of the state who claimed to be having success in treating autoimmune diseases.
The 8-month program of a strict organic detox diet, with oxygen-assisted brain-based exercise was very expensive and my last resort. I had a wonderful return to health.
But there's no cure for fibromyalgia, and after 7 months I couldn't stomach another green smoothie. As soon as I went back to eating ordinary food (even good healthy food), I started regaining weight and the pain returned.
Last month I went back on the diet, with a detox supplement. I'm back within 5 pounds of my 2013/2014 weight. I tried resuming my workouts at Curves, but was unable to tolerate exercise. I can't work out anymore. LYRICA has left me an invalid. Seriously. I should probably be in a wheelchair by now. Instead I hobble around in pain.
So, I'm back --- would have been back sooner but was unable to get into my blog via my old computer. I'll try to catch up on what else has been happening in my life in the coming winter months --- because life, such as it is, goes on.
