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May. 25th, 2007 10:38 amDaily Log; May 24th, 2007
HPV, treatable. The documented cases where it led to cervical cancer are in cases where proper prevention and maintenance were not adhered to. Lower income brackets where education was lacking and yearly exams were not available or taken advantage of. It is sad to me that we, as a society, pop pills and give shots instead of educating our children and ourselves.
This sadness extends to so many areas of life. I found out today that a regular cause of chronic headache is toxin buildup in the blood and an overloaded liver. Clean out the liver and it'll do its job again. So much of what we do and consume pours toxins into our system. Even the medicines we take are toxic to us. That is why they do what they do. No wonder we are so sick all the time. Make the choices you are going to make. But be fully aware of what those choices mean. There are things I eat that have trans fats in them, high fructose corn syrup, etc. Everybody knows that those are bad for your body. I make the choice to eat them knowing that there are consequences to the choice I make. Time to start acting on those choices. If A then B sort of thing.
Steps to take, in no particular order.
Step one; liver cleanse. I have known for a while that I need to do this and that it should do me some good. Been dragging my feet for some stupid reason most likely.
Step two; get more consistent with my supplements. I have shown myself that they help and support me. Doing this means carrying the bottles around with me. Much as that is irritating it is worth it. I need to connect my symptoms with not taking the supplements like I have connected the allergy misery with not taking my allergy meds.
Step three; make sure to regularly add fiber to the supplements. I eat things with fiber in them now and don't have issues. I don't want that to change. Mom's problems could have been prevented had she regularly incorporated fiber into her diet throughout her life. Her dr told her to warn her children that they are at a higher risk of the same thing happening to them. Duh, everybody is at a higher risk if they eat only processed foods. I've been taking fiber off and on for years since I found out she has IBS. I know I don't eat as well as I could/should. I need to be doing things to counteract that.
Step four; cook more real foods. This will likely be the hardest for me. It will take regular thought and planning on my part. Food is not something I think about. I don't get hungry much so that isn't going to prompt me to think about it. Breakfast has been a Carnation Instant Breakfast for years because I cannot get my brain awake enough in the morning before work to think about food. CIB is fuel for my body that I don't have to think about. It does not require me to get up and prepare it, just pour mix and go. Lunch at work is something grab-and-go as well. Leftovers, lean pockets, that sort of thing. I admit that I prefer the latter cause I can walk and eat at the same time and extend my walk time that way. I already am used to eating something small in between meals. So the real challenge is dinner. I've gotten better about it lately. PIC has actually helped me with that. It is fun to get creative with what we have right now. I need to incorporate more fresh veggies. That means buying them. Which in turn means going to the store regularly. Not something I am in the habit of doing right now.
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Yay compost bin. No meat, dairy, or bread type products. Wow, the thing is huge. I'm glad it has a lid to keep critters out. We'll see how long it takes for the squirrels to figure out how to get into it. :) Make sure the pieces of stuff you put into it are smallish. The directions say it needs to be in part sun. Unfortunately the only part sun I have in my yard is already flower beds. I know it needs the sun to increase the internal temp to kill of the unwanted stuff in it. But you don't want it to get too hot otherwise it'll kill off everything that makes the compost decompose. Thus only part sun. Plus it needs oxygen. Not an anaerobic process here folks.
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Cramps today instead of yesterday. I'm already not looking forward to this drive. Lets make it more unpleasant… Sitting still for long periods of time only makes it worse. Hey! Maybe that's why I've had bad cramps the past few months, I sit still ALL day long.
Ended up going home early. Some odd combination of horrible cramps and a very strange allergy type reaction to something. Flushed face and blotchy neck and chest area. Horrible nausea and over heating type things. I left. Dr was not thrilled. That is okay. I took care of myself.
HPV, treatable. The documented cases where it led to cervical cancer are in cases where proper prevention and maintenance were not adhered to. Lower income brackets where education was lacking and yearly exams were not available or taken advantage of. It is sad to me that we, as a society, pop pills and give shots instead of educating our children and ourselves.
This sadness extends to so many areas of life. I found out today that a regular cause of chronic headache is toxin buildup in the blood and an overloaded liver. Clean out the liver and it'll do its job again. So much of what we do and consume pours toxins into our system. Even the medicines we take are toxic to us. That is why they do what they do. No wonder we are so sick all the time. Make the choices you are going to make. But be fully aware of what those choices mean. There are things I eat that have trans fats in them, high fructose corn syrup, etc. Everybody knows that those are bad for your body. I make the choice to eat them knowing that there are consequences to the choice I make. Time to start acting on those choices. If A then B sort of thing.
Steps to take, in no particular order.
Step one; liver cleanse. I have known for a while that I need to do this and that it should do me some good. Been dragging my feet for some stupid reason most likely.
Step two; get more consistent with my supplements. I have shown myself that they help and support me. Doing this means carrying the bottles around with me. Much as that is irritating it is worth it. I need to connect my symptoms with not taking the supplements like I have connected the allergy misery with not taking my allergy meds.
Step three; make sure to regularly add fiber to the supplements. I eat things with fiber in them now and don't have issues. I don't want that to change. Mom's problems could have been prevented had she regularly incorporated fiber into her diet throughout her life. Her dr told her to warn her children that they are at a higher risk of the same thing happening to them. Duh, everybody is at a higher risk if they eat only processed foods. I've been taking fiber off and on for years since I found out she has IBS. I know I don't eat as well as I could/should. I need to be doing things to counteract that.
Step four; cook more real foods. This will likely be the hardest for me. It will take regular thought and planning on my part. Food is not something I think about. I don't get hungry much so that isn't going to prompt me to think about it. Breakfast has been a Carnation Instant Breakfast for years because I cannot get my brain awake enough in the morning before work to think about food. CIB is fuel for my body that I don't have to think about. It does not require me to get up and prepare it, just pour mix and go. Lunch at work is something grab-and-go as well. Leftovers, lean pockets, that sort of thing. I admit that I prefer the latter cause I can walk and eat at the same time and extend my walk time that way. I already am used to eating something small in between meals. So the real challenge is dinner. I've gotten better about it lately. PIC has actually helped me with that. It is fun to get creative with what we have right now. I need to incorporate more fresh veggies. That means buying them. Which in turn means going to the store regularly. Not something I am in the habit of doing right now.
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Yay compost bin. No meat, dairy, or bread type products. Wow, the thing is huge. I'm glad it has a lid to keep critters out. We'll see how long it takes for the squirrels to figure out how to get into it. :) Make sure the pieces of stuff you put into it are smallish. The directions say it needs to be in part sun. Unfortunately the only part sun I have in my yard is already flower beds. I know it needs the sun to increase the internal temp to kill of the unwanted stuff in it. But you don't want it to get too hot otherwise it'll kill off everything that makes the compost decompose. Thus only part sun. Plus it needs oxygen. Not an anaerobic process here folks.
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Cramps today instead of yesterday. I'm already not looking forward to this drive. Lets make it more unpleasant… Sitting still for long periods of time only makes it worse. Hey! Maybe that's why I've had bad cramps the past few months, I sit still ALL day long.
Ended up going home early. Some odd combination of horrible cramps and a very strange allergy type reaction to something. Flushed face and blotchy neck and chest area. Horrible nausea and over heating type things. I left. Dr was not thrilled. That is okay. I took care of myself.