Pursuit of Healthfullness Week 8 and 9

Delicate yet still strong



So here I am 2 weeks later and getting back to posting with Melissa over at My Red Tutu  for  our Pursuit of Healthfulness as I  just start to come out of a major anxiety spin.  My Acid/Reflux came to a crisis point about 2 weeks ago, waking up each night from a dead sleep in burning pain.  At the same time I had some funky sinus situation going on, felt like I was being hit from all sides with weird symptoms.

I have had some health concerns this last year, achy body, reflux, inflammation.  I ignored the small signs that my body was in distress and I just kept eating, stressing, drinking and so on, all the things that aggravate my health.  So of course my body decided to give me the bigger wake up call and I find myself crying in the doctors office, frustrated to be at this point.  Long story short the Dr. put me on Nexium for the reflux since I have some irritation and of course as Doctors go they say well you can stay on this forever.  I don't want to do that, I know it's just a band aid.  I want to make the changes in my lifestyle and diet that can bring about real healing. 

So my plan is to stay on the nexium for the 6 weeks and wean off of it along with dietary changes.  So far I have cut back  or eliminated white flour, wheat, sugar, alcohol and dairy.  I have added juicing to my daily regimen to help bring me back into balance. 

I have to say although my digestive system is still out of whack I am noticing small changes especially less bloating and I lost about 4 pounds.  I am also noticing that I am getting tired at night where usually I am up to 1 or 2 am struggling to fall asleep.  Maybe without the sugars, caffeine and other stimulants my body is finding it's natural rhythm.

As for the anxiety it is still pretty high, when I am having health issues I go into crisis/survival mode and it can put alot of added stress on my system which ends up defeating all the good i am trying to do.  I would love to hear any suggestions (minus body work) you might have on bringing down the stress level.  It is an old way for me to be and that anxiety is always there right under the surface waiting to pop out.

So for now I am being gentle with myself and tying to soothe my inner worrywart and just taking one step at a time.  I will check back next week and let you know how it goes.

A timely reminder for me this week

I would love to hear how you are doing in your Pursuit of Healthfulness and don't forget to jump on over to Melissa's and she what she's up to this week.

Namaste,
Karen