Well, the numbness spread further today! Now it's on my left lip, left nose, left eye, left check, left ear, my left fingers, left hand, left forearm, left upper arm, left chest and left calf, and left foot. But the numbness on my right ear is gone and my tongue numbness is gone. I started researching B12 vitamin deficiency because of the numbness. I was shocked to see listed: an increased risk of stroke and heart attack! And it also listed a lot of symptoms I've had throughout my life! I wonder if I have a condition that causes decreased assimilating of this vitamin? So excited, I researched all day long and documented everything!
I found some liquid b vitamins with 1000 mcg of B12 in it and took some. Hours went by and no improvement. Took some more, hours later...no improvement...did it again and still no improvement. I tried to research how long it would take, but couldn't find anything.
I'm not liking this at all! Looks like I had a stroke or a TIA! It's just a little confusing because my numbers weren't high enough. I can only think that because I ate normal food and candy on Christmas and Christmas eve and my blood sugar went over the 600 points that my meter could read, I did some damage then, and it just took this long for my body to register it!
I'm actually glad I was juice fasting when it happened. Because, if I was eating normal food, this could have been much worse! Last time it was considered mild, but I had a droopy face and drooling out the corner of my mouth and dragging of my left foot and my left fingers wouldn't work! Luckily that all healed in a few months! This time the numbness has spread even further, but I don't have any drooping or drooling or dragging!
So, where do I go from here?
I know most people would tell me, go to the hospital immediately! Well, I've been there done that, twice. They'll put me on their conveyor belt of protocols and the outcome will be a decreased quality of life. If I could only find a doctor who would use nutrition instead of drugs! I know the body can heal if given the right foods and supplements!
What is it with this time of year? January, 2010 stroke, February, 2011, heart attack, 2 stents, January, 2012, stroke! Luckily, they have all been mild! Even my cardiologist told me, (after he put the 2 stents in) that he didn't think I had a heart attack because I didn't have any heart damage. He thought it was probably angina.
So, if I went to the hospital I would be given lots of tests, at the costs of lots of $money (at least $60,000), which I don't have. And the last two years have already put my family in financial hardship! Bankruptcy; loss of 19 acres, foreclosure of rental home, repo of car. All of our retirement gone! No health insurance, no life insurance and no credit! Doctors would put me back on insulin, blood pressure medication and statin drugs again, even though my numbers are low and normal. They would then put me on coumadin (rat poison) for the rest of my life because this is my second stroke! And then the hospital food.. come on people, you don't give chocolate cake to diabetics! But, if it was on my plate, I'd eat it! My blood sugar will go sky high and my blood pressure will go sky high. And, Then of course I'd gain 10 lbs in 3 days, like I did last time from bad food and insulin. But, their mentality is.... eat anything you want, just take more insulin! Then I'd get all my side effects back from the medications and not be able to get out of bed except to be driven to the doctors who won't listen to me anyways. If it really worked, that would be different! I would be doing it! But the reality for me was...lots of meds and still numbers high and lots of side effects! I just can't live that way!
No, I think I'm doing what I need to do! I may have numbness, but I have energy and I'm thriving and getting a lot of things done! Juice fasting didn't cause my problem, bad food did! It actually saved me from a bigger problem! Juicing is helping my body have an easier time functioning. And just think, when I'm down to normal weight, my body will have less stress and be able to repair faster from less toxins! Juice fasting is the healthiest way to go! So, I'm sticking it out! But, after all this, I'm seriously thinking maybe 120 days is needed! Juice On!
Friday, January 6, 2012
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