I have not been writing regularly for the last week. I debated on whether or not to share here, but decided to go ahead. But first, let me back up a little bit. Every time we make the resolution to avoid doctors and hospitals except for absolutely unavoidable situations, something always go wrong. Every. Single. Time. And it is extremely discouraging and frustrating. We try to eat healthy, which should increase our immune systems thereby decreasing our chances of getting sick.
The first time we vowed to avoid the whole medical thing, we were told that I might have cancer. A routine exam had not come back with the good results we had been counting on. Six months and several procedures later, I was cleared and it was determined to not be cancer. We were back on the road of health. And life went on.
We again determined to try to treat our family with "alternative" medicines - basically meaning things like food, essential oils, and over the counter products. My three year old started having asthma attacks - the only one out of six kids. Sigh. I was frustrated, but we did what we needed to do and about a year later, feel that we have that back on track and are managing our health fairly well.
As part of my research for eliminating the grocery store, I have been looking at expanding my garden to include more medicinal types of plants, like chamomile, peppermint, lavender, etc. For thousands of years, people took care of their health challenges through prayer and the natural products that God made - as in plants and minerals. And I wanted to start an apothecary type of medicinal pantry. I should have been prepared. I should have remembered. But of course I didn't.
About a week ago, I started to have trouble with my bladder. I thought it might be either an infection or kidney stones. I started to use my extremely limited home remedy knowledge, as well as some ideas that we gleaned from the internet, in an effort to manage this issue myself. I should mention that it is an extremely painful one too. The pain became unbearable which led us to suspect a kidney stone. I have had these in the past and actually had to have some blasted about six years ago, so I know that sometimes you simply cannot ignore these. And so the round robin of appointments has begun.
Thus far, we know that I have at least one kidney stone, but I need to have more tests done. Additionally, we discovered that my bladder is not emptying completely. No amount of proper eating or herbs can fix this apparently. So I have to have surgery so that the urologist can take a literal look at what is happening and hopefully, be able to fix it.
I'm frustrated because I want to become as self-sufficient as possible, and I see this as a failure on my part. I'm frustrated because I don't know why this is happening now. I'm frustrated because I have so many things that I want to figure out, like how to make bagels and homemade cereals. I'm frustrated because nothing I have on hand can ease the pain - short of drinking enough alcohol to make me unconscious. Not a viable option in my opinion. I'm also frustrated because it is so hard to think and concentrate, much less type when pain is radiating through your body or your so doped up on medications that stringing two words together becomes work in and of itself.
So, if you miss my posts, you now know why I am on a bit of a hiatus. I promise to try and come up with some more great and helpful tips and meal plans and things for you. But in the meantime, I have to do what I can do just to get through things one day at a time.
Be blessed.
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