I quit drinking coffee FOUR days ago. The first two days had predictable headaches, but I am on to better times now. Living coffee-free is one of the first steps I am taking to feeling better, month-round.
I am TIRED of being out of commission so much of the time, so it's time to come out fighting... again. I bought super absorb-able multivitamins (with lots of the B's), and a giant jar of calcium/magnesium. In September I will start a 'feel good again' diet, which will be challenging, but I think worth it.
When I went to the vitamin store, I talked to the 'vitamin guy' for a long time about my general symptoms of icky-ness, and he gave me a weird test to try to see if I have an overgrowth of candida. He said (and it is kinda gross, but fascinating) to spit into cup of cold water first thing in the morning before you take a drink of water or even swallow. You are supposed to check in on it for about an hour, and if it stays all pretty floating on top, you don't have a candida overgrowth. But, if it starts sinking, and looking stringy and gross, you do (sorta sounds like how they diagnosed if someone was a witch or not at one point in history...). The faster it sinks, the more candida you have. I did his fun little test, and it immediately pointed to yes. I am, indeed, a witch. Or I have candida. ONE of those things.
I'm not completely sure about the validity of the spit test. I did, however, read the list of symptoms for candida, and the list pretty much describes all of the symptoms that I would like to go away. I have a doctor apt. in September, but I'm pretty sure she'll just prescribe the usual meds that every american eventually gets prescribed, and send me on my merry way. I just don't want to mask a bunch of symptoms; I'd like to get rid of the problem. I've got things to DO, kids to raise and play with, a husband I'd like to be clear-headed enough to talk things through, friends and family to have happy times with. I don't have TIME for dead-on-the-couch days!
The candida diet seems to mostly involve eliminating sugar and carbs. This is going to seriously compromise my consumption of chocolate. *Sigh* Just one more re-affirmation that if I love something too much, most likely it is bad for me.
Anyways, I'm waiting for September to start the 'diet' because August still has a trip to Seattle (yay! Get to see David and Tia), and other fun friend times. So much of social activity has to do with food!
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| Bailey and Kloe |
Different subject (again): SO, since I was a blogging lam-o last week, I didn't mention that Heidi, Tammy and all the kiddos came and stayed with us last week. I was going to post pictures of some of our time together, but then I realized I was so busy gabbing with my fellow ladies that I didn't really take any. My bad.
It was nice getting to be with them! Lots of playing at the park, in the water, and loud craziness (that's a given with five kids running around my little house). Kloe went home with them and stayed for four days with her buddy Bailey. A good time was had by all.
While she was gone, I took Derrin school shopping. Yes, it is that time of year again. Today, he gets to go hang out with his grampa while I take Kloe school shopping. It is always better to divide them for these sort of out-goings; reduces the chaos greatly.
We went to the Celtic festival the weekend before, but in my blog-funk, the pictures never were posted. Time to remedy that:
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| My childrens' 'having fun' faces |
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| My husbands 'having fun' face |
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| A little Riverdancing |
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| Miss Kloe and Miss Sklyer |
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| Letting the kids play in the middle of the road |
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Heatheree n Me, Downtown |
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| Puppy dog eyes |
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