It's been a whole year~!

I started my anti-yeast regimen a whole year ago last week. My doctor took some blood for tests and I got to see where my levels are. Good news is that I do, in general, feel better, but the bad news is that I'm far from healed. My yeast levels are still high and some of my food allergy levels that were low went up. Some had improved so it's not all bad, but still not what I was hoping for after a year's worth of treatment. My doctor switched my enzymes to Ortho Molecular Products Ortho Digestzyme. They have some stomach acid helpers and liver bile extracts. She said one of the biggest problems is my food is not digesting far enough along in my stomach. My age certainly plays a role in the length of time for healing, and that I did not get into this situation in a short time either. Life would not be so challenging if the American diet was more um, ethnic, lol. Chinese and Mexican foods have been staples since I can eat corn and rice. Some things I truly don't miss, but there are times I do want those forbidden foods, which for other people don't pose a problem - namely dairy, wheat and eggs~!

I've also been fighting illness the last several weeks. My oldest had the flu for 2 weeks, and although I never got the flu as he had, I sure did feel the fight. My immune system seemed to hold on as I fed it oil of oregano, vitamin c and elderberry. I also took as many FIR saunas as I could squeeze in. This past week, I've had terrible sinus pressure, which I have since found others with the same symptoms. It's another virus going around I suppose. My middle son has that one as well. I put ASAP silver drops into my eyes which seemed to brighten them up overnight. I'm still congested, but hopefully it will pass and not turn into any kind of infection. My doctor put me on a stronger anti-fungal for a month hoping that would help me boost my immune system as well.

The weather will turn warm again next week into the 80s. That will do my body good as I do LOVE the heat~!

Pills~!

These are my boxes of night-time supplements. I have 2 boxes because we've gone on 2-week trips, so now I just have to organize my supplements once every two weeks. My doctor wants me to take cod liver oil everyday, so I take 4,000mg each night. I also take two calcium/magnesium tabs, a vit. e/selenium pill, vitamin D pill and a vitamin c tablet. I love that I don't have to think each night about what I need to take from all the bottles. And, it's easy when I travel to know that I have enough of everything for each day. I used to just lay my thyroid pill on the side table but it has it's own mini glass bowl. It looks like something an Aisan diner would use for condiments. I bought it at IKEA. It just makes it easier to find in the morning without opening my eyes, hehe, since taking my thyroid pill is the first thing I do every morning. Having to wait an hour before eating is a pain at times when I need to eat something before an early workout class, so if I awaken at all in the early morning hours before needing to get up. I go ahead and take my pill.

This is my box of daytime pills. I have to take a probiotic, enzymes x 3, an anti-fungal x 3, and an intestional rebuilder x 2, each day. I also take Better Body Basics alfalfa, 1000mg of vit C, a hair growth supplement, calcium/magnesium and a CQ10. The buttons represent the powdered intestional rebuilder which is a powder. Having them in each day allows me to keep track better of what I have taken for that day. I also don't have to go through all the bottles each day, but just once a week, which is the best no-brainer part of taking pills this way.