Back in November, I started feeling my heart race periodically. Being 51, I had read my share of information on menopause and this is a common symptom. Nevertheless, anyone who has had that feeling knows that it's anything but comfortable. One day after Thanksgiving I was at my mom's and took my blood pressure--it was high for me. I've never dealt with blood pressure over the usual 120/80 except near the end of my pregnancy and even then it wasn't considered high.
Now it was--what the heck?
Undoubtedly, I had events of stress in my life over the past few months--being downsized out of my job for the past five years, looking and thinking to the point of obsessively for the next job and feeling like I was letting down the family for not being employed full-time. On the contrary, I had been in education for the past 20+ years and, as anyone else in the profession can agree, is stressful as well. I knew stress. This current stress was just oddly different.
So I went the conventional route and headed to the ER. I was diagnosed with tachycardia which, in layman's terms is when one's heart rate is over 100--mine was hitting the magic number when I was hooked up to everything. I was given a small dose of a beta blocker which, once I did some research, came to find out was a somewhat out-dated mode of treatment, but the dosage was low and when I asked my gynecologist about it during a check-up about a month later he thought it was okay. That particular day I had a case of "white coat syndrome" and my bp and heart rate were screaming again, so he added a very low dose of anti-anxiety medication to take up to three times a day. My arsenal was growing...did I mention I really don't like to take medicine?
A little time travel to February and, through a series of events, I found myself calling Melody Kinker, a cranial sacral therapist. Anytime I had cranial sacral therapy in the past I had no particular need; I just enjoyed the experience and the refreshed feeling I had after receiving it. This time there was a need--I wanted to get my blood pressure and heart rate under control as much as possible without being dependent on pills to do it the rest of my life. After our initial session, Melody gave me some interesting information--my gall bladder surgery from 2009 was causing havoc in my entire system. The scar tissue had pretty much pulled the left side of my body inward--even my left rib cage was a bit higher than the right. That's some pull! The overly tight muscles in my back and left shoulder that made my neck perpetually sore were all a part of this huge pull. Long story short--my neck pain is gone, my shoulder is loosening up, and after a check-up with my gp, I'm off both meds. I still check my bp and heart rate daily and it's doing fine. Cranial sacral is incredible and I highly recommend it.
There is something ELSE that was lurking around also, however...Melody explained that our systems can get an over-load of fungus...more on that in tomorrow's blog. PLEASE check back in to read about the culprit lurking in our lives.
As mentioned yesterday, each day I'll be offering information I've found along with recipes I'm discovering and creating. I'm also adding recipes onto the "No Fungus Among Us" board on Pinterest...feel free to check them out. I'll add comments on to keep them anti-fungal.
This morning I started my day with two eggs fried in a pat of butter with some fresh spinach. I put on a dollop of homemade guacamole (1/3 onion and 1 avocado with some sea salt in the hand chopper--about three minutes to make). The whole breakfast took about 10 minutes. Ten minutes isn't an eternity...it's just a matter of priority. Please make good health yours.
Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!
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