As I try to keep with the original purpose of each blog I'm struggling to make individual entries in each one. Please bear with me, because I feel incredibly sick and shouldn't even be sitting here typing like I am. I'm persevering just the same... just may not be perfect.
This particular blog was created to journal my health, eating, dieting, fitness, etc. as I try to make my way back to good health again. When I first began posting here my health was failing, but I was still able to do nearly all the normal things I would do in a day; cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. Like my other blogs I wanted to keep a journal to help both myself and others going through similar experiences. Somewhere along the way--I lost my way. As I became more sick, had less energy, when the weakness began to consume both me and my life, the topic here began to change.
Eventually, I will return to the original purpose I had here.
In the meantime, I'll still try to keep it mostly on-topic, peppered with fragments of life that can and does affect my well-being.
In the beginning here my focus was on juicing and vegetarian/vegan lifestyle (for lack of a better word). What I would find out, but didn't know when I began that journey) is that I was anemic. I began juicing to have better health, to obtain good health, and to increase my energy. Well, a few things went awry, though I did make it 17 days on a juice fast. My choice of vegetarian/vegan lifestyle has been a long time coming as I really could care less about eating meat and animal products and find it didn't sit well with me, morally. Not judging anyone else's choices, but simply speaking about mine.
With the anemia I had to switch back to heme iron sources, which is ONLY found in meat (hence the word 'heme'). After two IV iron infusions and a lot of misery, I made my out of anemia. I've not gone back to vegetarian eating because I've still no idea what caused my anemia and didn't want to hurt my body further by aggravating the situation. So far, knock on wood. My iron and ferritin levels are staying within the normal range.
I've recently found out that I'm lactose intolerant. BOY am I! Ugh. So if I eat anything 'diary' it's yogurt, as it's the one exception for most people. So far I think it's an exception for me.
I've had to be very careful with fruit as well, given serious GI issues that have yet to have a cause identified. It's an every day fight among all the others. I've talked about them today on "All Things Ephemeral," which you'll find a link for on the right.
Over the past few weeks my appetite has been MIA. I also experience early satiety. You might think this is a great thing because it will cause weight loss. Well, it's only a good thing depending on what's causing it, and in my case, having come off prednisone recently, my body is refusing to let go of the prednisone weight. This is normal, btw, and I just have to wait it out. Still, not sure why I have zero appetite.
Typically I have a yogurt for breakfast, a banana for lunch, and attempt a normal dinner, which I often can't finish. After I eat I feel weak and sick and have to lay down, praying that it doesn't cause GI issues and rapid stomach emptying, etc. Not fun, I promise.
My arms are aching terribly from typing, so I have to move on and try to make entries in my other blogs (link list on right of page)....
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