puppetlady
Wed, Feb-26-03, 09:44
I was walking in my kitchen this morning just fixing myself something to eat and I almost started to cry. Not those sad tears over something sad but tears of relief. 17 years of pain and chronic fatigue and finally something that is helping me to conquer it and this time it feels like for good. This time it feels like I am gonna make it !!!!!!!............For 17 years I have functioned at half speed.....dragging myself out of bed from not really sleeping....dragging myself up the stairs with legs that just don't work . My mind saying go GO , my body refusing to listen. Feeling like I was wearing a lead suit somedays. Sleeping for hours at a time during the day just to make it till bedtime.
But this morning the old me was walking around the kitchen . A body not tied in knots, legs that feel graceful and strong again. Being able to move lightly across the floor and not feel like I have cement blocks tied to my ankles. It stopped my dead in my tracks realizing that finally I might get some freedom from the pain and fatigue that has been such a part of my life for the past 17 years.
What others take for granted I have come to see as precious. Walking without pain ...........Seems like a simple thing but for me it had become a way of life that I thought I might never escape.I can remember just walking across the lawn with my husband would sometimes almost send me into tears because I would start to lose hope and think that I might never walk "normal" again or that it might get even worse and that I might not be able to walk.He would always just stop and walk slower with me or hug me and tell me to keep trying ,that someday I would find the answer, someday I would be well. I am a pretty positive person and I promised myself I would keep fighting but there are days when we all feel weak and I had my share of those as well.
I have taken supplements for years that helped to bring about some improvement but I have discovered that Low Carbing is the thing that is bringing about the most change I have seen in all this time. The key for me has been to stop poisoning myself with wheat,white flour,bread,sugar and just eliminating those for 7 weeks is finally bringing me the real healing I have been looking for.I am finally getting my health back and Low Carbing is the Way for me. Don't ever give up looking for ways to feel your best ! I really believe this time I have found the way back.
Debbie
But this morning the old me was walking around the kitchen . A body not tied in knots, legs that feel graceful and strong again. Being able to move lightly across the floor and not feel like I have cement blocks tied to my ankles. It stopped my dead in my tracks realizing that finally I might get some freedom from the pain and fatigue that has been such a part of my life for the past 17 years.
What others take for granted I have come to see as precious. Walking without pain ...........Seems like a simple thing but for me it had become a way of life that I thought I might never escape.I can remember just walking across the lawn with my husband would sometimes almost send me into tears because I would start to lose hope and think that I might never walk "normal" again or that it might get even worse and that I might not be able to walk.He would always just stop and walk slower with me or hug me and tell me to keep trying ,that someday I would find the answer, someday I would be well. I am a pretty positive person and I promised myself I would keep fighting but there are days when we all feel weak and I had my share of those as well.
I have taken supplements for years that helped to bring about some improvement but I have discovered that Low Carbing is the thing that is bringing about the most change I have seen in all this time. The key for me has been to stop poisoning myself with wheat,white flour,bread,sugar and just eliminating those for 7 weeks is finally bringing me the real healing I have been looking for.I am finally getting my health back and Low Carbing is the Way for me. Don't ever give up looking for ways to feel your best ! I really believe this time I have found the way back.
Debbie