Good days

I haven't posted in a little while simply because I haven't been lying in bed as much.  How absolutely freakin' fantastic is that?!  This has happened to me a few times now in the nearly 4 years that I have been sick, and 2 years that I have been under treatment.  Literally, a FEW times.  Once last fall, once in December, once in January, and now this last week.

Yippeee skippy, happy days!

I like this.  A crazy lot.

I'm on my best antimicrobial rotation - Samento and Banderol (Cowden Protocol) right now.  The one I have been on the longest.  The one I now herx on the least.  It's my first week on it for this go round and I have been up'ing my dosage very very slowly.  Trying a new idea out...  What if, heaven forbid, I increase my dosage drops at a rate that does not make me herx to the point where I feel brutal all the time?  And the answer to that question is that I honestly don't know.  I love this protocol.  I'm healing.  But I herx nearly all the time and hence am an inflamed, sicko mess nearly all the time.  Pulling myself through the days on sheer willpower, faith, and feigned enthusiasm.  Which are all great - but how about giving myself a break for a bit?

This is what I want to try.  Not much of an experiment when I start out on it with my best rotation.  But, I have to start somewhere and this is the next one up. It doesn't hurt that summer seems to have appeared out of nowhere too.  Snow two weeks ago and 27 degrees today.  Such a relief!

I've still been in bed enough.  The usual nap-time calling my name from 12:30-2:30 each afternoon.  Forcing myself to get up when I wake up.  Bed enticing me to retire for the evening at 7:30 pm or so...  But the time I'm up in between isn't as difficult as usual.  I'm in a better mood because my head isn't spinning and hurting as much.  My body still hurts too, but maybe not as much either.  (I don't know - I tend to ignore it a lot to keep the positive vibe going). I'm more active though.  Doing a bit more, sitting a bit less.  Did some weeding in the garden, took not one, but two walks with my child - even took the dog along which usually I don't have the patience for.  Cooked a bit, cleaned a bit, a few loads of laundry, swept the decks and patio.  Fun, fun, regular person weekend stuff.

I love the good days!