Beth's Ponderings
After a very long 6
years and 4 months of trial and error, eliminating foods and adding them back
in, extremely stressful moments and massive setbacks, plus trying different
treatments and dramatic lifestyle changes, we finally know now what is causing/triggering
my liver stress and subsequent health issues...it’s our tap water!
It seems that it
may be a chemical they are using to treat the water to make it “safe” for us to
use that is causing massive havoc with my body, sending it into toxic overload
and stressing the liver as it tries to deal with it.
No wonder I’ve
often felt like every step I took forward to heal resulted in a few steps
backwards, as everything I was doing for the good was being completely undone
by my daily water usage.
On the one hand, it
is a HUGE relief to finally know what is causing my health setbacks, and to
finally be able to connect the many dots (symptoms) to create a more
comprehensive picture of what I’ve been living with for the majority of my life. And to have validation that what I thought might
be the real underlying issue, really was.
But...on the other
hand, knowing doesn’t automatically solve anything, or make me instantly well,
since we still have to come up with a plan of action to deal with this. As well, I have to change a LOT of long-standing
habits and routine activities as water usage is pretty pervasive part of our
days.
No matter what we
are facing, we usually do know what the real issue is, and it is usually
something very basic and simple. That
doesn’t mean it’s easy, just that it is simple, and rarely as complex as we
make it.
So much of our
daily lives are lived on autopilot, as we do the same tasks day in and day out,
that it takes really noticing what we are doing throughout our days to find out
where we need to make tweaks and changes to feel better, do better, and live
better.
Now that I have
discover “why” I’m so sick, I now have to figure out “how” to apply that
knowledge in order to turn it around and see my health improve. The journey isn’t over, it’s just taken a new
turn.
Beth
