Sometimes there is more than one way to get to your destination. It’s not an “advertisement”, it’s just the way I got better. I hope you have great success with whatever methods you employ when you are sick. One thing is for certain, I will not mock you for your choices.

“CranialSacral therapist”???, oh, give me strength. This is magical medicine at it’s most obvious. Such practitioners are quite dangerous.

I went to the doctor because I didn’t like all the bumps that were all over my head (I assumed lymph nodes), and my parotid glands were inflamed. All of this seemed too close to my brain for comfort. The doctor gave me an antibiotic and did blood work, then sent me home. This was on the Saturday before Labor Day holiday. My fever went to 103, I felt like I had been beaten, I broke out in a rash, which I assumed was from Keflex, the antibiotic, even though I have taken Keflex without a problem in the past.

When I discontinued the antibiotic, I knew I still needed help but it was the holiday weekend. I thought of meningitis and the ER, but there was no headache. I’m a homeopath and a craniosacral therapist, so I called my colleague, another homeopath. I was too stupid from the illness to figure out my own case.

She worked up my case and treated me homeopathically, and I began to turn around in a couple of hours. She went through four or five different homeopathic medicines as the case changed, and I recovered over the next three days, except for dizziness which continued for nearly a week. I went to another colleague, a craniosacral therapist, who did a Raindrop Technique, which is an application of ten or so essential oils to the feet, back and head. The dizziness began to abate in about two hours, and by the next morning was gone completely.

The blood work came back the Thursday after I went to the doctor. It showed a virus of some sort, so the antibiotic would not have done any good anyway. I have been fine since, except for a bit of swelling on the right parotid that was returning last Sunday. Monday I had an appointment with my craniosacral therapist friend, and she was able to get that to resolve in about 15 minutes. Feeling great now!

Please take it slow from here, because there’s always time to build in for health.

I agree completely about your decision to “wake-up” in terms of practicing a healthier lifestyle, especially in terms of work. It’s ironic that many of us work very hard to achieve the lifestyle we want, but then suffer for it with bad health. Many times it prevents us from enjoying that lifestyle we worked so hard to acquire.

And now for a little “assvice”:
I’m no all natural “health nut” type and I used to LOOOOVE my diet coke with lime but I must say after I kicked the habit my health improved greatly. It’s not an easy habit to kick but all those chemicals can’t be good for your body.

I now mostly drink water with lemons floating around in it. I will have diet coke every now and then. I still find it delicious but I notice that I actually eat more and feel more tired if I have a few in a row.

Your family needs you and I wish you continued improvement in your health.