We all have eye opening (life changing) events that happen in our life.… well lupus (not by choice) has become one of mine and has lead me to a new journey of self discovery and health. I am starting to realize that I have to understand, accept and even love my disease in order to heal, I am not there yet!! It’s a process, but at least I know what needs to be done. I have just started reiki, beginning to make meditation, and visualization a daily priority… sprinkled with some cognitive therapy and dietary changes. I will still continue to peruse the medication study in hopes to be accepted, but am quickly learning the importance of emotional, spiritual and mental health as well. I am reaching out to other professionals in holistic treatment to help me reach a balance in treatment and in life. Monty and I are taking baby steps towards a major dietary change and are seriously looking at the macrobiotic diet. I have expressed how lonely lupus is, but in reality I am not alone on this journey. I am grateful for all of the love and support that I am blessed with. I continue to welcome any ideas, feed back, or referrals to resources that may be helpful. I have already received so much guidence from my family and friends… that has helped me get to this place. I plan on continuing to share my story in hopes that it may help someone else. We are all connected, but I am finding that opening ourselves up, helps us better feel those connections. It is much easier for me to share the pretty uplifting parts of my story (my life), but I am also discovering that it is therapeutic for me (and hopefully helpful to others) to be honest and real about my weaknesses and challenges. So here we go….
I am limited to what herbal supplements I am able to take due to qualifying for the study, but beyond that I am pretty open :)
P.S. I also still have family blog plans, so I have a more appropriate place to share our stories.
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