Okay, so many of you know that I became very ill on Tuesday night, and several of my dear friends want to know what happened.  So, here it is.

By the way, I really hate these kind of posts.  I try not to whine about my health issues on this blog, but I would rather type it once, than repeat ten times :)

So, it really goes back a bit further than Tuesday.  You all know I have been working some things with my health. Well, I had gotten to the point that it was time to do a cleanse.  To be more specific, a yeast/fungal cleanse.  I have had a problem with yeast imbalance for about 15 years.  However, I wasn’t prepared for what happened during this cleanse.

So the long and short of it is, when you do a cleanse like this, you have to go to the bathroom….a lot.  Nuf said. Well, the cleanse itself was about 2 weeks long.  So, two weeks, of going to the bathroom…a lot.  However, when I finished the cleanse supplements, my body didn’t stop cleansing.  So, I waited, and drank a lot of water and even some electrolytes. 

Then, last week I started having stomach cramps and even some vomiting.  At the time, I thought it was food poisoning.  But, the cramping really never stopped.  So, at this point, we’re talking 40 days of “cleansing symptoms.”   Oh joy!  :)

Tuesday evening, Mr. OverKill and I went out on our normal date night.  I felt just fine.  We had a lovely dinner at our favorite local Thai restaurant, and I felt pretty good, only some mild cramping.  About 2:00am on Wednesday morning, I woke up feeling bad, I had more vomiting, and thought I was about to die.  I really thought that Mr. OverKill was going to have to take me to the ER. But I made it through the night and was able to get an appointment for Wednesday afternoon with my awesome, holistic, MD in Tampa.

So my awesome, holistic, Doc listened to my symptoms, we laughed a little, and then she told me that all these symptoms were a result of doing the yeast detox.  I am going to do a few tests to confirm this diagnosis, but here’s the skinny.  I had SO MUCH yeast in my system, that it is taking this long to rid myself of it.  I have also been having some random itchiness on my palms, torso, legs, eh pretty much everywhere.  This is also a symptom of yeast detox.

So, she put me on this:

And I laughed, really more cleansing???? No Way!!!!

Ok, but here’s the thing, this stuff works extremely well. It is going to finish removing the last of the yeast from my body.  It looks like this:

You have to mix it with something….orange juice, WITH PULP, works really well. And then, you chug it FAST!!!  If you don’t chug it FAST it turns into a big blob.  The point is, that is what it does in your gut.  In doing so, it absorbs all the yucky yeast and passes it out of your system. Interestingly enough, since I started taking it last night, I haven’t had to visit the bathroom nearly as much.  Not exactly what I was expecting.

Mr. Ok’s mom and dad have had the kids for us since yesterday afternoon, what a blessing!  So, I have had today to rest and try to regain my strength.  I am still pretty weak, but am definitely feeling much better than I did Tuesday.

Thank you for all the prayers offered on my behalf!

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