Where I Stand...

One of the first things I noticed about a week into my crazy, sexy diet was that my swelling in my back (I had a huge pocket of swelling for months and months; my saving grace though b/c it's proof to doctors that I am not making up my pain for pain pills) began to go down. I have been icing the hell outta this thing for months with nothing, nada. Then I start the diet and it improves....ahhhhhh.... Next, the pain was gone during the day until about 3 pm, then 6 pm, then 11pm, then it didn't come at all! I was so happy on that day that I cried tears of joy for the first time in a really long time. I could do things without thinking about it. It was so amazing...is so amazing! Don't get me wrong, I have definately not wanted to stay on the diet some days and I considered committing a double homicide on kale and celery.

I grew a little to eager too soon though and cheated on the diet for Thanksgiving, which lead to a little cheating for the following two days (hello? leftovers!). This proved to be a mistake, as I began to flare up and have pain Saturday to Monday. I re-committed Monday to now (Wednesday) and again my pain has tappered off and my swelling is almost completely gone! Thank you body!!!! I don't know what to make of it and here's why:

• It is too good to be true that I could fix this damn thing with just food, right? Am I brainwashed by society to not think it could be done? I mean people treated themselves for years before medicine became a giant 'for profit' money-maker. And let us not forget that the proof is in the pudding: pain meds and anti-inflammatories= no difference, clean diet=huge reduction in pain.... but will it last?
• Did it actually shrink or is my diet so clean (ie anti-inflammatory diet) that it is reducing the amount of general inflammation in my body so that it can better focus on reducing the swelling in my back, which in turn is reducing my pain?

Either way I am sticking with what works, if only to keep myself from slipping back into depression. It is a lot easier to be optimistic when you can have a break from excruciating pain...huh....go figure! Well, I will be keeping this updated as often as I can and if anyone, anywhere decides to start reading this then thank Buddha! I hope I can help someone...this one lady on another blog was basically saying her goodbyes and getting ready to commit suicide...yikes...wish I could reach her...