A Cyst Has Not Destroyed My Spirit, Mind and Body Connections

As most of you may already know, I write in a food journal several times a week including a pain tolerance scale noted on daily, so I can keep up with the progress of my alternative treatment for the near-dissolution of a left ovarian cyst. I have had much success especially when I realize carbs that turn into single or double sugars feed the cyst and torture my ovary. These components of diet are really not missed. I cut out all white refined sugar and replaced it with a raw washed cane sugar. Plus, I include in my diet daily two to three portions of steamed or raw vegetables & nothing packaged or prepared such as microwaveable entrees, quick side dishes i.e. macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes or stuffing from micro to table in seconds ! Yuck, gag me !

Granted, it is more costly to purchase more organic foods than non-organic but I deserve the very best I can give myself. I suppose when I turned 40 some obscure facets of my health needs became more evident urging me to believe more strongly in the concept of 'entitlement'. I feel I have earned the right to demand what my body was neglected year after year after year and not skimp on nutritious, healthy, stress-free elements in my life that may cost more but are well worth every red cent I spend.

The things I want for my self improvement of spirit, mind and body connections are simple really. Aromatherapy is an inexpensive way to unwind and rejuvenate the inner essence that has appeared to have been drained after a long day. I buy unscented Egyptian or Dead Sea Salts and the individual pure essence oil of either Lavender, Bergemot, Ylang Ylang, Cinnamon, Chamomile, Frankincense, Myrrh, Sage, Yarrow, or anything else I want to use in order to create the most exotic calming or rejuvenating bath mixes a body and soul demands for complete satisfaction between the Spirit, Mind and Body !

The telephone, the computer, maybe the children, the spouse, the kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry, the out-of-house errands-- all need to be addressed by the one not leaving for a grueling 8-12 hour shift for an employer. Well, that would be me since mother and dad have dropped back on responsibilities of the household, finally giving these 'chores' back to me. It has been awhile since I have felt my independence has been stripped from me. However, through excruciating pain, research on treatment, plans, alternative therapies, trial and error, very disgruntled co-existence transpired during these trying times and slow recovery, my diminished-in-size and threat to functionality, this ovarian cyst did not keep me from getting back to work after three months off. I sense this as a huge blessing.

I added to my diet a much needed ingredient. It was discovered in reading and re-reading my food journal and pain journal. I saw a pattern of benefaction manifesting in that eating what my blood type expected I ingest, problems were noted when I veered from that valuable information. Due to a lack of Progesterone required to balance estrogen and testosterone, a wild yam concoction straight from the Asian market down the street provided me with a very reasonably-priced solution. My Progesterone levels to be quite low at certain times of the month and discovering in the second two-week of cycle knowing it is especially important for my body to make more, it fails. So I replace it naturally with dried wild yam root (NOT THE AMERICAN SWEET POTATO !), plus ingest 600iu's of vitamin B6 before bedtime and STOPPED taking doses of black cohosh, lemon balm, dong quai & licorice in a pill from Bioreflections Laboratory !

I now look forward to chanting "Cyst be gone with ammunition !" I have faith that Goddess gave me this to endure and suffer with but also to help find the right treatments for all women suffering so hysterectomies, partial or total, and infertility or hormone imbalances could be resolved by natural instead of synthetic means.

Under the definitions traditional medicine offers for a diagnosis and prognosis, an ovarian non-cancerous cyst should be dissolved within two-three normal cycles ! In lesser quantity of cases found, a cyst remains intact but small enough to not debilitate the sufferer. That is what I aimed to do when first diagnosed with this in 2006, February. Now that I think about the endless nights of pain, popping Alleve like candy, deciding meditation was stronger than Alleve and quitting that too, I am proud to admit things are improved by almost 80% . I just need to work on my 'thinking before speaking' bad habit in which some vile things can roll off the lips of this rather good-looking mature female adult! Wow, this process still requires alot of chanting and directing the healing energies through aromatherapy, meditation, nutrition, and strong faith in the less empirical view of things seemingly unknown or feared to be explored. Yet, I have got to try everything and apply it if it manifests an improved endocrine, gynecologic, emotional, psychological, physical and metabolic systems because I am totally against ANY and ALL surgical intervention.

Thank you for listening and have a great day !

sharing the light, Erica

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