Apparently, a 2 week break from sickness is what I got this time and then round 2 of upper respiratory crud, of a not Covid variety, came to visit me last week. Yes, Dear Reader, St. Nick is real, and I am sick again. In a world that seeks happiness as its highest goal, being reminded about St. Nick not always being jolly (i.e. the St. Nick slapping Arius incident) is helpful when happiness isn’t always on the menu because of illness. I did add a few additional anti-viral things to my arsenal this time round, and I’m happy to report that my mitochondria seem happy and my illness milder than others around me who have been having the same thing. However, thoughts of Sisyphus (and suffering Roman produce) have returned……….
In my personal devotional, I mentioned Sisyphus and how I found thoughts of him dancing around in my head during my last Covid reinfection and Long-Covid relapse. Going through this over and over again for the past 3 years was beginning to feel like having that boulder roll back down the hill on me shortly after making my way back up the recovery mountain. My experience with Covid is not my first post-viral rodeo. I’ve been through something like this before, but not with this kind of frequency of reinfection and intense relapses. I want to clarify that having feelings of wanting to die or wishing for death are not the same thing as considering suicide as far as I’m concerned. Long Covid messes with so many things including mood and feelings of being very off- of feeling not like yourself at all. I’ve heard other long haulers express feelings of wanting to die. Sadly, some are considering and committing suicide.
If any of you long-haulers haven’t had the chance to meet Utah mom, and Co-chairman @ react19.org, Brianne Dressen, I would like to introduce you to her and her story which may sound familiar to you because her symptoms are similar to what I’ve experienced and what you’ve most likely experienced, but my own symptoms have been less extreme than what she has described. She shares about wanting to end her life, but with help, her symptoms have improved, and she is overcoming her suicidal thoughts. I think she’s someone we can look up to and be inspired by.
Video source link- Worth a Shot - YouTube
Link to her written story (book)- Worth a Shot?: Secrets of the Clinical Trial Participant Who Inspired a Global Movement―Brianne Dressen's Story: Pover, Caroline, Dressen, Brianne: 9781510783461: Amazon.com: Books
I don’t know about you, but in the early days of long-covid, interacting with others in long-covid groups (online) was very helpful, especially since I didn’t personally know anyone else who had long-covid. There was just something about knowing that, feeling as if a cell phone set on vibrate was going off inside my body, was also being experienced by other long haulers too, that helped me to feel a little less alone in my long-covid experience. They even had a name for it- internal vibrations. I now know when storms are coming, or the moon is full, or if coronal mass ejections are happening without having to look at a weather app. Some might think that these internal vibrations could be cool thing, but it’s not, it’s especially not cool at 3am. Stay subscribed for upcoming educational info on how good vibrations/frequencies can be used for healing, what I’m using for that, and yes mitochondria can find them (frequencies) to be beneficial, so I will most likely present the educational science on that as well.
In addition to the Pomegranate Toddy that was introduced last time, I have been enjoying a Hot Lemon Toddy which is a warm replacement for my summer Lemon Fizzy which is simply- fresh lemon juice (1 whole lemon), cold water (about 1/2-3/4 of a liter) mixed with a combo of sodium and potassium bicarbonate (about 1/8 tsp of each), and about a 1/4 tsp of magnesium chloride. To learn more about lemons, bicarbonate, cancer and microbial infections, here’s your link and quote-
Dr. Loyd Jenkins of the Budwig Center says, “If there is one thing you could do every day that would dramatically fight disease and increase your energy, consuming lemon juice combined with baking soda would be on the top of the list.
Baking Soda and Lemon Juice, Dr. Sircus
The Hot Lemon Toddy is pretty simple to make- to one cup of steamy hot water, add the juice of 1 (small) whole freshly squeezed lemon or 1/2 of a large lemon. Stir in a spoonful of raw honey to your taste, and add a couple of dashes of cayenne pepper, turmeric, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. The cayenne will warm you up and enhance the benefits of the other spices, no alcohol required, because as you may recall from our last newsletter, alcohol may not be a good choice for people with cancer and long-covid.
Here are the rest of the educational health benefits links for our Lemon Toddy-
Turmeric Benefits, Uses, Dosage, Recipes, Side Effects - Dr. Axe (may help fight inflammation, help prevent blood clots and help prevent some types of cancer).
Scroll down to chart in Table 1 to learn more about the herbs/spices used in our Toddy. Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antiviral Properties of Herbal Materials - PMC
Honey and cancer: A mechanistic review - PubMed
The health benefits of cayenne pepper include improvements in regard to digestion, immunity, heart diseases, dyspepsia, inflammation, headache, throat congestion, and blood circulation. Cayenne pepper improves the effectiveness of other herbs.(PDF) Blood Circulation Stimulation Properties of Cayenne Pepper:A Review
Cheers!
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If you are interested in our other recipes, they can be found at this link-
Recipes | Leaving Death in the Dust | Stephanie Schaible, MT (ASCP) | Substack
In other news, my cheery, chin up buttercup, t-shirt giving friend has struck again. She had her snowman painting put on a shirt and then she gave it to me for Christmas! My dad painted the snowman for her when he was on chemo about this time, two years ago. It’s like a bit of winter sunshine on these grey days, maybe even better than homemade chicken soup (with copious amounts of thyme) for a weary soul.
Best Wishes,
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