Even
though I hated the drinks in the Kaeng Raeng cleanse, I decided to try detoxing
again as it seems like more issues have popped up since having my Mirena
removed last December. But I knew I couldn’t stomach that cleanse again, so I
decided to try a full juice cleanse. I’ve ordered from Juice from the Raw, their whenever cleanse. I plan to start it Saturday and
give my system a good clean right before Thanksgiving. The timing isn’t the
greatest, but the winter months are already hitting hard and I worry that my
issues will be exacerbated by the cold.
So,
basically, my latest issue is my skin. I have horrible eczema on my right hand,
though it’s cleared up a bit on my left, it has spread to my legs in recent
weeks. I’m constantly trying not to scratch at it, but the itching is
ridiculous and sometimes it just really hurts. I’ve been putting cortizone
cream on my hands with lotion, and that has been helping, but it’s not curing.
My next stop after the cleanse will be a dermatologist, but I want to at least
give this a try. My job is adding a ridiculous requirement to their health care
plans that requires me to get a PCP and take a health survey. They will then
send the results of that survey to me and I have to take it in to my PCP and
have them sign off that they spoke with me about it. My hatred of doctors is
making me resent my employers, but if I don’t do it, I face hefty fines. So, I
figure when I get the survey, I’ll find a PCP and schedule a physical, and then
I’ll dump all my problems on that poor unsuspecting soul all in one visit and
get any referrals I need!
Once
again, in preparing to detox, I’ve started the not-so-fun elimination diet. I
kicked the caffeine and sugar habit on Monday, yesterday was my last day of red
meat. Today will be my last day of any meat and dairy. Tomorrow I give up
bread, which means Friday will be a long day of just fruits, veggies and water.
*sigh* Eric is taking me to get sushi on Friday night for dinner. No raw fish
for me, just the vegetarian stuff. I’m not a fan of “real” sushi anyway, so it
works out that the place we go to has a vegetarian platter. I had it before my
last cleanse and it was surprisingly really good, particularly their avocado
roll. Then Saturday, I start my cleanse. Kidlet is with her dad until Monday
night, so I have a good 3 days to just feel miserable while I try to restart my
body. I’ve rescheduled appointments and just plan to sit at home and watch the
Gilmore Girls while I feel like hell. :P I’m not sure if it’ll be as bad this
time or not, but I’m prepared for the worst. Maybe it’ll be better since I lost
some weight between my last cleanse and this one? One can dream…
I just
hope the drinks aren’t as disgusting as the last ones were. It’s nice that they
are pre-made and bottled so all I have to do is open a bottle and start
drinking. GroupOn had a deal for this place, which cut the price essentially in
half. I figure I’ll have two full days after the cleanse to ease back into
eating normal food before the smorgasbord of food on Thanksgiving, and even
then, I can limit what I put on my plate. We’re having Thanksgiving with Eric’s
family at his sister’s house and it’s my year with kidlet, so she’ll get to
meet all of his family. I don’t have her for Christmas this year, which sucks,
but at least I know I won’t hear her pounding on my door at 5 am on Christmas
begging to go see the presents. :P We’re supposed to have Christmas with my
family the Sunday before so they can see her open presents and we can exchange
with them as well. I’m not planning on going down for the traditional Christmas
Eve dinner and gift exchange because Eric isn’t off that day and we’re not sure
how early he could leave the office. So, I’m planning on just cooking us a meal
for two and then Christmas Day we’ll spend with my extended family.
Haven’t
updated in a while, but life has been pretty hectic. I had to plan a conference
for work in October, which took a lot of time and effort on my part. I’ve asked
the head of the conference to please plan it for November next year if she
wants me to attend because I don’t want to plan it in the middle of making
final plans for the wedding, and I plan to be off a lot in October next year,
so I wouldn’t really be around to help anyway. But we’re slowly getting things
together. We have quite a few vendors booked and will work on the rest in the
coming months. Having 2 years was probably the best decision I ever made. I don’t
feel very stressed about it right now, but I expect that to change as this
final year draws towards a close.
I will
try to update each day of the cleanse like I did before. We’ll see how well I
do!
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