When the rubber meets the road

Sorry if my last post was a bit pessimistic. I am not good at faking the pollyanna thing. I don't go back and read the old posts but, judging by some of the concern it caused, I gather I wasn't real peppy. Last week was tough. I've developed some kind of a condition where my hands and feet swell, sometimes my left ankle and the back of my left calf and knee, and my elbows are sore when I get up in the morning. Knees hurt a lot. The joints in my big right toe and left pointer and tall finger are very painful all the time. Sometimes my wrists hurt badly. It's weird because it moves around. I can't find a diet connection. Exercise and anti-inflammatory substances don't help. I got myself all worked up when I went to see Dr. Virginia at the Cancer Center for Healing last week. I had in mind that,  I have 2 choices: go to the oncologist for a PET scan and probable biopsy on the hard lymph node on my hip, to be followed by the full chemo/bone marrow transplant ord...

I tend to write in this blog when I've gone through a valley and have come out the other side. My friend, Steve, who seems to always know exactly how to encourage me called it "coming back to center." I like that idea. We both know that means when I come back to the feet of Jesus - it's the only safe and peaceful place and it is my center. Today I am not through the valley, however. Since October, my hands and feet, left ankle and back of the knee, and sometimes my elbows swell up for no reason. I can no longer wear rings and my hands are very weak and painful. It isn't subsiding anymore and is getting worse by the day. I've stopped all supplements, herbs, tinctures, tonics to try to see if something I am doing is triggering the inflammation. I've gone raw vegan for 3 weeks and been growing and eating my own sprouts, soaking, sprouting, and dehydrating my own nuts and seeds, have eaten much more raw fruits and veggies since getting home. I also did a s...