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Atypical TB- It is Worth Doing The Right Thing!
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(Aug 12)
Worth Doing the Right Thing!
There has been a Story from a while back, well before i got ill with A-TB
that strongly Influenced my entire attitude throughout my Double Fight
with A-TB and even worse than that with the Antibiotic inflicted case
of Malassezia Yeast Proliferation that brought me to the brink of insanity.
I don’t know how long i can keep going, as at times the daily battle
with the second beast, plunges me emotionally under water
and i see my constant fight as futile and without any purpose
-this only temporarily, as surprisingly from the depths of despair
rises something that lifts me up, and throws me back
into the arena of the ‘Down here’…
Here is the Story:
My first, Vibrant and Youthful Mother in Law, many years back
was diagnosed with malignant Breast Cancer and lost one breast.
Even though i was not as informed or involved with Nutrition as i am now
-been young, pretty and healthy and all bad things happening to other people-
i still remember saying from some wise part of myself:
“I guess Now you will have to Change Your Diet!”
She replied:
“ Oooh!..Nah!.. Noooo Way!… I Cannot live without my Stake! ”
I was stunned and confounded and did not know what to say.
Less that 2 years later she passed away due to advancing Cancer.
I felt really sorry because i liked her but the message derived for me was:
She Could have LIVED without her Stake… but Not with It…
My second Mother in Law, years later, also diagnosed with Breast Cancer
and lost Both Breasts to it – was a great ‘Fighter’s Inspiration’ for me,
and did exactly this:
She Turned Over a New Leaf to the Best of her Knowledge,
incorporated a lot of Fresh Raw items in her Diet and some basic Supplements.
How good the degree of change i am not aware, but there was a point
in one of our gatherings that i thought in my head:
‘She is eating much like me now!’
She is Still Alive today and in a very Advanced age
despite a Heart Condition on the side.
It is Worth Doing the Right Thing!
As For My Self:
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I have No doubt in my Mind that
“Having Chosen Nutrition
I have Chosen Life!
Had I Chosen Taste or Habit
I would have Hasten Death”
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It has been exactly Three Years almost to the day,
Aug 09 to Aug 12 – (Now May 13 as revising this entry)
that i have been Completely Off the Antibiotics
and i do not know whether they helped in the end
or simply landed me in the Malassezia Yeast Hell.
I will never know, it is mainly what i believe
based on events and results.
Before the Antibiotics i never knew there existed something
called Malassezia, let alone been aware it might be on my Body!
For Now
* I Climb up 101 Steps Daily
* Walk 3K
* I am Not on Any medication whatsoever for A-Tb or Anything else
* I need No Oxygen machine (…yet)
This is not too bad for a person with the size of a matchstick box
of remaining of healthy(?) Lung supposed to have Died 10 years Back
not to mention fighting Malassezia Yeast on top
which is highly antagonistic to anything beneficial i try for my Lungs…
Due to Not being able to Swim any more
my condition is definitely deteriorating Fast…
I can Feel it but i still keep going…
I have No regrets and could not have done anything better,
except perhaps for one thing:
“Get Off the Antibiotics as Soon as Possible and give my Body a Chance!”
instead of over-bombarding it Day and Night Non-Stop, for so Long…
Now that i have been through this hard journey and have learned so much
-the hard way as is usually the case- i often think in retrospect:
If i were able to Rewind Time, Events and Decisions
This is what i would Choose to advise Myself
Starting with a Clean Slate:
* Give a Chance to the ‘Recommended Length’ of Antibiotic Treatment;
If it Works, get out as soon as possible –unless otherwise advised
and only IF there is good reasoning behind the recommendation-
and then Get On with Earnestly Building my Immune System.
* If it does Not Work… No reason flogging a Dead Horse
while Poisoning my Entire Body with Consequences waiting
to Pile up at the end – if lucky / unlucky to reach the other end
and …
Get On with Earnestly Building my Immune System
and NEVER STOP until my Body Is No More …
For Now and while still here:
My Motto and Rules are – and always have Been:
* Be Gentle and Nurturing to the Ailing Organ or Area
* Be Kind and Protective to My Body
* Allow Time and have Patience to discover the True Cause
* Be Prepared to Correct it with All means Available If not harmful
* Listen to and Trust my Body’s Messages
* Rely on Its Inherent Willingness and Wisdom to Heal
* Be Brutal and Relentless Only to the Enemy if possible.
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May 13:
Since i posted this Entry almost a year ago, i have successfully gained
Considerable Control and Reduction in Malassezia Presence and Activity
and Life is much more liveable and with less disturbance from the Lungs,
despite unfavourable changes in circumstances.
(More about the unfavourable changes in upcoming entry)
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