Greetings!
This will be short again. Went to the eye specialist on Thursday. There had been a little bit of improvement, but not that much. She bumped me back to starting the gradual steroid withdrawal from the top again. That means I went back to 4 times a day for a week, then 3 times a day, etc. I see her again on Monday the 26th to see how I am progressing.
Yes, this inflammation could have been caused by my chronic inflammation (fibromyalgia) that has been set off into the unknown by my immunotherapy cancer treatments and has not settled down since it did cure me (attacked the cancer cells). Immunotherapy works by getting your immune system (mine had been compromised for about 20 years before getting cancer) to attack the cancer cells that don't belong. Trouble is it can also attack any cells it chooses to and there's no real way to stop the random attacks. So, yes...my own body's immune system may be the cause of the wisdom tooth (dealing with that on Feb 4th) which is causing the nerve to my ear to be quite upset and may also be the cause of the sudden eye inflammations.
So, instead of waiting to use up foods I already have as I slowly switch over to the one ingredient natural foods diet with no processed foods...Leah really got on me about doing it right now. Okay. Can't hurt and might help. I packed up everything I could find quickly and sent it upstairs this past weekend.
I can make soups and such if all the ingredients are whole foods. Basically it is eating whole foods. I haven't investigated it thoroughly yet, so I don't know where dairy products land in this new way of eating. But I shall search more this week. I still can't see well to read or write or type for any length of time, so I do things like that little by little. That's the goal for this coming week--research this diet more. (This was what the first eye specialist recommended...with intermittent fasting as a way to try to stop inflammation in my body.)
Also, stress has always affected my fibro. Leah talked to me about watching even less news than I already have been. I don't get regular TV or cable--only online stuff. I cancelled several YouTube political channels--even though I often just read the titles to know what is going on. I will still know the basics, but am going to try to watch much less for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. I may decide I prefer it. Who knows? But I have never been one to be the ostrich with my head in the sand. Time will tell.
I did tell her that if we are talking stress...not being unpacked is stressful to me, too. Enough said.
We have had snow a few times.
Oh, and after the eye appointment I did go to a lab and get my bloodwork done for my CTscans this coming Wednesday. :)
I am focusing on watching more art videos. Hope to be able to manage to do something simple soon. Found a lady doing Tiny Tuesdays this year where she does simple small (ATC size) paintings but you could do any size you want and use any medium you want. Week one was a coffee mug and week two was a fried egg--lol! Sounds like fun. They look simple enough I could maybe do them with one eye--lol! I haven't been able to participate yet, but I plan to soon. And then I could join the show your art on Sundays on DVArtist's blog where you can show art, your art area, or talk about art/creativity each week. :) All that really does sound better than watching the news--lol!
I seem to be getting slower and slower to heal and am having such weird things happening to my body. Maybe this will help. Can't hurt, right? Change of diet and focus of mind. Wish me luck.
Until next week...thanks for hanging in there with me. You have no idea what you all mean to me. *love and hugs*
2 comments:
Oh my you have had such a time of it. Hope and pray you get better soon.
I'm hoping the eye inflammation settles down. Yes, everything's connected, dammit. I can see you're longing to make art again --go for it! And thank you for checking in even when it's really difficult to do it.
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