soy vey
Speaking of Loudon Wainwright III, I’ve been singing one of his classic songs to myself today — the one that starts, “I went to the doctor, the doctor said Son, you look older than me and I’m 81…” Yes, I went to the doctor yesterday. I haven’t been feeling particularly good for….awhile…a few years….true confession almost since I started OM yoga because it is very stressful having a business! I had no idea. I thought it would just be fun and nice to teach yoga in my own way that I wanted to share. And, of course, it is wonderful and the community is my family but there is stress involved. I was diagnosed with Hashimodo’s in 2001 and have been taking medication for that ever since and it helped me a lot. With an autoimmune thyroid disorder like that it is important for me to get my blood tested frequently.
So, I went to a new doctor and she took out so much blood that my arm hurt for two days. That was last month. Yesterday I got the results, not all which I want to share, not just yet anyway. But I found out that one thing I was being tested for was food sensitivity. And, boy am I sensitive! I have off the chart high sensitivity to:
yeast
soy
cheese
oranges
peanuts
beans
milk
eggs
yogurt
and medium sensitivities to a bunch of other delicious stuff. There is a part of me that isn’t sure this kind of testing is real except that even when I was a kid I got splotchy face from oranges and there have been some bean incidents that are best not mentionedl. I also found out that even though I’ve been in the sun a lot this summer I have almost no Vitamin D, no folic acid, no magnesium and no hormones. Gosh, it’s amazing that I can function at all! She gave me a bunch of stuff to take and after one night I must say I am loving that melatonin. Anyway, hope this isn’t too much of an overshare but isn’t that what people do on blogs. I will try to report how my practice is helping me navigate this information but it’s too soon to say except for now I’m just watching my mind. And my diet.
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