A little story about how an illness followed a stressful time...

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My illness always follows stressful times. I used to think I was " lucky " to

be healthy enough to live at lightening speed. I've learned at what cost. If

you knew me a year ago you would find it odd to that I, of all people on

this or the Curezone board, am one of the more cautious types.

Here's my most recent example of illness-following-stress: A year and a half

ago, when it was discovered our house had a faulty foundation and was likely

to collapse, I had a week to remove everything from the first floor while

contractors jacked it up. I'm an artist so, at the same time, I designed the

whole demolished downstairs. I'm also a maniac so I didn't eat well, got no

sleep and lived on drinks, drugs and adrenalin for almost a year. I'd

complained throughout the job that I felt something was terribly wrong

inside but I continued to work hard, added pain pills and begged my body to

please hold out until I could finish.

The morning after I'd entertained friends with " I filled the last dumpster "

dinner party to celebrate the end of the job, I woke up feeling incredibly

happy, pleased and satisfied with my beautiful house and life in general.

By 3 in the afternoon, however, I was in excruciating pain and violently

throwing up thick black blood. At the hospital I was put on tubes and given

morphine for a week. Turns out I'd had a gastric ulcer that had perforated

my stomach and the violent heaving had somehow blocked my gastric canal. And

that is only the beginning of my 8 month long odyssey that finds me now with

Candida (and very happy to be alive.)

The very next day! Long story short -- I learned that health really IS in

our hands. We have tremendous willpower! My willpower was able to keep this

horrible ulcer at bay until the moment I allowed my body to deal with it.

It's powerful lesson to learn firsthand that your willpower can kill you.

So now I'm a bit of a conservative when it comes to " treatment " because I

never ever want to let my goals preside over my dear sweet body. I'm

learning to listen, breathe deeply and be very thoughtful about what I throw

in my mouth.

I still have all those boxes to unpack..

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From: francilor@... [mailto:francilor@...]

Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:01 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Epstein-Barr Virus & Chronic Fatigue

Dans un e-mail daté du 31/05/2004 18:59:56 Romance Standard Time,

robin.reese@... a écrit :

> Francine, did you ever get a liver panel done while you had CFS?

No, at the time the doctors I saw did not even aknowledge CFS as a disease;

it was still controversial and only the most progressive MDs accepted the

notion of CFS.

I got disgusted, hearing " it'a just depression, take valium " or being given

drugs that made me sick, like some stuff which made the urinary burning much

worse.

CFS went away by itself after a year and half or so. Based on my

hypersensitive body, I am usually better off staying away from agressive

therapies.

I had CFS once and candida twice; each time after periods of extreme stress,

when I was totally worn out. It seems that when the situation which produces

the inbalance goes away, my body balances itself overtime without any

outside

intervention, including for the first candida.

This time, I am following the diet, because it is clear that it works, and

it

does not traumatize my body. I have the feeling candida impairs the

functions

of a number of organs, like the liver and gallgbladder, which always gives

me

trouble when I have candida. When the candida is cured, my liver/gallbladder

seem to work fine, my food allergies go away as well.

I know, I am a bad customer for doctors and big laboratories, :-) shame on

me!

Francine