I’d like to start off by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a great and healing New Year to all MP’ers and to all the fantastic life saving and life restoring MP staff.
I reported last time that I had suffered from a herniated cervical disc. After numerous physiotherapy sessions including neck traction, I am more or less restored to normal. A little numbness in my left hand remains, and a little reduced strength remains – but all the clumsiness in that hand has gone as has all the pain…fantastic!!
The other interesting thing is that I tried the last phase 3 combo of M + B + C and I really didn’t get much herx at all (except for the herniated disk…if that really was herx related?). I stuck it out for a while, nearly three months in fact – and nothing dramatic happened at all.
I thought: “Is this it? Am I really done?” But I couldn’t really be done as I still had a few spots of psoriasis left, so some bugs must still be there.
So about three weeks ago, I started back at the first phase 3 combo (M + Z + C) and I was quite surprised at the strength of herx that I got from it…
…now when I say strength of herx, it is all relative of course. It was nothing that cramped my style at all…just a quite noticeable return of chest herx and sinus herx.
My fitness is returning regardless and I am able to train harder than I have done in many years. Our karate club continues to thrive and we have just recently graded another five students to black belt – a really satisfying achievement.
I have no emotional herx, no fatigue at all and no insomnia – in fact my energy levels are very high indeed. I haven’t had a single kidney stone attack since phase 1.
My family are still holding their breaths for some sort of relapse, but they are finally starting to believe that it is all for keeps this time – fingers crossed.
I am still a little light sensitive in the eyes, so dark glasses are still a part of my image – but I do venture out into the sun at times to play with the kids with minimal consequence.
We will be spending Christmas at the beach at the Bay of Plenty this year with lots of good food, drink, family and friends…and to think that in 2002, I thought that my days were numbered.
Thanks again everyone – stay safe and be happy!
Cheers
Guss
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