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Random Acts of Kindness - Please Nominate Someone You Know Who Needs It

1/5/2015

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In 2014 there were 200,000 visitors to Lady of Lyme. While I am still in complete shock and awe at that number, my heart is also sad because that many people are going through (or know someone going through) this debilitating disease. For me it really put into perspective the scale of those who are globally hurting & looking for answers. The purpose of Lady of Lyme has always been outreach, and compiling every single bit of useful information I could research into one place. The goal was always (and will always be) to hopefully make everyone who visits feel a bit less alone in their journey.

With that being said, as I looked at 2015 and thought about resolutions I pondered about what I would want mine to be. I realized that what I wanted most of all is to make this year less about me & more about others. I believe firmly that God gave me this challenge and this outlet for a reason. I want to glorify Him in all that I do, and I felt like the perfect way to do it would be Random Acts of Kindness.

On any given day I have a hard time complaining because I know all the ways God has blessed my life. No matter the circumstances I begin each prayer giving thanks for all the good I experienced that day. I also know that so many others are out there really hurting (emotionally, physically or both), and those really tough times are hard to get through. When someone feels down and out its hard to see the blessings or feel the love. Often times they feel more alone than ever & think that no one cares.

So, for my Random Acts of Kindness project of 2015 I am asking you all if you know someone who could use some extra love. This is not limited to Lyme disease or any disease for that matter. This is about anyone who is having a hard time in any way shape or form. If you know a caregiver who could use a smile, or someone facing any kind of tough time please submit their names. For each month I will choose a person from your submissions and will send them a personalized gift basket which is completely anonymous. It will simply show up on their doorstep and my idea is to fill it with items that will lift them up, and hopefully bring them joy.

If you know someone who can use this please send me a direct email with the persons name, back story/info & address. All information will be strictly confidential and also all gifts will be delivered anonymously. The more info you can give me on their likes/dislikes and what things make them happy the more personalized I can make it.

I want to thank everyone who has something kind to say to me, or has lifted me up throughout the years. It's a long road to travel, but knowing that I have people behind me giving support has always meant the world.

xoxo,
Christina
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A New & Powerful Way To Detox: Activated Charcoal Poultice

1/2/2015

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When you get to the point during treatment that not only do you feel miserable, but your liver and pancreas are hurting terribly & your kidneys feel like they have knives in them, you realize your body is teetering on being over pushed. This is what happened to me recently. I overdid it, and my body was not equipped to handle it. All the regular things I did to detox were no longer keeping up. They did help, but not as much as they needed to. Here I was, 4 days before Christmas feeling the sickest I have felt in weeks, and trying to do all I could to calm the storm. This was when I came across a wonderful testimonial about using an activated charcoal poultice placed over the liver and pancreas to pull out toxins and normalize liver and pancreas enzymes.

I have known about charcoal for a long time, and took capsules internally, but it never dawned on me that it could also be used outside the body. Activated charcoal is incredibly powerful. They use it in hospitals when patients have overdosed, and it really latches on to toxins and clears it out of the system. The many testimonials I read spoke about making a poultice (which I will explain below), and putting it over the liver area for 8 hours per day. Just to give you an example of how powerful this can be, there was a young lady with chronic pancreatitis who was going to have her pancreas removed because of how bad her case was. Even with pain meds, nausea meds & a liquid diet she was still constantly so ill that it was uncontrollable. A doctor who was familiar with activated charcoal began her on a regimen of using the poultice 8 hours a night over her pancreas, and drinking a slurry internally 3x a day. Within 48 hours she was eating solid food, and within 2 weeks she was out of bed functioning. It took 3 months to get her to a normal and stable place, but to me it was a huge testament. Others shared how their high liver enzymes got normalized within a few weeks, and all these great stories were enough for me to give it a try myself.

It is extremely important to use PURE charcoal powder for this. At first I took my capsules and crushed them up and tried to do it that way. It was a big mistake because all the fillers in them actually made me much more sick. It wasn't until I switched to pure charcoal powder that I realized what a world of difference it makes. I buy mine here & it's worked really well!

You can read how to make a poultice here, but its basically like a charcoal patch that sits over the liver and pulls toxins out.The key is to tape it up so that it stays damp on the skin. It sounds far fetched, but I can attest to just how much this indeed helps. It has made all the difference for me since I began, and I am so thankful I landed upon it. It has helped clear the brain fog, gave me a little pep in my step, and just overall taken down the toxic feeling. If you have ever felt it, you know what I mean. You feel like you are in a haze, and your body feels weighed down and exhausted. Using the activated charcoal poultice along with my other detox methods has helped during my time of extreme need, and I urge you to give this a try! A tablespoon of the powder is all you need per dose so the 1lb bag goes a long way. You can also mix it in water or put it in capsules to take it internally which is a great toxin binder, but you MUST make sure to drink it 2 hours away from all meds (since it will soak them up). The charcoal poultice on the skin though will NOT interfere with medicine absorption.

Steps:

​1. Mix up some charcoal powder with 1 TBSP of water to make a paste the texture of pancake batter.
2. Either put this mix directly on your skin over the liver/pancreas OR use a cheesecloth and put that on your skin first and put the charcoal mix on top of it. Because the fabric of cheesecloth has holes the paste will get through without it being directly on your skin. It's up to you. 
3. Take a piece of paper towel and wet it so its damp and place it on top of the charcoal paste.
4. Take a piece of Saran Wrap and put it over top of the damp towel. Optional, you can tape the edges of the Saran Wrap with a paper tape to seal it in. 
5. Take a heating pad and put it on top of this poultice to lock in heat and draw the charcoal into the skin. 
6. Lie like this for at least an hour (longer if possible)

I hope this can be helpful to someone else, if you have any questions please feel free to leave me a comment & I will do my best to answer it. As always I am not a Doctor, so none of this is intended to supplement medical advice.

xoxo,
Christina
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