Into the Lion's Den: Screw the Doctors Report!

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth

WELCOME!!!

So the fine print... THIS IS MY BLOG, the opinions express are mine. I am not ashamed or going to pussy foot around what I have to say. Don't like it? As Bob and Doug would say "Take off eh!". Only a real Canadian will get that...

So in 2019 about October, I went to the doctor cuz my lower back and hip were literally crippling me. I could hardly walk. Once upon a time I was a Flatbed driver with my sexy hubby, but getting in and out of the truck literally brought me to tears so I had to "retire" for a bit. Well, nut shell, I go in and do a few tests and find out I have some Autoimmune disorder, leaning towards lupus which runs in the family.

Okay, I can handle that, it sucks but it's not a death sentence. Off to a rheumatoid Doctor to deal with my back. (My daughter falls in love with him at first sight) he is concerned cuz the tests he has done is showing blood in urine which doesn't jive with arthritis in my back... okay, a little concerning but again, not the end of my life...

Off to have a camera scope my bladder... ya I don't recommend that.

Bladder fine, but no clue why there is blood.

Sent to London to see a "specialist" at the big hospital there.

Pull up, look for the right door...

CANCER CLINIC

Beg your pardon? What the future... (😂 autocorrect right there!!!)

So I figure maybe I have the wrong department. Nope. I'm at the right place but no one told me anything about cancer!!!

So I talk to this new doctor who is apparently the best blood Dr in Ontario... I'm not going to be specific with names or places... anywhere, we do more blood tests among other.

Well he sez your lungs are horrible (ya saw that coming. I lived in -50c climate for a while and tell me how ur lungs fair, not to mention the on/off smoking I had done for 25yrs...) and you are what we call pre-cancer and then something about smoldering myeloma. I pretty much stopped listening at the word "cancer"... so doc, let's nut shell this for me, what exactly are you saying to me and dumb it right down. Basically I have a 5% chance of developing full blown cancer in the next 10 years... so what I hear is I have a 95% chance of never developing it!

The glass is half full...

So my "sexy as all get out" hubby Ryan, my gorgeous daughter and I sit down to have a discussion. Nothing more exciting then telling a very dramatic teen your doctor report... tears and fear... Well here is were the rubber meets the road, I am a firm believer in the Bible and Jesus and as we sat together we prayed for answers.

Time to change my life. I had quit smoking 3yrs previous so that was a good start (cold turkey), but to beat the devil you got to fight from the inside out! I decided with my family that we would clean our eating habits and get our bodies right. AIP diet and Keto.

Cancer can kiss my grits. Lupus or whatever the hell it is can kiss my grits too! I AM NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!!!

MY LIFE TODAY

Everyday bloody day, I literally fight to get out of bed. My back and hip hurts so bad that even rolling over puts my body into a pain spasm, but I do it! It takes me a good 30 mins some days to get from lying to sitting to standing, but I do it!

I am then lead to my bathroom by my escorts- my cats... apparently I am not allowed to pee by myself.

Next I make my power coffee: collagen, bone marrow, vitamins, minerals, vegetables, Ghee, mct oil😋 I'm telling you, if you don't have a strong stomach you ain't gonna drink this shit!

So after I get my kid off to school, I catch a couple Pokémon, drink my mud then I spend the next 1-2 hours working out. Hard.

Now folks, don't any of you say you can't exercise! I call bullshit!!!

I hurt, I work out. Yes I have to modify my workouts, but I do it! Joint friendly HIIT is the way to go!

So I start on my eleptical, then my rower to get my heart pumping followed by joint friendly HIIT and finally a good warm up for whatever part of my body I am working on then I hit the Smith machine.

I'm a novice, I'm just starting out so I don't use weight plates just yet. My maximum lifting weight is 40lbs. Like I said I am not here to power lift, I'm here to build strength.

I am slowly getting stronger. Last week I was doing 10lbs bent over pull ups and today I did 20lbs with minimal struggle!!! I've been consistent now for 3 weeks, so just at the very beginning. No I'm not seeing any physical changes yet, but for the past 3 days, I have been able to get out of bed with almost no pain!!! I take one extended release advil a day to help with inflammation. My goal is to be free of all medications.

I am a very natural person. . I use minimal medications to control the pain. In fact, when I had my hysterectomy I didn't need any pain killers!!!

I don't give a rats fat ass for what my doctors had to say. I will not die from cancer and I will not become cripple from the Autoimmune issue either. I can beat this. Yeah I hurt, yeah I am always overly tired, but every day I get stronger!

That's what this blog is about. We all start our journeys at very different places, I just happen to have waited till I was fat and sick! Lol 😆 Who doesn't like a challenge!

So, let's walk this together, I will tell you my daily life, and y'all can tell me yours.

I have had a few set backs, like the hysterectomy, and my back going out, but here we are. April 1st 2021! Look what I lifted today (photo below)... man, if my life journey can help one person, all this pain is worth it.

WELCOME TO THE LIONS DEN GYM, good by couch... no couch, no excuse.

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3 sets, barbell and hex weights

THIS IS THE LION...

I hate this machine! It kicks my ass, my lungs suck right now, so it's the hardest thing I do. My daughter does 45mins to 1hr on this thing like a hot knife through butter.