Last year was the first year that I had the ability, and hope, that I could withstand an 11 hour flight, to visit Europe. That trip was an amazing adventure, even walking through Pompeii during the heatwave last July.
In the years prior to this, I couldn’t even plan a dinner out with friends! My body was my enemy and I was helpless to change, yet gradually, over time and with the Protocols that I had found, my body began to heal!
I was nervous about making the commitment to go, not sure if I would have a debilitating flare, either before the trip, or during it. Thankfully it was better than I could have imagined! As a matter of fact, it was during that trip that we booked our next adventure back to Europe for this year!
I have continued to feel better and better, to the point that Steve and I are making up for those “lost years” with my disabilities.
I now have FIVE trips planned between now and August already. I leave in 2 weeks for the first one, where I’m flying down to our home in the Caribbean, for the first time in 2 years. I’ve been a couple of times since my surgery in 2018 but each one was a very difficult trip.
I had only gone because we had work that needed to be done on our home, that I had to oversee in person. They were definitely not vacation trips, and many tears were shed each time.
Now it’s different! This will be a vacation and friends are joining me!
We have a few smaller trips after and then the BIG one in July. We’re flying to Amsterdam for a few days and then cruising through Northern Europe. After the cruise we’re then going to take trains and visit several other cities in Germany and France, before flying home at the end of the month!
I’m sharing all of this because, again, I want to give you all the hope that you too can get an active life back. I had resigned myself to a lifetime spent at home, mostly in bed, with my health declining.
I always tried to keep a positive attitude and give thanks for the many gifts that I have been given, but for my own sanity I had stopped hoping for the “retirement” that Steve and I had been planning for decades. I had to come to a place of emotional acceptance of where I was, or I would continue to stay in a state of disappointment and despair.
As I began to find different protocols that gradually gave me my health back, piece by piece, I had a much greater sense of gratitude for every little milestone.
The protocols that I use started with Dr Tennant’s Protocol but I continue to find new things that give me more relief and recovery, beyond his recommendations. As I do, I share them here. It’s my hope that these discoveries will make the journey easier for those who come behind me.
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