If you have not seen it, it is a must see. It will change your mind about food and what you eat. So after watching the documentary and doing much research, this is how we came to our conclusion to change our diet. If anything, it was good to be putting REAL food into our bodies. Not only does REAL food taste good, your body recognizes it and knows what to do with it. We are so happy with the changes that we made.
The first weekend in June, we attend a golf tournament in Lac La Biche for the women's shelter there. We have been attending for years and we look forward to this weekend away as it is a fun tournament for Glenn to play in and it is a wonderful weekend of relaxing for me. They put us up in a wonderful 2 storey hotel room with full kitchen and a two person jacuzzi tub. While Glenn is at the tournament, I rest, read, soak in the tub and just enjoy being away from all communication with the world! This year is no exception, we are looking forward to this weekend away. Saturday morning and afternoon I am doing my relaxing thing...all is going great! Then my stomach gives out on me again. I spend a couple of hours in agony and am disappointed that my wonderful day has been ruined. I get enough energy to go to the tournaments supper with Glenn. I can't wait for the events to be over as I just need to lay down and sleep. It was still a great weekend, just could have been nice to not have it interrupted once again.
June 14 I go back to Dr. Sholter. We review my last blood work and again, although many things are wrong and don't line up, he can't put his finger on it and doesn't know what to do with me. He thanks me for seeing him but he will be sending me back to my doctor. He's done with me. Again, hope seems to vanish. I try to remain upbeat but it is getting hard at this stage of the game. Nobody knows what is wrong and nobody knows what to do with me.
I know what to do...I am going to see my good friend Lisa in Quebec finally! It is a good time to get away and to finally see where my dear friends have moved to and to get some much needed impact in my life. Quebec is going to be a good thing. I leave on June 18th and come back on June 27. Words cannot describe what happened to me in Quebec. No my body did not miraculously get better. But my soul did.
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| With Tim and Lisa at Gatineau Park, Quebec |
Tim and Lisa poured their heart and souls into me. Their friends did the same to me. I met a group of people that showed genuine care and concern for me, without ever having met me. They couldn't wait to come over and visit with me. It was an incredible time of these people pouring into my life...something that was needed and a long time coming. Because of whatever this illness is that I am dealing with, I have lost a lot of friends and such due to it. People didn't believe in me anymore. Yet these people 1000's of miles away did. And they did it without even knowing me. My soul was revived again. It was also a good time to go back into Ottawa and see many of the places that we had lived and frequented when we lived there. I left Ottawa hating it. It was good to go back and make peace with it. I also got to see one of our good friends from our football days and have a good visit with him and his family. It was just an incredible trip all around. I didn't want to come home. Home meant such uncertainty. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't wait to see Glenn! But home was not where I wanted to be. But home I have to go as I have to face what is going on. I have to keep pushing on to find out what is going on with my body. This is all going to have an ending at some point!
So home I am and on the 29th I finally get to see the lung specialist, Dr. Ramesh. He looks over the CT Scan results from December with the spots on the lungs. He would like to redo the CT Scan as it has been over 6 months and he wants to see if there are any changes. He too sends me for lots of blood work. He is going to line up some other tests for me as well and will let me know. So here I am, home and back on the big wheel of running around from test to test and awaiting results. Maybe this doctor will unlock the mystery???
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