The Alternative Remedy: Fibroids

After almost ten years of what I thought was acid re-flux, I decided to get my stomach checked out for sure to make sure all was well. It turned out that instead I have fibroids and the mild acid re-flux could just be a by product of the fibroids. One Trans Vaginal Ultrasoundscan later and the gynecologist reports that my fibroids are the size of a 16 weeks pregnancy.

Although I have been advised that surgery is not required, I feel that now I know what my problem is, I can find alternative way of dealing with it. So I have decided to attempt to shrink the fibroids without medication. My chosen method is the Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) and Lemon formula.

So every day, I will update this blog with progress. My goal is to see some sort of progress within the next month. I will however give it at least 14 days at the least before either giving up if I feel like dying.

12.05.2016: Day 1

Woke up in the morning and took my first 200ml of water mixed with a table spoon of ACV and another 200ml to wash it down. I'm staying positive and trying to be a believer. Something has got to give.

For some reason I decided to do the Lemon water and Apple Cider mix separately.

This evening, I have also had a castor oil pack done. I don't think I followed the instructions to the latter, but I hope it worked anyways.

13.05.2016: Day 2

Today, I mixed one table spoon and juice of half a lemon in warm water 400ml and another 250ml of pure water to clean my teeth and reduce the effects of erosion from the apple cider vinegar.

Okay this evening I have begun to notice a slight twitch in my stomach. Around the navel and lower left side of my abdomen. Considering I had an endoscopy and a TVS, and have felt a little sore since then. Not sure if this is down to the messing with my stomach or if this is my body reacting to the ACV

21:00 Going to bed, period has not shown up yet. one tablespoon of ACV, juice of half a lemon and lights out!

14.05.2016: Day 3

Constipated, Bloated, pain in my lower left abdomen.... Okay this is crazy.... I am slowly loosing the will..... No Period, and I am beginning to freak out. I think this has actually ceased up my period. I guess this is where you begin to hope that this is a joke but it isn't.

Anyways as usual my elixir drunk in the morning, off to the festivities of the day.

20:00 No period still, it is slowly beginning to drive me crazy. Second drink of the day. I have noticed a trend in the stomach. If I need to pee, it hurts. doesn't stop hurting until I actually pee.

On the plus side, my cold has cleared up. Could also be down to the "Apple a day" or ACV might be helping... I don't know. Anyways I'm going out to have fun will have enough time to worry about this

15.05.2016: Day 4

I'm beginning to feel like I need to do a bit more research on the feeling of constipation and probably increase my fibre as my stomach hurts like mad.

I will not give up though. I keep feeling like my period is about to make an appearance, but nothing happens. This is frustrating. So today, I'm eating carrots. Lots of carrots to help with my bloated belle.

22:00 Cannot sleep. My stomach hurts so much I'm beginning to suspect something worse than just constipation. As usual I have had to doses of my ACV and lemon mix.

16.05.2016: Day 5

Enter Green tea. So after another difficult day, I have decided to arm myself with everything possible to fight this bloated feeling alongside my usual ACV and Lemon tonic. Green tea apparently helps the cause anyways, so it won't hurt to consume 3 cups of green tea everyday.

I'm going to start taking more greens in my diet too.

16:00 First drink of Green tea, and I am in the loos. Holy Christ!!!!! Relief!!!!

20:00 Another serving of Green Tea. I feel liberated. There truly is God out there.

17.05.2016: Day 6

Okay, so far, I have added Green tea, Apple Cider Vinegar and Lemon, now I'm going green for breakfast. Stomach still hurts though. A quick look through Dr. Google says I might have hernia (Insert look of dismay) I'm too young for all this for heavens sake.

Apparently Dark Green veggies help, so enter Green (Spinach, Cucumber, Apple, Kiwi and Banana) smoothie, Green tea, and my ACV tonic.

I've got two cartons of milk and once I have consumed them all, I will not be touching milk well at least until I have some positive results.

Red meat, Sugary nonsense are also on the forbidden list.

20:00 Green Tea with BSM and honey. My God it tastes like a bad omen hahaha. My sweet tooth is not liking the lack of sweets. But I need to survive. ACV tonic done and it's good night from me.

18.05.2016: Day 7

I'm beginning to feel like a dumping ground for good stuff. I must say that since Activia stopped making the little snackpots, my consumption of flaxseeds went off the grid. So I am reintroducing flaxseeds with my green smoothie. As it is the first time I'm trying this, I'm only going for one heaped dessert spoon. I loved it, so two heaped tablespoons tomorrow.

Seven days since I started this journey. Thanks to pictures, I can now say that the bloating had nothing to do with ACV, as I was bloated from the Thursday as a lot of air was pumped into my stomach during my endoscopy.

However thanks to Green tea, I'm not as bloated. I still get feelings like my period is about to make an appearance, but nothing yet. If I remember correctly, I suffered the same loss of a period for about a week when I had the bike accident last year so nothing to be afraid of just my body not liking the concept of being poked and probed I guess.

10:35 am: Period has arrived. After what seemed like forever. I must say, I am mighty relieved.

20:00 Not a lot to report on. Green tea with bsm and honey consumed as usual. I'm kind of spotting which is not normal for me, so I'm feeling a bit meh. Anyways, Good night from Chezzaville

19.05.2016: Day 8

Woke up to period cramps. It was the worst shittiest feeling ever. Rolled back to bed and let the morning carry on. Felt my lower belle for the fibroids. I'm either deceiving myself or the fibroids are melting away. I am a very positive person so I believe the fibroids are melting away and soon, I will be fibroid free. This is where you insert a crazy smiley face. On the plus side, as soon as my tonic went down my throat through my belle, the horrid cramps disappeared.

Turns out my second opinion ultrasound scan is for Saturday and not Monday as I thought. This will be a good way to see if this is really working. I promised myself that I will stick with this for 30 days regardless of the disappointment or the excitement I might feel. After the 30 days I will evaluate it and either increase or reduce my dosage.

So this morning as I promised myself, two heaped spoonful of flaxseeds to go with my green smoothie. I have either missed the flaxseed and nuts combo, or my tastebuds have completely changed cause I was sighing with pleasure as tongue came in contact with flaxseed infested smoothie.

20:00 I think I might have over eaten or something. I had really bad acid reflux right after consuming the tonic and green tea. Took me about 20 minutes to calm down. Now I am trying to put myself to sleep through meditation. I guess I should have another post for my anxiety issues. Until tomorrow...

20.05.2016 Day 9

Well 9 whole days!!! Am I excited? Hell Yeah. I am slowly getting better at this whole eat right, thing you know. I decided to start earlier with the green tea so I don't feel bloated. So made my acv tonic first thing this morning, and made me some green tea to go.

I don't know why I thought it was an amazing idea to actually sip on hot green tea while working out. I mean I'm sweating like mad and consuming hot fluids.... Stupid idea.

I usually get bored having to eat the same thing day in day out, so maybe next week I will have to mix it up a bit? For someone who is otherwise relaxed and not really structured, I like that I have a plan for waking up, leaving the house for the gym, and now incorporating my breakfast smoothie time into it all.

I love love love Spinach you know. Maybe that is why it's so easy to just consume loads of it and feel no way about how much I have chugged down each day. And Bananas... That right there is life.

30 Days of Celebrating Me Day 6: Legs

Oh Beautiful strong, nicely carved legs. Calf muscles nicely accentuated by my 3 inch hills. Thigh muscles firming and toning with every hill climb, every rotation of my bike, every mile run, and thousands and thousands of squats and lunges.

These legs, they haven't come easy. They have felt pain, fatigue, strain and yet they stand tall, and tell me again and again "We will get you to the finish line"

I love my legs. It is crazy that when I was younger, I was so ashamed of my calf muscles and hid them in trousers for years. Now I proudly show them off. They have been a pinnacle of success in more ways than I can count. These legs... They are amazing they are an essential part of me and I love them.

So here's to my magnificent athletic legs!

30 Days of Celebrating Me Day 5: Comedy

There is this beautiful thing about me that I have always neglected. My ability to make people laugh. People say I am funny, and I barely leave people with a sad face... except you have done something to upset this feisty Arian.

In the last year, I started to embrace the comic side of me better than before, and managed to share some of that digitally. The benefit of doing that was that it opened a new window of imagination for me. I started to see how else I could bring a smile to peoples faces, and in every situation I started to apply this attitude to everything. So when I feel down, I start picking at the bad aspects of that down feeling and try to turn it into some comic sketch. If nothing else, I spend a few minutes laughing at my own stupidity or the genius in me, whichever one comes to mind at the time of introspection.

I hope to be more out there with this, but in the meantime, I'll go back to laughing at one of my little jokes.

30 Days of Celebrating Me Day 4: Sincerity

Today i celebrate Sincerity. I think I've come to an age where I have begun to see me as responsible for me and don't need to lie to anyone or be anyone other than me. I guess one of the beautiful things about being sincere is that you stop trying to fit in and start being true to yourself. The thing is those who will be a part of your life will be a part of your life.

Growing up I found myself an outsider looking in on the supposed social circles. I always knew that my scene was completely different and I would find my own way. Thirty-something odd years and I am walking this journey called life with a huge smile on my face knowing that I am being true to myself. With this sincerity has come lessons. Understanding me, learning to accept my flaws, learning to stay true to my purpose, but most of all it has definitely made me a much happier person.
As I go to bed tonight, this is one trait that I'm going to spend time on. I guess in a lot of ways being too sincere caused a lot of rifts between me and a lot of friends... Maybe I shouldn't blame it on sincerity but more on my inability to deliver my sincere message in an appealing and receptive manner. So I'm going to spend some time looking at how best to apply sincerity in all situations.

Raise your glass with me as I raise a toast to Sincerity today.

30 Days of Celebrating Me Day 3: Music

I can sing

Yes I can hold a tune. It's the one thing I do all the time. Sing when I'm happy, sing when times are hard, I just open my mouth and sing. My mother had an amazing voice too. I'm celebrating this not just as a talent, but also an important part of me.

I have an eclectic taste in music.... well I shouldn't say Eclectic because I'm not down with the Emo type music. I remember joining my friend to sing a song for some random Hindu festival I knew nothing about. I learnt the piece and I was singing to however many other people there was listening on the shared stream.

Music has always been a part of me, and today I am lifting up my glass to celebrate this God given talent.

30 Days of Celebrating me Day 2: Strength

Today I celebrate the Strength I possess. I don't always accept or see that I am a very strong woman, full of will power and determination. I just see me as your every day woman plodding along, but when I look back, I see one hell of a strong woman. Not just physical strength, but emotionally and mentally strong. I fall, make a lot of mistakes along the way, but what I have found is my ability to cry it out, and start working my way out of whatever issues I may be facing, and yes most of the time, I do so with a smile on my face.

I remember 4 years ago, accepting my current job with the IT department and the first decision I made was to let go of the raging bull within me. No more getting angry and lashing out. I decided as I signed my contract that I would think hard before I spoke, be slow to anger and be even more open to constructive criticism. 3 years on, and I'm grateful that I made that decision. With that decision came another level of growth, and a new found strength I wasn't aware of. The strength to forgive, the strength to back down from a fight, the strength to turn away from anger, the strength to stand up no matter how down and out I feel and the list goes on and on.

So raise your glass with me as I celebrate the strength that I possess.

30 Days of Celebrating Me Day 1: Compassion

Today I am celebrating Compassion. The amazing thing about this process is that it is already causing me to think deep about myself and the good traits/characteristics/behaviour etc that I might possess. I woke up just after 02:00 am this morning and my brain was already at work literally writing the script for today and I thought to myself this is going to be exciting.

My inspiration to celebrate my compassionate side stems from a conversation on Facebook and I realized that deep down I care about people and animals - Even though I am not animal friendly. There is a verse from the bible that I always quote "Let your light so shine that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven" Depending on who is reading the verse, it could mean anything. For me this simply means that as long as I can make an impact while I'm here on earth, not to those who can walk around and say "You know Cherukei did this for me, or Cherukei is such a nice girl..." It's about looking out for those that can't afford basic amenities - Coffee/Tea and breakfast for the random homeless man lying out there in the cold, Helping someone who's stranded, lost their way etc. For a change I'm not going to try to water this down, I'm going to just appreciate that I have a heart and I go the extra mile when it is required of me without expecting anything in return. So here's to compassion!

Note to self: Buy some wine, there's a lot to celebrate in the coming weeks.