Quick Update

Just wanted to post a quick update! Life has been a little crazy! Everything has been pretty great though, I feel like a normal person most days now. I had a 2nd period again that was on time and normal.

I met with my naturopath last week to talk about how things are going, and we went over my blood tests that my doctor did last fall. When they were originally done, I specifically asked about my thyroid. He said it was fine. However upon reviewing the results with my naturopath, my levels were at 2.4, when they should be 1.4. I'm relieved to know that there is an issue there, but I'm also rather annoyed that my doctor never said anything! So I will be looking at getting some natural supplements to help level that out, and I'm hoping that results in some weight loss, as that's one thing that still hasn't changed.

Yup, she's here.

Well hello there my long lost friend, Aunt Flo. I'm quite honestly surprised that things are seeming quite normal right now. Not only did she arrive just 3 days before I expected her, everything seems quite normal and back to the way it was before Mirena.

One thing I'm noticing is that THIS is the way cramps should feel like. Dull and achy. Not like the intense unable to move pain I was experiencing with the Mirena. I'm slightly bloated with a little headache, but it just feels so normal. This what my body is supposed to be doing!

Feeling good!

I felt pretty crappy all weekend and basically just slept it off. I guess I needed it because today I feel pretty fantastic! I hope this lasts!

I'm expecting aunt flo here I think pretty soon, have a few PMS symptoms so I wonder if it's the hormone change that is giving me a mood boost. Although I think this is the first time in all of EVER that PMS made me happy instead of extremely cranky, haha. I'll take it!

Mirena Belly Update

Here we almost 3 weeks post mirena, much better!

Weight loss?

On a quick note, even though I've dropped maybe 2 or 3 pounds, a friend had mentioned I looked a lot smaller already. I'm assuming that's the bloat as that's basically completely gone now. Yay!

I got the new meal plan from http://happyherbivore.com/, vegan AND gluten free AND 1200 calories a day (adjustable if need be). Hoping that helps to jump start some weight loss. Now that I'm coming off the crash (or at least improving some) I hope to be more motivated to start trying to lose some of this excess fat!

Detoxing

On day 2 of my liver detox, and I can definitely feel it now. My skin keeps breaking out into a bit of a rash, and I kind of feel like I have the flu. I get SUPER irritable in the evening as well. I decided to have a detox bath tonight (1 cup of epsom salts, 2 cups baking soda, 1 cup apple cider vinegar) for 20 minutes, oh my goodness I have never experienced something like that before. Complete exhaustion, felt like full blown flu, and my muscles were twitchy afterwards. I had laid on the bathroom floor for 5 minutes after the bath just so I wouldn't pass out. Now, I take hot baths very frequently but I have never had that happen before. I don't know if it's the mix of going through a liver detox that did it, or the baking soda or what. I'm going to try and have a detox bath twice a week for awhile and hopefully that helps to clean my system out.

 All in all just trying to clean these toxins and hormones out of my body!

Naturopath Visit

Things have been slightly better but I still feel a little off, more just tired and sluggish than anything else. I just want to sleep!

I saw a Naturopath today and discussed all of the symptoms I had and how I'm doing so much better now, and that all of the symptoms are gone, I'm just left feeling so very tired. She explained to me how I'm sensitive to the hormones in the IUD which gave me such horrible side effects. She's put me on a liver detox for the next month to help push all of the leftover hormones out of my body.

I'm taking one of these in the morning (she also suggested having extra fiber when I take them):

And two of these with dinner:

Here's to hoping things keep improving!