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Update 10 years after getting sick and hitting a very important goal for me

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Posted 8/4/2023 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm reading this forum a lot less lately, but as it's been 10 years around this date since I went to the hospital, and I hit my biggest measurable goal for when getting better so I wanted to give an update.

At the beginning of Aug 2013, I went to the hospital with an allergic reaction when we lived in Canada in an apartment with mold. After that it slowly went downhill and my girlfriend also got sick. I got Lyme a few years after that.

One thing that I was very proud of that happened a short while after I got sick was hitting 100 kg in bench press and 150 % of my body weight. I'm not doing 1 rep max anymore but I did 10 reps at 75 kg this week and that is 100 kg in 1 rep max in calculators for this. Getting back to this fitness level has been the biggest goal I have had and it feels great to hit it. Still not well but nice to see.

I'm still going to acupuncture and it keeps on helping with my blocked tear duct problems.
One of my biggest issues is sensitivity and I had a lot of problems with my glasses and pressure problems. So I went all in on the Bates method to fix my near sightness https://seeing.org/ I have not had glasses for one month, and will only use them when needed for short times at work.
Posted 8/4/2023 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
That is good to hear that you are enjoying your life more. I am glad that you are lifting weights and hope that you will enjoy it to the fullest extent that you previously did.

I have heard of the Bates method and I have not tried it. I have tried this method from Todd Becker and Otis Brown. It has helped me and I used to wear -2.00 and -1.75 glasses for short sightedness. I was most likely overprescribed so what I really need is up for debate. I have a pair of -75 and -75 glasses from online and they were cheap and even they feel excessive at times.

Todd uses print pushing. I just thought I'd share it as Otis ultimately became a pilot after being told it was not possible and doing it. People on this forum are generally open to possibilities given the way the medical establishment has treated us.

https://gettingstronger.org/2016/03/faq-for-vision-improvement-by-hormetism/

https://gettingstronger.org/

He also has information on generally being antifragile. Which is something I think lyme disease patients would benefit from - as well as people generally. Remission and normality are often scary and daunting with the spectre of relapse possible.

I didn't know you were in Canada. Anyway. God bless you and may you continue to improve.
Posted 8/4/2023 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
“I didn't know you were in Canada. Anyway. God bless you and may you continue to improve.”

Me neither
(That’s where I live)
Posted 8/4/2023 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you. No we just lived there for one year. I got sick after 6 months living in the apartment with mold. Im from Sweden and have been living here since then.
Posted 8/4/2023 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
Ahh, sorry. My lyme brain is clearly not so healed and making mistakes. I recall you mentioned you were in Sweden so I was confused. So it all started for you in Canada.

Keep lifting dude. Take care.
Posted 8/5/2023 1:24 PM (GMT 0)
Nice work! Your vision practices sound intriguing. I'd be very interested to hear more if you care to update us or elaborate. Are you working with one of the providers the website recommends, or can you do the practice independently?
Posted 8/6/2023 9:35 AM (GMT 0)
I'm doing the practice by myself. I have -2.0 and you should either reduce the strength of your glasses gradually or not use them at all. As I don’t drive a car I only use them for short times when needed at work.

I then do a mix of exercises like palming, sunning, and the long swing and spend more time looking in the distance. Recently started looking at the videos from one of the teachers that were linked in from that page. All the exercises can be found in the first link.
https://www.youtube.com/@envisionselfhealing

I notice more now how much sight is changing. It's sometimes quite good now, but I also have days/times when it's quite poor and I have trouble seeing things.
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