Finally decided

Well that was difficult. But for many reasons, most of all my desire to enhance the knowledge of sustainable practices and living modalities that empower people over politics, I've decided to dedicate this journey to the study and practice of herbal medicines. Just pulled the plug on my LLMDs abx plan. I may come back to it later but i don't feel it's right for me right now. I'm kind of nervous about her response :P Anyways, I just wanted to thank everyone who gave me a warm welcome on my thread the other day and comforted me through this decision process. It's a hard place to be always feeling like you're teetering on the edge of insanity by constantly dismissing cultural dogma, in this particular case the religion of technological medicine. I know ya'll don't care as much, but I'm already getting cooky looks from my parents and feel like I'm about to get the quack label from the rest of my peers :P But, it's what feels right in my heart. In a couple years I'll be off-grid with my dogs and fiance and maybe even kids and new friends and they'll all be exposed to these goddarned infections and I better have something to offer to them. So I start next week with a 5 day class in wildcrafting in the appalachians Freakin' stoked. After that starting with the Buhner protocol, then following my heart to the end.

I don't know that this deserves a thread, but I just wanted to say thank you for a cool community :) I've been stressing over this decision for a while and its nice to finally know where I'm going. I hope in a couple months/years I will have knowledge and experiences to give back so others too can know where they're going

So glad to hear it! I can imagine it is hard talking to peers or family about your decision, we've been taught as a culture that herbal medicines (which can be just as powerful AND dangerous as pharma meds) are shady, anti-science, and for counterculture kooks.

Anyways, you are going with your gut while also having done the proper research. Imo you are trying out a sensible protocol which has a wide body of anecdotal success (of course I wish there was more solid research behind a lot of herbal medicines), but you can always try the antibiotics route if you come across any issues with herbal treatments.

Good luck!!! look forward to hearing how things go :)

Pirouette said...
Awesome, Ps ---

Taking matters into your own hands is the best think you could do. Not many can do that--we're just too sick. But with lyme, it's the best way to approach healing.

Of course, let us know how things are going.

-p

Yes! This was the deal-breaker for me. This whole journey has been me, practically alone, with the faint reach of those online giving me a nudge in the right direction every now and then. Everything I learned and everything I am currently is because I was forced to upheave my entire foundations, everything I thought I knew in this world, and learn from scratch what health truly means. While the doc means well, i felt her approach removed me from that process and that is not something I am willing to give up.

sebreg - I share those feelings. I almost feel betrayed that my culture has neglected 1,600+ chinese herbs, 2000+ native american herbs, who knows how many herbal medicines from india and the amazon and tanzania and wherever. It's crazy to think what science in a global culture could do by accepting herbal medicine as a viable treatment modality. It's like we're trying to reinvent the wheel. But it would be arrogant to think I have been betrayed, i must simply do my part to help remedy what I perceive to be broken. Anyways, that's not holding me back and part of what helped me make this decision is that this is not my first rodeo with traditional healing. Two nights of a particular peruvian remedy cracked a 10 year major depressive disorder like a rotten egg and did what years of therapy could never achieve. I have no doubts in the herbs, only myself. I'll tease those out in time though I'm sure

Traveler - Hey! That's so cool! Definitely keep touch with her and pursue that when she comes back in town. I think getting in touch with the herbs in their setting via wildcrafting is a cool start, but what I really want to learn is how to use the darned things! If i ever find a class like that or an apprenticeship i would not hesitate to jump at the opportunity!

Post Edited (Psilociraptor) : 7/18/2016 1:47:48 PM (GMT-6)

Excellent!

Great news! Just knowing what you want to do takes a big load off of the mind!

Be sure and stop back and let us know about your class and anything exciting that you learn. =)

Haaa I was actually wanting a scope recently but I've never worked with bacteria before, only nematodes and not for very long at that. Nor do i think it's easy to obtain a class 2 pathogen without proper credentials. Man I would love to be trained on what Eva Sapi has and just throw different herbs at biofilms all day.

What exactly does trapper's tea do? Gave it a quick look but seems like it's an intoxicant.