Eczema for life???

My Eczema (random rash) has been with me all my life. It used to be really bad in high school and thats why some people called me Patch work...because my skin was sooo patchy. Eczema comes and goes as it pleases and I never really knew what triggered it. Sometimes I think it is the soap, sometimes the food, sometimes the perfume, or just my stress levels. And just when I think I have grown out of it, Eczema comes back to say HOWZIT. So after seeing many doctors,avoiding so many different foods and trying many different creams all my life, I decided to go to a Homeopath. The whole journey took me way back not only in the foods I ate but the emotions I felt with dealing with eczema.

The homeopath explained that before I could start seeing any positive results I needed to set 5 solid foundations. I thought I would share it with you because it applies to everyone...not just us eczema peeps.

1. Drink 3 Litres of water a day in summer and 2 litres in winter (Kanya: Sho I barely drink 1.5 litres).
2. Drink only filtered water (Kanya: I always drink from the tap)
3. You need vitamins or homemade vegetable juices.
4. Omega 3 oils are vital (Kanya: O flax seed has that… I take about 1 tsp a day), Homeopath: well that is not enough at all because you have eczema you need at least 3 tbls a day of concentrated Omega 3.
5. You need 80% live food and 20% Dead food. Because live food balances the PH in your body. Should be ph 6.8 (Kanya: O ha I have had plenty of live food this month.)

Homeopath: “Well tell me then what did you have for breakfast:
Kanya: Oats and cranberries
Homeopath: DEAD FOOD, and for lunch.
Kanya: Chickpea curry and brown rice,
Homeopath: DEAD FOOD and for dinner,
Kanya: Beans and whole wheat pasta
Homeopath: DEAD FOOD.
Kanya: You gotta be kidding me!

So although I thought I was healthy, most of the food I was eating was dead food. When you eat a majority of dead food your body ph becomes acidic and you start getting side effects like gout, kidney problems, liver, eczema ect because your body is trying to balance it. Anyways after I had fully understood the 5 step foundation it was time to do the food tolerance and organ test.


People the whole homeopath process was soooo fascinating! I had to hold a metal object in one hand and he pressed on pressure points on my other hand. But as he pressed the pressure points a graph would appear on the computer illustrating whether each of my organs were weak, healthy or stressed. I was shocked to find out that my liver was both weak and stressed and wasn't surprised to see my skin stressed. I was told that it was most likely due to the foods that I am eating and then he proceeded to test various types of foods.

I thought the organ test blew me away, but the food test was  “Mind Blasting” (with a Russell Peter accent)!  As he selected a food, a graph would show and I would pray it was safe…. I would give a air punch of joy as he went through my favourite fruits, meats and starch (rice). After about 100 different food tests we discovered that i struggle digesting, whole wheat, sugar, CHICKEN, peanuts, all dairy, coffee and rum (lol the last one I made him check ….lol just in case). IMAGINE! I reflected on all those chocolates, cakes, yogurt breakfasts….

So since I have been eating all these foods all my life my digestive system has struggled to break them down and thus my liver has been stressed getting it out of my system! (I concluded that and I think that makes sense). I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulder. NOW I KNOW! The doctor gave me some herbal liver cleansing stuff and some fowl smelling cream…..which he warned me that my husband will hate. Even though I was told it would get worse before it got better....I thought the worst was over...I was now on the path of recovery..... I could deal with another week of eczema.....So I thought!

 

And 3 days later….my skin  had turned my selfesteem into a complete wreck! It all struck me while Avon and I were sitting in the car outside church. My skin had been the worst it had ever been since I was in high school. I was also irritable, anxious and not myself. A wave of my high-school skin issues just came over me…the feeling of people looking at me and asking me “what is wrong with your skin?” I thought I had gotten over all this, I thought I could deal with this....but my walls all came crashing down???

As Avon tried to encourage me to go inside….he reminded of when my mom used to beg me to come somewhere and I would put up such a fuss because my skin was bad. The fact that my skin was visibly bad (head to toe red with blotches everywhere) my heart just felt defeated. And because my heart was defeated I was irritable and moody. And I felt bad that Avon had to be the one to deal with me. Apparently my mood swing wasn't so bad but I knew the frustrations that were boiling up in me and I didn't like it ...it wasn't me and it wasn't who I wanted to be. So I apologised to Avon and sucked up all the courage to walk into Church. 

As we sang I could feel my eyes swell up with tears because I knew I had failed. I knew I had let my outside appearance try to define me and it wasn’t right. I had dugg up an old wound that had healed long ago.  I was still Kanya….so what if I had a bad skin day! That wasn’t what God saw or sees in me! And right there in the church I was brought back down to earth. I was humbled in my situation and it was as if it was a new day and I was me again. Maybe this Homeopath therapy will work...and maybe it won't. Only God knows!



This was the day before the full outbreak of eczema. Those red blotches on my arm were on my neck and  face!



Work "Photo Scavenger Hunt"

So these are some of the photos that were taken during our works "Photo scavenger Hung!" As you can see I totally enjoyed it....the whole getting into character is like my middle name :). We  had to get really creative and guess what???? WE WON  Whoop whoop!


Photo with a stranger and a fire Hydrent (what idots lol) that is a hose pipe



Most Lame photo



Photo of the group next to an indigenous tree



The most wildest photo

 

A photo that represents SEF





Photo of the group all in one car



Everyone needs a Little Cake, Sushi and Sun City in their Life!

Towards the end of our holiday we really missed being on the road…strange I know. So much so that we decided to spontaneously go to Sun City at 6pm. Ya I know it sounds crazy but it is such a liberating feeling when you can just go with the wind. No strings attached, no kids, no expectations just for “Just because!”

Well it all started with a desire for a slice of cake. I was craving Isabella’s delicious Turkish delight cake and it seemed like a pretty good idea to drive to Pretoria to get some at 4:15pm. Maita Reagan and Avon hadn’t tried it before so they were keen. We nearly didn’t make it in time before it closed. We begged the lady to open up for us because we had driven all the way from Johannesburg just for her cake. Next we thought we better get some dinner and sushi seemed like a good idea. Sitting at the Sushi table we thought Wow how random is this day. As if random couldn’t get any more random someone said imagine if we went to Sun City.. now that would be crazy.. We all laughed and then looked at each other. I am not sure what was going through their mind but for me I thought. “Why not? One day I won’t be able to just get up and go anywhere…what really would I have to loose.” Avon said, “Well it is only about 2 hours away…we will get there by 8pm.” Reagan just says “Come ON LETS DO IT!” Maita is like “WHY NOT!” We all shrug our shoulders in agreement and….

Maita and Reagan Excited face





Kanya and Avon...check the new GPS! What what

 

Chasing the sun

 The next thing you know we are chasing the sun to Sun City and 2 hours latter we were walking the streets of Sun City. We kept laughing at ourselves…thinking that our chilled day went.from a piece of cake, to sushi and then to SUN CITY. Where else will life take us. We got home at 3am and slept sound and sweet…all in a days work.

Tadaaaaaa...we were here



We abused the games section!

All in a days work :)