17/03/2020
2020....a year of promise for so many...yet here we are, the world is in chaos, so much uncertainty and fear
It is hard to comprehend... for me personally, I waver between sheer terror and sublime peace, I love the idea of retreat💜
The reality for people with an auto immune disease or compromised immunity is frightening.
It is estimated that Rheumatoid Arthritis reduces your lifespan by 10 -15 years...
It is a whole systems disease, particularly affecting the heart, lungs and eyes...
Rheumatoid flare ups are incredibly painful and debilitating...
MXT/Steroids/anti inflammatorys/antibiotics/pain killers/...
There is no cure...
I have been out of the loop since about August ‘19....Oliver kindly passed on a nasty cold prior to his trip to America....it floored me for a month and took a month to recover....
October,September,November and Dec were lovely carefree months... then boom two Uti’s in quick succession (didn’t even have s*x! - so unfair lol) loved January ~ yup really going places, come February a nasty persistent chest infection for 4 weeks, two courses of antibiotics and I’m far from well... hello Covid19🧐
These photos are a journey of the past 12- 18 months or so... I don’t really know how to describe this time... but really, it’s the little things, I met so many people on my travels in the past few months, I took in a homeless person, I’ve fed the less fortunate, I’ve spent a lot of time in the great outdoors, I’ve spent precious time with family and friends as able, it has been exhilarating, comforting,scary and mediocre... I have been especially challenged financially and physically, my mind is sharp and goes one hundred miles a second! Yeah really frustrating at times and occasionally I do have a f**k off RA day😌
I have experimented with every diet... I have tested my physical ability, above and beyond, with all the nasty medication, toxicity, immobility and crippling anxiety, I have had a significant weight increase, not good for joints, heart and lungs, keeping going, walking...sometimes is all I can do....I just keep pushing through😊
CBD... it has changed my life!
I started with 5 mls orally and for massages ( no THC ) 6 months ago.
At two and a half weeks, I woke up on a Wednesday morning, it was eerie... I wondered if I was entering heaven... my anxiety had disappeared! My brain fog had completely gone! It has been incredible, never to have returned, I swear if it weren’t for the Oil I wouldn’t be here, I am very grateful🙏🏻
Le Dolce Farniente is undergoing some exciting changes over the next few months... my energies have been directed at making safe beautiful spaces, decluttering, organising and networking with local Artists and produce merchants, I live in a most beautiful village with many wholesome people, My kids grew up here and it has roots and history for us; my love of design, texture, up cycling and entertaining is slowly coming together so watch this space...
So today... this is my plan
Paddison Programme
Supplements - especially high dose vit C and Magnesium
MXT 20 mgs per week
Folic Acid 5 mgs 6 times per week
Panadol osteo 2 tabs am
CBD Oil 5 mls daily
Exercise and relaxation, No stress!
Retreat and revive
Here goes...❤️
