Birthday cleanse Ear infection Revisited

[rawpromises]

For those of you who remember my gift of a birthday cleanse back in Sept this is a follow up to you and many others who wondered what had happen to me. For those of you who don't, here is the gist. Gifted myself a birthday clease to get my body off to a fresh beginning after two years of dealing with the death of my mother from cancer. Gained 35lbs of emotional weight. During that two years I had been on and off raw falling to the emotion pain of her death. ( that was the off part) So knowing my pattern I was getting back to me again ( hence the cleanse) Anyway after 7 days I was feeling light and great and then I got an ear infection. Now I had never ever ever had one my entire life. I mean it took my breath away. After going to see a doctor I had an acute double ear infection and was prescribed antibiotics which I took. After hemming and hauling I broke down because I couldn't bear not hearing or sleeping anymore do to the pain. So after 10 days on those I felt better for maybe two weeks but not completely. I was eating raw at this point as well. All of a sudden two weeks later I get another double ear infection. I could not believe it. I was so fustrated because I felt like my body was failing me. So what do I do. You guessed it ( ate cooked food knowing full well what was going to happen) Apparently I didn't learn the lesson of the past two years about how to deal with things without turing to food. So anywho to sum this up I went back and my doctor said that the reason the ear infection never healed was because it wasn't viral it was a bacterial infection. So after being on meds again for three weeks my ears feel like they are 95% better. I was so fustrated for one taking meds I didn't need for a virus when it was bacterial , second for not staying raw and doing futher damage to myself. I'm was more mad at me for not getting it though.

The real kicker to this entire story is that I'm going to begin again and I do see my pattern again.. . I was mad at myself for repeating my pattern after feeling so good and then this happen. I know this is my path and I think these little nicks really help me. I don't really know if it was detox that led to the ear infection or if it had been brewing in me for ages and was trying to purge itself. I mean it hurt so bad I told my husband natural child brith of my three children gave this a run for it's money. Anyway I'm going to begin again with my true path which is raw. A good peron told me one time to find your purpose is to write down what it is you know that you Don't WANT and that will lead you to what it is that you do want. I know what I don't want is to feel like I felt this past month. I want to be uplifed again like I felt on my birthday clease.

So for anyone who has hit a bump in their raw path, please begin again like me and don't let it take you from your true self. I'm not mad at me anymore. I don't know if I was ever mad at me just what it is that I do to me. One thing about me that I do know is that i'm blessed to be able realize my pattern and I am able to pick myslef up again however many times I fall. That really is a great thing to be able to do. So for that I am so thankful for.

Thanks to all who helped me with my cleanse and supported me in my time of need. I ask again if anyone has some good advice for me or can relate. Daylight savings time is Sun and with that I usually begin a cleanse. This time I'm a bit scared to see if my ears will start their stuff again or if I should just begin a cleanse again. I feel so good with the cleanse I'm basically answering the question myself. If anyone does have any advice on easing into my cleanse on Sunday please share. Also if there are any raw foods that you feel help you with interanl bacteria that I should try to incorporate more of. I have been googeling all day raw foods to help me. . I don't know much about cleasnes in general, just the one I do for the colon in a book I have found. So if there is one that someone think would assist me than please do so. Maybe I should just fast with the fasters who where ever so helpful to me. I was hoping to go right into the fast after the cleasne but I was unable to. Anyway I hope to be there soon like I said I would.

Ok, I have rambeled enough for today. Just wanted to update everyone and share some thoughts. I appreciate this forum. Thanks again.

[MelanieBear]

Hello my dear,

I'm sorry to hear of all of your trials and tribulations. I have a few quick suggestions which you should feel free to take or leave according to what resonates with you.


1. Think about a more gentle, moderate approach to transforming your dietary choices. It seems like the "all or nothing" approach has backfired for you a number of times. This is NOT a personal failing, but a natural result of an overly restrictive program that isn't yet in tune with your mind, heart, and spirit. You'd be much better off to transition more slowly. Start by taking out the most toxic processed food items from your routine and adding in as many delicious fresh fruits and veg as you can. Get to 100% natural, whole vegetarian foods first. Then move towards veganism. Then, if you feel inspired and ready, move toward a higher percentage of raw.

There's no need for crazy "cleanses" right now. Get the bad stuff out and get some good stuff in. Your body will do PLENTY of cleansing on its own if you can just get it that far.

2. Prepare yourself with some garlic/mullein oil in case you get a flare of those ear symptoms again. Use it at the first sign of a problem.

3. Recognize the underlying emotional patterns that are going on and keep working with them. Food alone, even raw food, will not do the emotional work for you. You've got to address the grief, the feelings of self-loathing, and the worries about failure that are plaguing you. Setting yourself up on a strict 'cleanse' only to fail again and perpetuate your cycle will *not* help. Take a more gentle approach like the one I outlined, or like Alissa's forgiving approach to 100% raw.

Good luck,
Melanie

[SunshineMN]

Years ago I had pink eye and went to my doctor. He gave me an expensive (for me) prescription for eyedrops. I used them for days before I had much relief from it. I was good for a few weeks then I got it again. I started searching the net and came across colloidal silver. This stuff is amazing. Cleared up the pink eye in less than 24 hours. My fiance cleared up a major sinus infection in a day with it. We use it all the time on scrapes and cuts so they heal faster. It's also helped us when we've gotten the flu.

I haven't had an ear infection in recent years, but it's the first thing I would use if I got one!

I usually get it from Utopia Silver (http://www.utopiasilver.com/products/silver/). I have never had any problems with these guys. Here are some
testimonials (http://www.utopiasilver.com/testimonials/earache.htm) from those that used it on ear infections from their website.

PS... when I was a child I had bad ear infections all the time. My grandma used to put a drop of extra virgin olive oil in my ear at night then have me rest with my ear on a warm (not hot) heating pad. This always seemed to help with pain. I don't recall if it ever cleared it away though. I had tons of problems with my ears until they removed my tonsils and I've hardly had one since.