Constipation & Inflammation

I have been asking myself that question alot lately....what am I fearful and anxious about. My thought about it this morning was just afraid of not being good enough. I am a massage therapist and most times I don't feel like I am good enough until a client tells me how good the massage was, or calls back for another appointment. But even then I question my own skills. Same goes with being a parent, not making the right decisions, saying the right thing to my son, etc.
When I am around new people I usually feel as if I need to say things that I have accomplished or my opinions ...almost to say look at me I have it together. I think I am doing that less now since I joined a women's church group where we pray for things going on in our lives and I put it out there just the way it is.
But many times I avoid phone calls, decisions just because I am fearful of what I have to deal with when I make that decision or answer that call....just kind of being stuck and fearful of moving forward.
With relationships I was fearful of ending up with someone like my Dad or a marriage like my Mom and Dad. No love and compassion being shown between them, no partnership, etc. In some ways I feel like I am in a similar situation. I think I thought that about any past relationships...once the initial infatuation started to wear off and they weren't paying as much attention to me I thought we were heading down the wrong road and was ready to end the relationship.

I don't sweat very much. Before childbirth, I never sweated excessively but always sweated when I worked out. After childbirth I rarely sweated. Then I started using an infrared sauna and have worked up to highest setting and stay for 40 - 50min. I sweat quite a bit with that. If I eat some extra fat, a piece of meat or some cheese I get kind of a thick coating on my skin.
When I sweat it is mostly armpits. I do have odour sometimes, usually when my bowels haven't moved well in a day or two. I used to have more odor but in last 6 mo. or so it has been infrequent. My armpits get wet but doesn't stain my clothes.

Thanks for all the help!

Hi, I have my liquid drops and have taken the first dose of calc carb and 2 doses each day of arnica. Am I suppose to take calc carb Day 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 & 15? This is day 3 and I was at first thinking I should wait 3 days and take on 4th day so I have missed my dose this morning if I should have done it on Day 3. What should I do? Take it tomorrow?
Also I am wondering about any herbs and supplements...should I not take them? I usually take milk thistle daily and sometimes use peppermint oil or geranium on my lower belly, by the c-section scar for circulation and nerve rejunevation. I have heard things about homeopathy and essential oils should not be used at same time? Should I refrain from these oils for the 15 days?
My symptoms have been a few times each day I feel as if my glands in my neck get swollen and bother me a bit and later goes away. I have alot of discomfort in my lymph glands in my armpits today...things just feel congested and yesterday I was having alot of discomfort in my lowback and down my Right leg. I received acupuncture last night and feel much better today in regards to back and leg but still uncomfortable in armpits.

Thanks so much for your support in this matter. Reading some other posts about the deeper level healing that takes place and what to expect really helps while going through this process.
Thanks, Congested

Hi, So I have done the 15 days of arnica and Cal Carb. I do feel as if some of the restriction in Right hip, and by scar on right side is opening up some. Still feeling discomfort around L5, mofe by my back instead of in front where I was feeling so much prior.

Just wanted to see about the treatment. You said pulsatilla 200c so do I continue with Arnica everyday am and pm and every 3rd day do the pulsatilla? And is this for 15 days?

Thanks!

Hi Dr., It has been some time since I have written for myself. Most of my energy has been for my son. I have had lots of progress regarding the pain I felt on Right side of C-section scar and Right leg. I don't feel that pain but have restriction in R lower belly, around the small intestine, I think. I continue to do yoga and give Thai massages and feel that my hips, thighs, etc. are really opening up. Still feel restricted around pelvic region, right above scar and down inner thighs. I feel the most congestion in lymph nodes on Right side of body, all the way from pelvic region to armpit and neck. I don't think I mentioned but my tonsils were taken out as a child since they always became inflammed. I saw another post about hard to get a 'cure' once something is removed. Other than that I haven't had anything taken out or operated on except childbirth. I massage my Right lower abdomen and most days have a bowel movement in the am which is new since before I had to always drink warm lemon tea with sea salt to encourage it to happen. Also I have a cyst in my Right breast, something I noticed back in 1989 or so. It is still there, doesn't hurt me as it did in those days but still there. Off and on I get an itchy bum and even get itchy on top of my thighs (the top of thighs used to be alot but now only happens now and then). Okay, I have been taking the arnica and that is about it. I used essential oils now and then, peppermint in tight areas like low back and neck, lavender in my epson salt bath and to help sleep sometimes. It has been hard for me to sit back and just let my son's symptoms present themselves and do nothing. I realize I am always wanting to do something, home remedy, therapy, etc. In the past, before having a child if I didn't feel good I usually went for walk, or worked out, it always seem to help. Even with my family members and husband, if they have symptoms and are going to doctors, thinking of taking drugs, etc. I just want to introduce them to natural remedies or something to help them. But I also realize that for most of my life I wanted to 'fix' others and not focus on my own issues. Something that still is huge for me is all my stuff in the house. I want to get things really cleaned and organized but just feel too overwhelmed to get it done. I feel this is a big area of my life that I feel very stuck. I am moving forward in my work, working out, accepting motherhood, but having a hard time accepting the responsibility of housekeeping and connecting with my husband on an intimate level. I am so close with my son, the hugging, kissing, snuggling that I think it gives me all the things I wanted from my husband and didn't always get and now it is hard to try to connect with my husband on that level or just easy to put it off but I want to invest in this relationship to show my son a healthy example of marriage. Okay, please advise of next steps. I know you had recommended something, which I will have to look at old post to see it but right now still don't have the remedy and are broke and can't order it but hopefully can do soon. Please advise if the remedy you prescibed sometime ago is still the next remedy for me. Thanks!

Hi Dr., I get very cold and unmotivated with winter and this one is no different. I just get so chilled so quickly. It isn't even that cold yet but we have no heat in the house, no money to get fuel but I don't think that is the main reason. For years now when winter rolls around I find it hard to get active, just want to be under cover, wrapped up, take hot baths anything to stay warm. I am having constant thoughts of Florida, to visit, to live, etc. For the last few years my husband and I have talked about moving to FL but right now surely isn't the time we can pick up and move with finances being the way they are. So I guess I am asking is there anything to help me work through these issues with winter and the cold?
Thanks!

I am located in CT and luckily it is warming up today and this week, in the high 60's and I feel like a new person. So for now I am good. I will get those remedies so I can move to next stage and see how things go. Thanks!

Just wanted to update you on some of the things going on with me. This last week I was having alot of discomfort in my sacrum/tailbone area, just felt like one side jutting out more than the other, noticed while on floor doing yoga poses and such. Alot of nerve sensation when I touch, massage the sacrum area, sometimes feel the sensation shooting down my leg. I just feel like my legs and glutes are not functioning properly. They work, I can walk and such but my glutes have become very flat and my thighs are the texture of fat and looks like some water retention so it just seems like the nerves and not working well in these areas. A couple of days ago a red area, about the size of a quarter, with about 5 small white bumps inside ther circle popped up around my sacrum on the left side of my body. An area like this has come up before on the back of my left thigh, maybe 3 times in the last 4 years. This is the hip that seems very stuck and the knee I refer to as trick knee since there is alot of moving and popping that began when I was in Middle school and took a fall one day. Also the last couple of days I was having intense itching on my thighs and down my leg and calves, gets very red and usually happens at night. The main thing I notice during this time is that I was eating some wheat that I normally don't eat so not sure if this is related or not but just thought I would let you know. I have drop a clothes size without trying, mainly in my butt and legs.

Okay, I think that is about it. I haven't been taking anything except every now and then if I get real achy I take a dose of arnica. Should I not be using it anymore? Any other recommendations in the meantime of getting my remedy of pulsatilla and I think next is calc carb (which I have on hand since it was one of the ones my son is taking)?
Thanks Much!

Hi Dr., I found a place about an hour drive away which has some of the homeopathic remedies in 200C so I was able to get the pulsatilla 200c for me. I took my first dose the other day. Am I suppose to take every 3 days for 15 days or just one dose and wait 15 days? The only thing I noticied since taking it was that I seemed to have a bowel movement first thing in morning with ease, seeming like a more complete bowel movement.
Thanks!

Hi Dr., Today I have had some different symptoms, a pressure above eye on Right side of head for a few hours, glands in throat feel swollen and ears ache. I did have a bowel movement first thing in am but feel like I need to have more (feels backed up in lower Right area, between ribs and pelvic region). Having aches and pain in Right leg, mostly inner thigh and in back right above hip bone. Also feeling pretty emotionally drained, I think from the event with my son yesterday. It was scary and I am please he overcame it but mentally and emotionally I have a hard time letting it go. Kind of worrying about it happening again, what should I do to prevent it, how to handle it next time, etc. I am trying to focus on it happened, we got through it and now let it go but I tend to hold on to things in my head.
Okay, I will not take another dose and will update you at end of 15 days.
Also should be able to pick up my husband's remedies in the next couple of days. I will write on that post so you can advise what he needs to take.

Also should I refrain from things like milk thistle (which I tend to take if I feel like I get backed up and things feels sluggish in my body)? During this 15 days should I not use any essential oils, etc.?
Thanks!

Hi Dr.,

I have been feeling pretty lousy these last few days. Swollen glands in throat, ear aching the other day, alot of body aches, knees, back, arms, and alot of bones popping when I stretch and do yoga. I have had that throughout my life with left knee and ankles but this is like everything. Also coughing up yellow mucous which I never fully got over with when the whole family had the cold/flu thing. My cough lasted for about 2 weeks, coughing each morning yellow mucous and felt it was deep in the chest. The positive thing is I went to yoga last night, a yin class where you hold the poses longer, and I felt like some things are opening up in my left hip/leg which feels very, very locked up, especially up near pelvic region. I feel a deep ache on my Right side, between ribcage and pelvic area.

I am beginning to say and trust....this to shall pass.

Still wondering if okay to take milk thistle, take espoom salt baths, use lavender oil in bath, etc. I don't want to do things to interfere with the healing process but I guess I also want to lessen the effects I am feeling. Please advise.
Thanks!

Hi Dr.,

I have had a challenging few days. Coughing up yellow mucous, body aches, etc. What I am feeling most is the pulling, tautness on the right side of my body. When I do any back bend type things in yoga there is so much pulling from pelvic region to neck and maybe I am not breathing good, relaxing enough, etc. and afterwards I end up having neck aches, backaches, just alot of uncomfortable body issues. I have alot of popping and cracking of bones, which I tend to have but more lately. I can run my thumbs along my vertebra sometimes, lean in, push etc. and have it pop and feel better but other areas feel stuck. Exercise like walking, gentle yoga and stretching makes it feel better.
Will report back at end of 15 days. Thanks!

Hi Dr.,

I will add Mom to subject line if that helps you. But no problem with not writing back right away....it is teaching me patience!

While many of my joints popping and cracking happen all the time, like my ankles pop anything I twist and rotate them. My left knee pops when I do yoga and walking. But the issues I was having the other day which last for about 3 days seem to come from when my lowback gets misaligned. Many times some yoga movements like spinal twist and others allow me to pop my low back but there are times it seems to get stuck for awhile and I feel the achiness in my back,neck, down leg, etc. I would say these things are better with gentle movement when really acting up, using more achy when I first wake up but when it is happening the discomfort is all day. Heat definitely seems to help; I have an infrared sauna and use it when I feel like that and it helps. So overall I would say better with movement and heat. Most days when I first wake up I have gas that seems to be trapped very low down, by the scar area, movement and some focused breathing in low belly usually helps move it out. Also gentle rocking, leg lifts, etc. make that and the aches feel better. So things seem to get worse from being in the bed too long.

I have to say yesterday and today my overall body feels good. After adjusting that vertebra the other day and doing some spinal twists where low back/hips poppped on both sides then I felt like a new person. There is alot of tense nerve stuff going on in my LEFT pelvic region. I can take my fingertips and pull lightly on the surface skin and feel the nerve like sensation in that area. It feels like I have tense/taut tissue on left side of hip/public bone and weak/almost no nerve feeling going on Right side of hip/right beside public bone. I feel somewhat unstable when I walk in hip area and doing certain yoga poses I can tell things are not functioning high level from midsection on down to left leg.

We took my son ice skating not long ago and the skate on my right foot felt very unsupported and ankle kept turning inward and I felt like I had no muscle control for that leg.

Right before I got pregnant I did a 115 mile bike ride and afterwards got a massage and the illiopsoas muscle on Right side was hypertight, went into muscle spasms later that night after the massage. Then I was pregnant, always felt more pressure on right side, had the issues laying on my left since the right side was in pain/hurt if I was trying to lay like that to breastfeed, etc. So it just seems like that is where some issues are but the intense tight left hip (which has been issues since childhood) seems to have created a terrible inbalance in my hips/overall posture.

Okay, but today is a good day so I am thankful for that!

Hi Dr.,
Last couple of days I was waking up with dry nose, still coughing up some mucous. Last night my glands in my neck felt swollen. Woke up this morning, neck swollen, ears ache, right side more than left, achy. Blowing nose and see some yellowish mucous, more stuffy in Right nostril. Everything seems mainly in neck/head area. I am going to make a hot lemon tea.

I don't usually eat cheese/dairy or not very often and the last few days I have indulged. Also I haven't had these type of symptoms in long time, kind of reminds me of being a kid and having all those tonsil issues which were later removed.

Hi Dr.,

I am starting to feel better a little better now. I wasn't able to sleep last night since my head was aching hurting so much. I am starting to drain, blowing my nose alot. I do have a rash on my shoulders and neck, noticed it this morning. Just reddish, not ithcing. My neck and head on right side is tight and restricted in movement.

Should I take any more hepar sulph today?
Thanks!