Sherri-Lee Pressman's healing journey
From: Sherri-Lee Pressman s-lp@...
Date: Thu Apr 18, 2002 3:07 pm
Subject: healing
Hello,
I am going to try to answer a couple of emails in one post here for brevity.
People have asked about my healing journey, I will repost what I sent out to
the list for you to read. I am always happy to talk about this experience in
my life and to share what ever you want to know. In my way of thinking, it
is something I can give back to be open and talk about my healing.
So here is the repost first,
I had CFS along with Fibromyalgia for 6 years. I improved a lot with the
help of a naturopath, using herbs, homeopathics, and diet elimination. But I
was not happy settling for less than 100% functioning.
Then I met Saul and he introduced me to ozone. I started out drinking
ozonated water and doing my ears. I didn't feel anything happen for the
first 4-6 weeks... so I just merrily continued.... 5 minutes in each ear
daily. Then one night after I did it... my ears started to BURN!! They felt
so hot and itchy and man did they start to discharge. Well.. that night was
miserable and the next day was bad, but I continued.
Finally the discharge and discomfort got to be so bad I had to stop doing
ozone every day. So I waited, and when the itching and discharge subsided I
would do some ozone in my ears. Then I noticed that I couldn't go 5 minutes
anymore. I would feel this burning and a popping while doing it and it go
too hot and painful to continue. At it's worst, I could only do 30 seconds
of ozone once a week. After 30 seconds the discharge and discomfort was very
strong for a week; then it would subside, and then I could insufflate again.
I even had to lay a towel under my head at night to keep from ruining my
pillow with the discharge.
Eventually, I added vaginal insufflation for 30 mins., funnelling over my
liver for 20 minutes and bagging both hands and feet for 30 minutes daily.
This really pushed me into the healing crisis and I felt like I had the flu
for months.
I persisted and over a number of months things improved. I remember one day
being at the mall at 4 pm and thinking "Wow it is 4 in the afternoon and I
am not exhausted and in bed!" Then slowly it got later and later in the day
before the fatigue would overtake me. Until eventually, it didn't anymore.
Eventually I got to the point where I could do 5 minutes in each ear daily
for many days in a row with no problems. I have even done 15 minutes at a
time with no discharge. A few interesting things have come from all of this:
my lymph nodes, which were plugged, and resulted in a swollen foot for
almost 8 years are almost normal, and the foot is now the same size as the
other one. When I do ear insufflation now, I can feel it in my eyes, and
when I do vaginal insufflation, my nose runs. In fact, when I feel a sore
throat or cold coming on, I do vaginal insufflation rather than ear
insufflation, since it seems to be so direct for me.
So, in the long run after all that pain and suffering from being sick and
from healing, my body is functioning better now than it has in years, I am
healthier than before I got sick and I have the most powerful healing tool
at my disposal daily. I have a healthy 23 month old girl, who nurses
lustily, and is smart as a whip, and so much fun.
It is a hard road, but I hope that if nothing else you get from this that it
is worth it and you will be better in the long run. Please don't listen to
conventional (non) wisdom that says you can't get rid of it... you can. You
just have to be tougher and more determined than it is.
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I want to give you a clear picture of how sick I was. I was on disability
from work. I would get up late in the morning and have a shower, and then I
would have to lie down and rest. I would then get up and blow dry my hair,
and then have a rest. I would then make some food and then have to rest. I
could not walk a block. I would not cook dinner most nights. I was in
constant pain and overwhelmed with fatigue. It was a long slow process. From
the day I started with a naturopath until I was well was easily three years.
Yes that is 3 years to get well. I was actively sick for 2 years before that
and I figure my body was struggling for a good dozen before I knew about it.
3 years to get well. Please hear that. True health does NOT come fast. I had
varying degrees of functioning through this time, so don't think you will be
dog sick that whole time, but it will take time. It took time to get sick,
you just didn't notice it, you will have to notice to get well though.
I remember when I first got sick, I would lie at home and hurt and be tired
and cry. Then I forced myself to go to the gym and work out. I would cry
through the arobics class it was so painful and colapse when I got home. My
aunt said, "why would you do that if it hurts you, why cause yourself pain?"
And I responded with "If I do nothing I hurt, at least this way, I am
hurting because I DID SOMETHING!!" and that sense of accomplishment got me
through. So at least you are feeling crappy now cause you are healing, not
getting MORE sick. You know?
As for rectal vs vaginal... personally, I would have to have colon cancer
before I would do rectal, but that is me. As a woman, we have an advantage
with vaginal insufflation. There is nothing more direct to the lymph. The
lymph carries, and cleans out more toxins than the blood. Cleaning the blood
is important, but in my opinion, is not the be all and end all. Do as much
vaginal as you can. Cleaning your lymph will have a measurable effect on
your health very quickly. If you are fine with the rectal, then keep doing
it; in my opinion, though, it will not be enough. And why do all those enemas?
If it was me here is what I would do:
1) the liver cleanse as often as needed to clean my liver. It is pointless
to dump more toxins into a liver that is already blocked. If you have never
cleaned your liver, then it is plugged to some degree.
2) Each ear, 5 minutes daily
3) vaginal insufflation, 30 minutes daily
4) as much ozonated water as I can get down daily
5) ozone steam saunas
6) eliminate dairy, corn and wheat (common allergens)
7) get vega tested to discover hidden allergies
8) aloe vera daily to support my immune system.
Do that for 3-4 months then see how you are feeling.
I think that answers all the questions, let me know if there is anything
else I can share.
Sherri-Lee Pressman
www.aloeessence.com
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