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This is one of those posts that you don't really want to write because you know it's going to make people worry or have lots of questions that you don't have the answers to. But, to be honest--I kind of feel like it'll help people understand why I've been MIA lately.

I've missed a lot of family stuff in the last few months as well as outings with friends and I've even missed a lot of work. Thankfully I've been approved for an intermittent leave of absence for the days that I just can't function. Hopefully this will explain why.

So back in December of last year I sent out a Christmas Card that make 2011 sound like the best year ever. And honestly, it pretty much was for our family. It was awesome. Not very many setbacks with our goals and lots of fun things happened. I mentioned at the end of the Christmas Card that hopefully 2012 would be just as great. Yeah, I totally jinxed myself.

So far, 2012 has been one of the most difficult years since Cole was born (and I was very sick). I have had a ridiculous amount of health problems that I haven't been able to get to the bottom of and it has frustrated me to NO END. I've struggled big time with headaches. Some are tiny and get fixed with Excedrin. Others are migraines and get fixed by a shot in the butt from the doctor and sleeping in the dark with fans blowing on me. Both are extremely annoying. As of last week, I was getting headaches up to 4 times a week. It has gotten progressively worse as the months go by.

I've also struggled with my new found enemy: gluten. I wrote an entire post about that and although I still have questions about my level of sensitivity, I do know that my body struggles with it. I decided to finally be tested for Celiac even though I was 99% sure I didn't have it. I was right. Phew.

Along with my headaches and stomach problems, I've had extreme fatigue to the point where some days I literally cannot get out of bed on my own. Sometimes the exhaustion is so bad that I mentally feel like a toddler and just want to cry because I'm tired and "I don't feel like it". If you can believe it, there are actually even MORE symptoms that I've been dealing with but some of them are more personal. To say the least--I feel like I am constantly being beaten down only to get back up and get knocked down again. It's really frustrating and I wish I had answers.

Some blood work from my doctor showed extremely low Vitamin D which is an easy fix. More sunlight and prescription doses of the vitamin which should give energy, improve my mood, my memory and my weight loss. It seemed to help a LITTLE, but not to the level that I need it to.

I was referred to a "witch doctor" by a friend and finally got my butt there last week. By "witch doctor" I mean someone who doesn't practice traditional, Western Medicine. A lot of chiropractors and Yoga Instructors do holistic type healing and even though I'll be the first to admit that there are some REAL QUACKS out there...I've seen first hand how it can help people solve perfect mysteries, too. So, even though there are only a handful of people I feel close enough to confide in about it, I don't mind saying that regardless of what others choose to believe, I DO know there is some truth to it. This woman in particular has helped hundreds of women with PCOS get pregnant and feel well.  Where do I sign? I have nothing to lose.

Using a method called kinesiology , she tested my body for what is causing me all this grief and I was pretty surprised with what she found. According to what she told me, my adrenal glands are only functioning at 10%, my ovaries were at 50%, and there are several hormones in my body that are extremely out of whack. I guess I shouldn't say I was that surprised...I knew something was going on and I was glad that someone was offering answers that made sense to me. We had a nice long visit, set up our plan of attack and I'll see her again in a month to re-test. She even had answers for my headaches. The week prior to my visit with her I had 3 substantial headaches. In the last 5 days, I haven't had even one. Today I got my first headache since the visit and it's not even as bad as they typically get. So I think we're heading in the right direction. I told my Dad yesterday that even if this is all in my head--I don't even care because I'm slowly starting to feel better. I get worn out really easily though and this past weekend did me in. I seriously feel like a little kid that can only handle so much excitement before needing a nap.

There. I did it. Phew. So, basically our approach at this point is to take the supplements she put me on, get the amount of rest any normal person should get, drink TONS of water and pray my guts out that I can make it through each day while trying to be a decent Mother and Wife. I should start seeing some pretty obvious results in the next week. I do feel hopeful that it'll work because I'm seeing some small signs that are like little glimmers of light to me. Another thing I've noticed that is helping me is doing a yoga DVD I picked up at Target. It's nothing crazy, but I do know it helps me manage my stress and I believe that is the culprit of probably 95% of my health problems. So, having said that...I'm off to take some deep, cleansing breaths and find my inner chi.