Detox and Rejuvenate Program (Part 1)

Dear Reader,

Thank you for stopping by! 

Thank God for His mercies and grace.

As I shared in my previous post, for the last 2 year, my health has not been good nor stable. My Doctor is in the midst of finding the right combinations of new medicines and the optimal dosages for my bipolar to stabilise. Aging, menopause and other changes in my body, brain, etc have caused some instability which require changes to my management of my health so that I can be more functional.

I have 8 chronic illnesses which are mostly hereditary. 

1. Bipolar Disorder 

2. Sleep Apnea

3. Asthma

4. High Blood Pressure 

5. High Cholesterol 

6. Borderline Diabetes 

7. Osteoarthritis of my knees and fingers

8. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

I am on long term medication for some of these medical conditions plus using various means to control them. I have been praying for much grace to cope because my health has not been good and stable for 2 years now. Thank God for linking me up with sister Deborah Wang on Facebook and she is concerned when she knows about my conditions. 

Deborah is a Nutritionist cum Health Consultant. She is teaching me a Detox and Rejuvenate Program as she believes there are a lot of toxin in my body due to prolonged medication and my meals. These toxins are affecting my body and brain in various negative ways. 

Sis Deborah has advised me to use the products from NewLife International for best results. Now I am starting slowly to detox and change my diet, as our Lord enables me, using the items I have at home first. Once my own items finished, I will buy the products from NewLife for the best results. See my next upcoming post for more details about sis Deborah, the Program and the products from NewLife.

Thanks again, Deborah, for your kind help and also for linking me up with Lydia. God bless yours and Lydia's kindness in helping me. I am looking to our Lord and waiting upon Him as I seek to make use of the resources He has provided.

Started the partial Detox and Rejuvenate Program today, Day 1, 2 November 2022, using my own resources first and my preference for healthy meals and healthy snacks:

1. Take Probiotics on empty stomach upon waking up.

2. Drink Apple Cider Vinegar with Raw Honey after that.

3. For Breakfast, I am eating Oat with Honey and Nuts or soft/hard boiled eggs.

4. For snacks, I am eating Fruits, Nuts and Seeds or Yoghurt with Honey and Nuts.

Deborah is a Nutritionist, a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Speaker and Trainer. She organises Wellness Parties, Health Retreats (Local & Overseas), Health & Wellness Talks & Workshops, Detox & Rejuvenate Challenge, Juice Cleanse Challenge, Fit & Fabulous Challenge, Weight Loss Made Easy Challenge. 

Deborah's goals are to impart Holistic Health Knowledge and share Practical Health & Fitness Tips. She said everyone should Detox Once in Awhile, Nourish our body All the Time & Exercise Regularly.

Deborah has her own company "Wellness Inc". To find out more about her services, see:

Healing Food = Food that heals

and

Health Retreat Asia

Thank God for grace and strength daily as I wait upon Him for restoration. 

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope some posts or resources I shared on this blog will glorify God and benefit you and others in need.

If you are in Singapore, please come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church, for worship and fellowship: https://pilgrim-covenant.com/

Details for worship services:  https://pilgrim-covenant.com/#view-2-service

Or you can join us online for Morning and Evening worship services: https://pilgrim-covenant.com/join-us/online-links/

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed day! 

By God's grace

Nancie

3 November 2022

Prolonged Recurrent Depression

Dear Reader,

Thank you for stopping by! 

I have experienced many episodes of extreme mood swings since 30 years ago. Sometimes I am well and energetic with increased creativity. Sometimes I am very unwell and clinically depressed with extreme exhaustion and unable to function. As the years went by, the episodes of my clinical depression kept increasing and worsening.

I sought medical treatment and I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in March 2007. Since then I have been under medical treatment and using suitable management plans ie managing stress and stress, try to eat healthy meals, exercise, supplements, etc etc whenever I can.

For the first 13 years the medicine and treatment plans worked well. My health still alternating between hypomania (well) and severe clinical depression (very unwell), these being the characteristics of Bipolar. Thank God I was able to recover from the clinical depression within 2 weeks to a month after my Doctor increased the dosage of my anti-depressant whenever I have relapses. Once I was well, the dosages are lowered back to my regular dosage.

But over the last 2 year, 2 of the 4 medicines I have been taking, didn't work any more despite increased in dosages. It seems that my body has got used to them after taking them for 13 years. So I began to feel unwell. I realized that due to aging and menopause, my body is also undergoing some changes which also affect my whole body.

My Doctor is making some changes in my medicine as well as finding new treatment plans. For 2 years now, she has been trying me out with combinations of some new medicines and trying to find optimal dosages for my health to get better and stabilise.

So far, she has not found the right combinations of new medicines and the optimal dosages yet. It generally takes around 6 months for old medicines to leave my body system. So it also takes that long for the new replacement medicine to work.

Thank God for linking me up with sister Deborah Wang through Facebook. Deborah is a Nutritionist cum Health Consultant. She is teaching me a Detox and Rejuvenate Program as she believes there are a lot of toxin in my body due to prolonged medication and my meals. These toxins are affecting my body and brain in various negative ways. See my next post on Detox and Rejuvenate Program (Part 1) for details.

Thank God for grace and strength daily as I wait upon Him for restoration. God reminds me daily that He will give me sufficient grace and strength as I need. He has been comforting and encouraging me with Deuteronomy 33:25b "... as thy days, so shall thy strength be."

Thank you for stopping by. I hope some posts or resources I shared on this blog will benefit you and others in need.

If you are in Singapore, please come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church, for worship and fellowship: https://pilgrim-covenant.com/

Details for worship services:  https://pilgrim-covenant.com/#view-2-service

Or you can join us online for Morning and Evening worship services: https://pilgrim-covenant.com/join-us/online-links/

By God's grace

Nancie

28 October 2022