Today I’m talking about a victory that is so exciting to me. I have a deviated septum, and it causes me to be prone to Sinus infections… not fun. I can however feel them coming usually. Generally they come when the pressure changes and anyone local knows how often the weather and pressure changes around here. I first feel it in my foot, then it moves to my sinuses shortly after. So my victory in progress began a week ago today. I woke up and spent the entire day sneezing. For anyone that has heard me sneezing knows how this must have affected my day.  #Blowout.

See I’ve become smart over the years I’ve been able to function through these sinus infections with the natural remedies… fire water was a big one, charcoal poultices was a very effective one, simple salt water *sniffs* I called them (you can imagine what the *sniff* meant):-/. All of this worked to keep me functioning without antibiotics.

So needless to say I knew it was coming. However I also knew that this was the second infection I had gotten since being on Plexus Supplements. The first one I was very green with the supplements, so I survived through weeks with that one too, but this one was going to be different.. I had done my research… I was ready.

So I began my *treatment* right away that Wednesday a week ago. Ease capsules and extra x factor along with our body cream on my sinus hot spots. Every four hours for the supplements and cream whenever i could remember. I know enough about the ingredients to know I needed to be consistent and persistent or this wasn’t going to work the way I wanted it to.

My game plan… Pray for the best…. be consistent…. don’t go down without a fight.

Wednesday night I went to bed feeling ok but very tired. Woke up thursday morning (New years Eve) with more pressure, headaches and the start of a foggy day. BUT again I was determined (as usual with my natural remedies because that is the only way it works) so I went on with my *treatment* every four hours with the supplements and cream whenever I thought of it. By supper time Thursday I wasn’t worse but I wasn’t better either.  We decided to go to church, mama wasn’t too bad. BUT we were reluctant to think that the following day we would be able to go ahead with our plans… cause this mama knows how it usually goes. I went to bed…

Praying for the best…. being consistant… and determined not to go down without a fight

Friday morning came and so did the pressure headache 😦 But the foggy feeling was gone :-0… So I started my *treatment* again. Got ready for the day. We were going to see how it went. I put my cream on.. as usual and went to help Jeremy with Breakfast (yes my husband took the day off, and yes he cooks… two HUGE shockers for those of you that know him).. I tend to like my lotion to dry and then go back and finish with my makeup. so I wasn’t completely ready yet. We were expecting company for our annual brunch at 10 and this was 8:30. (yes I remember the time, you would too if you knew what was going to happen next.. are you ready?

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I was picking up a usual mess my son makes when he is “helping” in the kitchen and it happened…..

My face started burning…. um that really is an understatement, my face was on fire, and it hurt sooo very badly. I said something to Jeremy and he was like..

“Uh… yeah… maybe you should see what it looks like”

I went in the bedroom and at this point tried to take a picture but no picture would do it justice. All around where my sinuses connect it was bright red and splotchy… did I mention on fire? cause I was in pain. This picture shows exactly where it was red and Oh and it was BURNING!!

 

Not really sure what to do, I put more cream on and then I covered that with another cream I have, works really well for relieving skin issues. So at his point I’m like.. oh dear we have company over in an hour and I look like a creeper and my face feels like it is peeling off…. then I’m like

wait a minute… my pressure headache is gone… my foggy feeling is gone… DETOX

It’s so hard for me to explain the excitement I had in that moment of realization, I was so excited I wanted my skin to fall off if it meant that this was going to be the beginning of the end of my infection. If anyone has struggled through a severe sinus infection before you know my feeling on this. I’ve been doing natural health for years and I know that natural healing takes longer, but in the long run it’s so better than the antibiotic. I guess you could say I have trained myself to put up with the long drawn out sicknesses so that my immune system can build instead of starting over with a dose of antibiotics.. I am not willing to loose all the progress I have made in myself or my children….So at this point in the morning I thought

Bring in on!! burning red splotchy face or not our company was going to come over and I was going to love it, cause this was the beginning of the end… after TWO days!!!

It also helped that our company coming for brunch was another natural health family, so I knew I could explain that I had charcoal on my face and that it was helping my sinuses, and that mama would understand. I went on with the morning pretty excited but still

Praying for the best… being consistant…. and determined not to go down without a fight.

Time was drawing near and I asked Jeremy “how is my face?” he said it wasn’t bad but when he gave be a peck on the cheek he said it was warm to the touch… maybe because it was still BURNING!!!! it’s now 9:30 and it had been burning for an hour.

We went on with our morning, comapany came and I did have the chance to talk with this mama about what was going on with me, she is a mama who loves everything Natural but does not want anything to do with Plexus, so it was more like

“Oh yeah that makes sense the charcoal would do that.”

with me Like

“Yes I know isn’t it great after all those Charcoal poultices, this cream with the mixture it has, it finally worked?”

“It’s Plexus isn’t it?”

“Yup”

we exchanged knowing smiles and moved on.

Over the next few days i would experience a headache ever so often, but I’m still amazed at this amazing victory I have experienced yet again through these products… Baby is crying gotta rush… would love to talk to you more….

Blessings

thegracefulhomemaker