It is 1:30 in the morning and my stomach is on fire. For the
last 30 minutes or so all I could do was sit here doubled over and rock like a
baby. The sweating has finally stopped and I’m not really shaking any more. My back
is still sore from the spasms in my abdomen but that will pass quickly, it usually
does.
I have
had attacks like these for as long as I can remember. It often goes the same
way all the time I will be sleeping soundly dreaming of sugar plums or what
have you. Then like I shot I am up. Sweating and hurting, a fire in my gut
that I just can’t put out.
When I was
a kid they said it was ulcers and gave me some thick chalky type liquid that
tasted worse than the pain felt. It never really helped it just gave me
something else to focus on as I suffered through the night. It would often last
all night.
As I got
older I would drink 'till I did not notice the pain any more but then I would
pay for that the next day. The best way to fight a hangover though is to keep
drinking. That would start a vicious cycle so it was not the best choice.
Then I tried
pain pills. They never really stopped the pain but it would knock me out so I would
sleep through it and that was good enough. The problem with pain pills though
is doctors won’t just give them out to everyone... even when you really need them.
Then again
doctors have never been much help for this problem. I have seen quite a few
over the years always with the same complaints. Always there would be tests, and
more visits, and specialist, and co pays, and deductibles, and the list goes on and on.
All that effort and no relief, or any answers, just
a prescription for an overpriced ineffective medication. I do not like going to the doctor. One doctor,
the last doctor, on my last visit, wanted to shove a camera down my throat or
up my bum.... That was almost two years ago.
Tonight
though I have relief. All from a little bottle of oil that I just rub on my
tummy. You see my wife, who too had grown disillusioned with our modern medical
system for her own reasons, had discovered essential oils. I don’t want to get
in to too many details but she has a website that is all about it and you can find
out more at apothekayla.com.
The long
and the short of it is she found a concoction that works. I am still not one
hundred percent sure about what ails me but she knows how to make it feel better. After
years of suffering I finally found relief.
After that
we tried all sorts of new oils and natural healthcare products. She does a heal-all salve that I use my fair share of. Working in the yard has put a lot of
cuts and scrapes on this old man and that salve heals them up fast.
A day
in the yard will put a strain on the body so a good rub down with dandy oil is the best way to sooth sore muscles. That’s just a few of the tricks in her bag to
keep me going.
I have
work in the morning so I am about to go back to bad. Which is nice because in
the past this would have been only the beginning of a long, bad night. Not tonight
though, tonight was just a reminder to write a quick post about why I love essential
oils, and my wonderful wife who introduced me to them.
-Robert
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