About 5 yrs ago I got a root canal on a broken tooth. This tooth hadn't hurt at all until 2 days after the root canal. Now I have had pain for 5 years. How ridiculous!

Recently, because of another broken tooth (see video included in this post...!), I've found an amazing biological dentist, Joel Sanders, who is educating me on meridians that run through teeth and other tooth-centric health things. I asked him what would be affected by this root canal blocking the meridian(s) in my tooth, then proceeded to guess based on the issues I've been having lately: gut pain, decreased sense of smell...and I was right!

Seriously, why wouldn't one part of your body affect another part of your body? Isn't it a whole organism, made to work in sync? I'm so confused by the compartmentalization of body parts in modern medicine. It's so wack.

So I'm getting my root-canaled tooth extracted. I just want the stupid thing out. But in the meantime, I've started taking Green Pastures fermented cod liver/butter oil. There's heaps of evidence that it helps and supports all kinds of things, including dental health. I just read this article on CHEESESLAVE about fats and it inspired me to blog about my teeth. :O)

I'm so excited to get into chiropractic/naturopathic school. I plan on taking a ton of supplementary classes in nutrition and other "alternative" healthcare methods. I can't wait to be a part of teaching others how to eat real food and take care of themselves without all the nasty pharmaceuticals in the role of a PCP. Yay!

So I'm gonna be a doctor. That's super exciting for me to think about. I have all kinds of plans for my life and I can't wait to see how it all pans out. But right now I have to heal myself. Because I want to help others heal.

In my first post I mentioned Celiac Disease. I have been off gluten for years, yet in the past year or so, symptoms of internal angry-ness keep appearing. I've been trying lots of things and I found something recently that I just know is going to work. It's more extreme than anything I've tried before, but I'm so ready to feel better! I'm starting the Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet, by Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride. Which means I've been making bone broth: aka, chicken stock. I love to cook and will generally take on a challenge, but really, bone broth isn't much of a challenge. Which begs the question: Why would you use that crap in the dry, crumbly cubes that is full of chemicals and lacking in the collagen that makes broth so very beneficial to human beings? Go check out this contest that is timed just perfectly to give me some motivation (like these symptoms-of-ucky aren't enough?!) and teach me (and you) a thing or two. And check out these photos I have gathered from my bone broth-making adventures. I especially loved the bone marrow...

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Seriously, y'all go read about bone broth over at CHEESESLAVE. And if you desire a happier gut and the healing of almost anything that causes you distress pertaining to your gut (hint: that's almost everything that causes you distress...go ahead, Google it!) try making some broth and using it as a lovely and delicious tonic.

Oh! I need to go check my broth!

Why do I waste time worrying?!?

I really need to clean out the duplicates on iPhoto. Sheesh.

I used to blog about knitting. Then about knitting and being gluten-free. I haven't knitted in ages (though I still own gobs of yarny goodness...!) but I am 100% always GF unless I get "poisoned" unwittingly, which rarely happens. And I never blogged about it, but wellness has been at the forefront of my life since I discovered, and benefited greatly from, alternate-y, chiropractic-y, nutrition-y medicine. But lately I've not been feeling so good, and by lately I guess I mean in the past year or so. And my job (which I am utterly thankful for, lest I get snippy about it in a future post...) has changed significantly in the 3+ years that I've worked for A Major Tech Company. So one day earlier this year (2011) - literally in a matter of moments - I decided that I am going back to school and I am going to build a legacy of wellness with the foundation of a chiropractic degree. There are many other facets of how I want to build this legacy, but I'm chatty enough already, so if I need to explain or feel like expounding later I certainly have that opportunity. After all, this is my blog.

Welcome. Enjoy. Be well.

Kirsten   > •.• <