Lisa Guliani
The Living Force
Hi to Everybody from Cherokee Land....
An update for you since the move from PA. :
Yesterday, we went to see a medicine woman/herbalist lady, who's good friends with Guardian.
We told her all the symptoms and my diagnoses and she wants to try some tinctures on me.
She used a combination of very pure essential oils on my feet yesterday and we watched my feet turn color. The feet are still hurting pretty bad.
She also made a mixture of cayenne and ginger and sprinkled it inside a pair of socks. I wore the socks for several hours and finally had to take them off because my feet were burning so bad, they felt like they were on fire. The burning got so bad, I couldn't tolerate keeping the socks on, so I finally removed them. My feet were very red and burning hot. The burning persisted through the night, even though my feet were bare. I couldn't keep them under the blanket last night because the blanket intensified the burning. I tolerated the socks as long as I could, but my feet felt like they were literally on fire. I just put the socks on again, and am hoping this is helping. It feels bad, is all I can say. Guardian says it may be helping me, so I'm willing to try it, but I wanted to mention it to you, because all this stuff is new to me. I guess this herbalist lady is a shaman.
My feet are still burning this morning, but to a lesser degree. I put the socks back on, since I'm supposed to do this, but I'm not looking forward to experiencing the same thing as yesterday. We'll see. I hope it's helping.
She also had me drink this tincture she made with cayenne and I think ginger was in that too, and I had to chase it with rice milk because of the cayenne.
That wasn't bad, as spicy stuff doesn't bother me.
I'm supposed to drink that tincture twice a day.
She also suggests I drink this super tonic stuff that Guardian has used in the past. In fact, she swears by it. It was made by a Cherokee woman and it looks like diluted poop. It smells strongly of vinegar and there's alot of apple cider vinegar in it, along with 6 or 7 other ingredients, including habanero peppers. I could smell it before I even drank it. This stuff is NASTY business!! I drank some and had to chase it three times with the rice milk, it is so damn hot. I can still taste it in my mouth and for a while, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to keep it down. It's GROSS. But, Guardian says she drank this stuff for three months and it kills everything: fungus, bacteria, mold, whatever.
I'll be happy if it doesn't eat through the lining of my stomach. She says it eats through plastic cups.
So I drank it - and I hope I did the right thing, but I'm trying the things being suggested to me.
Not looking forward to having to do it again, though. And I had reservations about drinking even a little bit of rice milk, but water doesn't put out the fire in my mouth, so it had to be some kind of milk. I do not tolerate drinking regular cow's milk and can't stand it. so she suggested the rice milk. I only drank a little bit of it, just to try and kill the fire and awful awful taste of that stuff.
Most of the stuff I brought here is now in storage, so we're going to go through there again tomorrow and dig out the blanket and the bin with all the supplements.
I've had to do some walking here, which is difficult, as my feet hurt when I bear weight on them and it's really painful to wear shoes and socks for any length of time due to the contact sensitivity.
Yes, I have been going to bed at night around 11 or so, just like Guardian, and trying to get my sleep cycle back to normal. The pain in my hip/pelvis/groin has kept me from sleeping so well, and often keeps me from sleeping at all. She says she wants to do this raindrop thing on my back ( I guess it involves using some kind of essential oils) and if I remember correctly, she wants to do this once a week. Since I was raised by the Italian side of the family, I claim no familiarity with the ways of the Cherokee, or their methods of healing. I was never allowed to get to know my Indian relatives growing up, because my mother hated them.
It is really beautiful here and I got to go inside the cabin in which I'll be living. It's AWESOME!!!
The people living in it haven't moved out yet, as they are waiting for the closing on their new place, which is supposed to happen on April 4th or 5th.
Then, Guardian wants to replace the fluorescent lights in that cabin before I move in there.
It is right across from her house and it has a wonderful long porch and lots of windows. It's really cool looking on the inside.
Such a pretty place to live. I feel very lucky to be able to be here.
Guardian and I are getting along great. Our dogs are getting along great too and I'm happy that Goose has made a new friend. We're feeding him a raw diet and he seems to be liking that.
The lady also suggested I order this tincture for thyroid that I guess originated from Edgar Cayce. It's called atomidine - EC iodine supplement.
She told me she was going to research some more on treating my health issues and then come up with a plan by this weekend.
I wanted to ask you about this atomidine stuff and what you think I should do - take that or not?
I'm interested in any forum feedback on this tincture.
Anyway, I love it out here. I called the Code Enforcement lady the day before yesterday and requested that they do an inspection of the apartment I just vacated, as we arranged I'd do the week before leaving. I wanted to be out of there for this inspection, since she couldn't come into the place without having the landlord and rental company's permission, which means they would also be present.
I didn't want to have to deal with them ganging up on me, so I waited till I moved out to request it. The lady called me back and told me she was doing the inspection yesterday afternoon at 3:30 and will let me know what happens. I asked for a copy of the inspection report.
And that is about where we're at thus far.
Taking it one day at a time and appreciating this place and hanging out with Guardian so much...
Thank you all for everything you've done for me and I hope you're all doing well, wherever you are.
An update for you since the move from PA. :
Yesterday, we went to see a medicine woman/herbalist lady, who's good friends with Guardian.
We told her all the symptoms and my diagnoses and she wants to try some tinctures on me.
She used a combination of very pure essential oils on my feet yesterday and we watched my feet turn color. The feet are still hurting pretty bad.
She also made a mixture of cayenne and ginger and sprinkled it inside a pair of socks. I wore the socks for several hours and finally had to take them off because my feet were burning so bad, they felt like they were on fire. The burning got so bad, I couldn't tolerate keeping the socks on, so I finally removed them. My feet were very red and burning hot. The burning persisted through the night, even though my feet were bare. I couldn't keep them under the blanket last night because the blanket intensified the burning. I tolerated the socks as long as I could, but my feet felt like they were literally on fire. I just put the socks on again, and am hoping this is helping. It feels bad, is all I can say. Guardian says it may be helping me, so I'm willing to try it, but I wanted to mention it to you, because all this stuff is new to me. I guess this herbalist lady is a shaman.
My feet are still burning this morning, but to a lesser degree. I put the socks back on, since I'm supposed to do this, but I'm not looking forward to experiencing the same thing as yesterday. We'll see. I hope it's helping.
She also had me drink this tincture she made with cayenne and I think ginger was in that too, and I had to chase it with rice milk because of the cayenne.
That wasn't bad, as spicy stuff doesn't bother me.
I'm supposed to drink that tincture twice a day.
She also suggests I drink this super tonic stuff that Guardian has used in the past. In fact, she swears by it. It was made by a Cherokee woman and it looks like diluted poop. It smells strongly of vinegar and there's alot of apple cider vinegar in it, along with 6 or 7 other ingredients, including habanero peppers. I could smell it before I even drank it. This stuff is NASTY business!! I drank some and had to chase it three times with the rice milk, it is so damn hot. I can still taste it in my mouth and for a while, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to keep it down. It's GROSS. But, Guardian says she drank this stuff for three months and it kills everything: fungus, bacteria, mold, whatever.
I'll be happy if it doesn't eat through the lining of my stomach. She says it eats through plastic cups.
So I drank it - and I hope I did the right thing, but I'm trying the things being suggested to me.
Not looking forward to having to do it again, though. And I had reservations about drinking even a little bit of rice milk, but water doesn't put out the fire in my mouth, so it had to be some kind of milk. I do not tolerate drinking regular cow's milk and can't stand it. so she suggested the rice milk. I only drank a little bit of it, just to try and kill the fire and awful awful taste of that stuff.
Most of the stuff I brought here is now in storage, so we're going to go through there again tomorrow and dig out the blanket and the bin with all the supplements.
I've had to do some walking here, which is difficult, as my feet hurt when I bear weight on them and it's really painful to wear shoes and socks for any length of time due to the contact sensitivity.
Yes, I have been going to bed at night around 11 or so, just like Guardian, and trying to get my sleep cycle back to normal. The pain in my hip/pelvis/groin has kept me from sleeping so well, and often keeps me from sleeping at all. She says she wants to do this raindrop thing on my back ( I guess it involves using some kind of essential oils) and if I remember correctly, she wants to do this once a week. Since I was raised by the Italian side of the family, I claim no familiarity with the ways of the Cherokee, or their methods of healing. I was never allowed to get to know my Indian relatives growing up, because my mother hated them.
It is really beautiful here and I got to go inside the cabin in which I'll be living. It's AWESOME!!!
The people living in it haven't moved out yet, as they are waiting for the closing on their new place, which is supposed to happen on April 4th or 5th.
Then, Guardian wants to replace the fluorescent lights in that cabin before I move in there.
It is right across from her house and it has a wonderful long porch and lots of windows. It's really cool looking on the inside.
Such a pretty place to live. I feel very lucky to be able to be here.
Guardian and I are getting along great. Our dogs are getting along great too and I'm happy that Goose has made a new friend. We're feeding him a raw diet and he seems to be liking that.
The lady also suggested I order this tincture for thyroid that I guess originated from Edgar Cayce. It's called atomidine - EC iodine supplement.
She told me she was going to research some more on treating my health issues and then come up with a plan by this weekend.
I wanted to ask you about this atomidine stuff and what you think I should do - take that or not?
I'm interested in any forum feedback on this tincture.
Anyway, I love it out here. I called the Code Enforcement lady the day before yesterday and requested that they do an inspection of the apartment I just vacated, as we arranged I'd do the week before leaving. I wanted to be out of there for this inspection, since she couldn't come into the place without having the landlord and rental company's permission, which means they would also be present.
I didn't want to have to deal with them ganging up on me, so I waited till I moved out to request it. The lady called me back and told me she was doing the inspection yesterday afternoon at 3:30 and will let me know what happens. I asked for a copy of the inspection report.
And that is about where we're at thus far.
Taking it one day at a time and appreciating this place and hanging out with Guardian so much...
Thank you all for everything you've done for me and I hope you're all doing well, wherever you are.
to you, Lisa ...
I told him that I had been supplementing with iodine since I wasn't sure that I wanted to begin a lifetime of synthroid. He a rather stoic look came across his face and he said that 'we can't suggest our patients try iodine but I know it does work'... He suggested I continue the iodine (!) and check my blood again in 6 months. This was a regular MD, not a naturopath (health insurance doesn't pay for them! :)) 
