Lisa Guliani
The Living Force
Hi Everyone! An update: I've decided to take a breather from treatment using cayenne. After having essential oils rubbed onto my feet, and then wearing socks dosed with cayenne and ingesting a couple of doses of a liquid cayenne/ginger tincture, plus drinking a super tonic mixture that was also extremely 'hot', I had some kind of seriously intense reaction.
My feet turned very red and became increasingly hot as the hours passed on the first night, and by the end of Day 1, I had to remove the socks because I couldn't tolerate the intense burning. I do NOT think this was caused by increased blood flow to my feet. I think it was a really painful reaction to dosing with so much cayenne and whatever other peppers were contained in the tincture or super tonic.
The pain was very bad. My feet swelled and I couldn't sleep because of it. On the first night, I stayed awake all night trying to put out the fire in my feet. I tried cool wet cloths and sticking my feet in the tub and running some cool water on them. The pain intensified. I couldn't cover them with a sheet or blanket.
Day 2: I was hoping that perhaps the tincture and cayenne socks would indeed open up my vessels, so I put the cayenne socks back on and took another dose of the cayenne/ginger tincture. The burning pain shot off the chart. It was so bad, I couldn't keep the socks on all day. Again on Night 2, I tried wetting my feet to cool them. This did NOT work at all, but seemed to make the burning pain worse. My toes were very swollen and inflamed and felt like they were going to burst. No sleep again on night 2, even though I took my pain medication in the hope of just passing out.
Day 3: I decided there was no way I was putting the cayenne socks back on my feet. The pain was too much and another night of rocking and moaning didn't seem therapeutic at all too me. I am very familiar with pain that is part of healing. This was NOT that kind of pain. It seemed to me like the cayenne and other ingredients, combined with the essential oils may have induced some sort of inflammatory/autoimmune response from my body.
With no socks on and no ingestion of tincture, , my feet continued to burn, but the burning didn't get worse until I tried to sleep. Another bad night for sleeping.
Day 4: My feet were no longer burning like the previous 3 days, until I tried to take a shower, where the water hitting my feet seemed to trigger them to burn intensely again.
Day 5: The burning pain of the previous 4 days seems to be gone and now I am just dealing with the usual more familiar and tolerable pain.
The STIM has arrived ( thank you very much, LQB) and so I am going to familiarize myself with the apparatus and try that.
I've also begun taking melatonin again to try and normalize my sleep cycle, plus taking a supplement for energy, the magnesium and the other various supplements I've been taking.
Also, since I figure it's harder to chop stuff off of a moving target, I've been making efforts to do some walking, like I did on my birthday. Walking is slow. Still having issues with bearing weight on both feet. Still having issues with temperature and contact sensitivity, but I'm pretty used to this by now and am awaiting delivery of some battery powered socks.
My hands are still temperature sensitive - and this house is nice and warm. Plus, I have an extra portable heater in the room in which I sleep, so there is no issue with the temp inside the home or the room. The problem is with me.
Foxx: I have heard of the heat packs you can stick inside gloves and socks. I've used them before walking in cold winters over the years, but don't have them now. I'm hoping the variety of appliances and supplements, combined with rest and getting more sleep in a mold-free environment will do the trick at some point. Thank you for the suggestion, though. I may get some of those packs for my hands, which stay pretty chilly.
At any rate, I am greatly relieved that the intense fire of the cayenne burn is gone. It may be a great vasodilator, but it wasn't having that effect on me at this time, not in such a large continuous dosage ( in the socks) and not in conjunction with oils. I could be very wrong, but judging by the reaction I experienced, it seemed like maybe too much at once and perhaps too soon for such dosing?
On another note, I want to thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes and for your concern and offers to help.
My birthday was unforgettable and it got me out of the house and into some needed sunshine, which felt good.
Walking now tires me pretty quickly, but I did enjoy being outside, seeing the Cherokee Mothertown, driving through scenic countryside, and going for a ride above all of it in a helicopter. It took my mind off my feet and thyroid for half a day and was so much FUN....
A million thanks to you all for sticking by me.
My feet turned very red and became increasingly hot as the hours passed on the first night, and by the end of Day 1, I had to remove the socks because I couldn't tolerate the intense burning. I do NOT think this was caused by increased blood flow to my feet. I think it was a really painful reaction to dosing with so much cayenne and whatever other peppers were contained in the tincture or super tonic.
The pain was very bad. My feet swelled and I couldn't sleep because of it. On the first night, I stayed awake all night trying to put out the fire in my feet. I tried cool wet cloths and sticking my feet in the tub and running some cool water on them. The pain intensified. I couldn't cover them with a sheet or blanket.
Day 2: I was hoping that perhaps the tincture and cayenne socks would indeed open up my vessels, so I put the cayenne socks back on and took another dose of the cayenne/ginger tincture. The burning pain shot off the chart. It was so bad, I couldn't keep the socks on all day. Again on Night 2, I tried wetting my feet to cool them. This did NOT work at all, but seemed to make the burning pain worse. My toes were very swollen and inflamed and felt like they were going to burst. No sleep again on night 2, even though I took my pain medication in the hope of just passing out.
Day 3: I decided there was no way I was putting the cayenne socks back on my feet. The pain was too much and another night of rocking and moaning didn't seem therapeutic at all too me. I am very familiar with pain that is part of healing. This was NOT that kind of pain. It seemed to me like the cayenne and other ingredients, combined with the essential oils may have induced some sort of inflammatory/autoimmune response from my body.
With no socks on and no ingestion of tincture, , my feet continued to burn, but the burning didn't get worse until I tried to sleep. Another bad night for sleeping.
Day 4: My feet were no longer burning like the previous 3 days, until I tried to take a shower, where the water hitting my feet seemed to trigger them to burn intensely again.
Day 5: The burning pain of the previous 4 days seems to be gone and now I am just dealing with the usual more familiar and tolerable pain.
The STIM has arrived ( thank you very much, LQB) and so I am going to familiarize myself with the apparatus and try that.
I've also begun taking melatonin again to try and normalize my sleep cycle, plus taking a supplement for energy, the magnesium and the other various supplements I've been taking.
Also, since I figure it's harder to chop stuff off of a moving target, I've been making efforts to do some walking, like I did on my birthday. Walking is slow. Still having issues with bearing weight on both feet. Still having issues with temperature and contact sensitivity, but I'm pretty used to this by now and am awaiting delivery of some battery powered socks.
My hands are still temperature sensitive - and this house is nice and warm. Plus, I have an extra portable heater in the room in which I sleep, so there is no issue with the temp inside the home or the room. The problem is with me.
Foxx: I have heard of the heat packs you can stick inside gloves and socks. I've used them before walking in cold winters over the years, but don't have them now. I'm hoping the variety of appliances and supplements, combined with rest and getting more sleep in a mold-free environment will do the trick at some point. Thank you for the suggestion, though. I may get some of those packs for my hands, which stay pretty chilly.
At any rate, I am greatly relieved that the intense fire of the cayenne burn is gone. It may be a great vasodilator, but it wasn't having that effect on me at this time, not in such a large continuous dosage ( in the socks) and not in conjunction with oils. I could be very wrong, but judging by the reaction I experienced, it seemed like maybe too much at once and perhaps too soon for such dosing?
On another note, I want to thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes and for your concern and offers to help.
My birthday was unforgettable and it got me out of the house and into some needed sunshine, which felt good.
Walking now tires me pretty quickly, but I did enjoy being outside, seeing the Cherokee Mothertown, driving through scenic countryside, and going for a ride above all of it in a helicopter. It took my mind off my feet and thyroid for half a day and was so much FUN....
A million thanks to you all for sticking by me.
Nerve pain is probably the worst pain anyone can experience. I’ve had a taste of it myself, but this supersensitive pain to even a touch or drop of water is downright scary. Is this what happened to you before too? 
