The difference Plexus is making for me.

I wanted to write a blog post on what PLEXUS is doing for me. I really can't believe all the things I am able to do lately, which I can only attribute to plexus. I have been on my medications since January 2014. I still wasn't able to even brush my hair on my own in September 2014. In October my blood was continuing to drop so I began getting iron infusions twice a week and continued once a week in November. Finally, my hemoglobin came up to a 12.4 so my hematologist said it was okay to stop the infusions. I was starting to be able to do more. I could get dressed on my own, get up earlier in the day, I made a few meals and I was beginning to feel better.

Although I felt happy for the progress, there wasn't a single day that I didn't limp or have severe pain. I also had these thoughts?
-Will I ever be able to get through a day without pain and without fighting against my body?
-Will I ever be able to stop taking immuno-suppressant chemo drugs?
-Am I going to die soon?

I ordered plexus the tri-plex package November 30th. Upon receiving the product I tried drinking the pink drink called slim and thought it was much too sweet for my liking. I had eliminated sugar from my diet and this was ridiculously sweet to me. I didn't think it could do well for my body. So I decided to put it away in the cabinet and forget about it.

A few weeks later, I realized that my lower back had been hurting for quite some time. I believed it was my kidneys. I have lupus and lupus can cause kidney disease so I figured that is what it was. I wanted to get rid of the pain without taking more drugs. So I decided to give the all natural slim drink a try again and drink lots of water hoping it would help my kidneys.This was December 18th, 2014.

I didn't notice much at first except that my lower back pain was feeling better. (BTW, if you want to know the real reason for the pain- see my last post.)

But the first week of January we went to visit my mom in North Carolina. I kept saying to Carl that whole week- " I'm surprised that I'm not that tired" and " My pain isn't as bad as I thought it would be in this cold weather." He and I attributed it to the fact that I never adjusted to the time frame and I got out of bed around 12/1 everyday eastern time. I always feel better later in the day then I do earlier in the day. Also, I thought well maybe it because the air is cleaner and my body isn't trying to fight off as much toxins or something.

When we returned home my pain level did increase. I didn't take my plexus the day of travel because I had packed it and forgot. Once Christmas break was over and we were back in our normal routine is when I really started noticing. My energy was without a doubt increasing.

• I no longer have to take a rest after taking a shower. I would only have energy long enough to shower and I would have to lay down for 5-10 minutes before I had the energy to get dressed. Once I was dressed I would have to rest again before attempting hair or make-up and many times those things just didn't happen. ( I wore ALOT of hats and headbands!)
• I can make dinner and wash dishes!!! I haven't been able to lift a glass of water for a long while, let a lone a pot or pan. I have been able to do the dishes- who would of ever thought of being thankful that they can do dishes?! 
• I can drive my daughter to school in the early morning. Turning the steering wheel was too hard for me in the morning because my inflammation and stiffness is the worst in the mornings. ( I didn't have the strength to start my car on my own with my hands I would have to use my foot)
• I pushed a shopping cart!! If you follow me on facebook, you probably saw my post about this, but yes I have been using the handicap drive-able carts for almost 2 years.
• I am no longer sleeping most my day away. I would go back to bed after MJ goes off to school and if I didn't I would be in bed by 3pm in the afternoon. This isn't happening ANYMORE!
• Today I raked and cleaned up all the dog poop in our backyard ( gross I know) but when putting a shirt on was impossible or opening a door or even walking was like trying to fight a gladiator. I am so grateful for the progress plexus has made for me in just a little over a month. 
• And this...(picture below) I used to love to run and jump and Carl would catch me in this position. It was just something fun I loved. I haven't been able to do this now in like 5 years. And no there was no running and jumping just some light lifting but I was able to put my arm over his shoulder and bend my knees and it barely hurt only a little. I would want to cry or die if someone so much as tried to put one finger on me just a couple months ago. The pain was unbearable and I had no choice but to bear it before. 

Now for the bloodwork...

I have a standing order at the lab that I have to go in and get my labs done on a regular basis due to the harsh drugs I am on so the monitoring of that and my health. I want to tell you my hemoglobin levels have been out of range since summer 2013 and maybe longer. Here you can see old labs and new:

I am now in range!! Some of this is because of the infusions. But the one that is not pictured that I know is for sure because of  PLEXUS is my SED rate (SED rate basically measures the inflammation of your body.) It went from 75 to 56. Normal is  less than or = 20. I hoping as time goes on with plexus this will get even lower as I am still really high.

 I now have hope again.Hope to overcome this and hopefully one day I can get off these horrible meds and still be able to function and not be disabled. I don't feel like I'm heading for death soon but now I can plan for tomorrow and a future. I hope this Plexus is an answer to more then just my health prayers. My journey is still going and I want to reach optimal health and I need to be blessed financially to do all the things I have in mind to get there. And plexus could quite possibly make that happen. I have a friend from college who it has changed her life financially.

Where can you get some plexus? If you know me personally and see me I am happy to give you a sample of the pink drink. You can also order from me. If you would like to know more, feel free to message me. I hope it can bless others as it is for me! :)


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