Today Darin and I are celebrating 19 years of marriage. We're celebrating in our favorite way - being home together with our family. Darin took the day off and we've treated this day as a mostly normal Tuesday. The three oldest worked on their schoolwork this morning while I prepared for the science co-op class that I teach on Thursdays. While we were doing that, Darin hung out with Henry, Sophia and Grace. We ate leftover chili for lunch, and then went out for an anniversary drink at Starbucks.
While we were at Starbucks, Sophia threw up. Thank God we were sitting on the outdoor patio! Sophia seems to be our "throw-up girl." I think she has thrown up more times than all the rest of the kids combined, God bless her. And me. And Darin! ;-) Darin and I have our routine set in stone when it comes to throw-up. I do the clean-up of the actual puke while Darin cleans up the kid. Darin does not respond well to the Technicolor Yawn. I struggle with the moldy dishes Darin brings home from work. It totally grosses me out! So Darin handles that for me.
I think of all the moldy dishes, and puke, and stinky diapers, moves, tricky financial issues, dreams left behind and new dreams brought to life, and I can't imagine going through it with anyone but Darin. So many times over the years we have recounted how we met and all the little details that had to come about for us to meet when we did. We could have never accomplished it on our own! I mean, come on. We have a hard enough time getting our little family out the door to church on Sundays! In honor of our anniversary this year - especially because we are now working on year TWENTY! I am going to dig deep and see if I can find some pictures from when we first met and married and tell the story of how we met. Stay tuned! :-)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Drug Free!
Darin has suffered with GERD and a hiatal hernia for years. Really....YEARS. He has taken Prevacid for longer than we can remember, and it's a prescription that is supposed to only be used for a few weeks. Our chiropractor told Darin that he could get off the Prevacid if he wanted to, but neither of us really believed it could be done because of the hiatal hernia, which is basically a continually open hole in Darin's stomach, leading into the esophagus. We were told by "real" doctors that he would have to have surgery to fix it.
But one morning as I watched the news while getting ready for the day, I saw one of those commercials. You know..."If you or a loved one have taken the drug Prevacid and suffered from 'blah-bitty-blah' you might be entitled to compensation......" I told Darin what I saw, and then he saw it the next day. That was the last day he was on Prevacid. He quit it cold turkey and then we left town for 10 days. He carried the Tums with him and when we got back, we dusted off the recipe for Brasco Broth that Dr. Erb gave us to start us down the road to healing Darin's tummy. I took a crash course in chicken feet and local sources for grassfed beef and free range chicken. Darin was supposed to drink nothing but the broth for 3 days. We realized on the 2nd day that we needed a plan and turned to Dr. Erb. He directed us to Restoring Your Digestive Health. We found it at Barnes & Noble here in town, and followed what is called the Guts & Glory Program. It's been over three weeks since he started down this path, and nearly two weeks since he has felt one little "urp." We just can hardly believe it. We never thought it possible! Here's some little tidbits that we learned:
1) Most digestive problems are caused by too much candida/yeast.
2) Darin's lifelong stomach issues were probably passed along to him by his Mom when he came through the birth canal. She probably had a high level of candida/yeast and Darin took some with him as he left. :-)
3) As Darin ate the Standard American Diet all through life, the yeast from all the carbs that we all love so much, multiplied his stomach issues and the issues became worse as he got older. The yeast buildup in his gut is what actually caused the hiatal hernia. The Guts & Glory Program starves out the yeast and detoxes the body. Now Dr. Erb will give Darin adjustments that will help close up the hiatal hernia. No more hole!
This article, Acid Reflux: A Red Flag, really solidified things for us. It spoke to us on every level concerning what Darin has been experiencing for 20 years and more.
But one morning as I watched the news while getting ready for the day, I saw one of those commercials. You know..."If you or a loved one have taken the drug Prevacid and suffered from 'blah-bitty-blah' you might be entitled to compensation......" I told Darin what I saw, and then he saw it the next day. That was the last day he was on Prevacid. He quit it cold turkey and then we left town for 10 days. He carried the Tums with him and when we got back, we dusted off the recipe for Brasco Broth that Dr. Erb gave us to start us down the road to healing Darin's tummy. I took a crash course in chicken feet and local sources for grassfed beef and free range chicken. Darin was supposed to drink nothing but the broth for 3 days. We realized on the 2nd day that we needed a plan and turned to Dr. Erb. He directed us to Restoring Your Digestive Health. We found it at Barnes & Noble here in town, and followed what is called the Guts & Glory Program. It's been over three weeks since he started down this path, and nearly two weeks since he has felt one little "urp." We just can hardly believe it. We never thought it possible! Here's some little tidbits that we learned:
1) Most digestive problems are caused by too much candida/yeast.
2) Darin's lifelong stomach issues were probably passed along to him by his Mom when he came through the birth canal. She probably had a high level of candida/yeast and Darin took some with him as he left. :-)
3) As Darin ate the Standard American Diet all through life, the yeast from all the carbs that we all love so much, multiplied his stomach issues and the issues became worse as he got older. The yeast buildup in his gut is what actually caused the hiatal hernia. The Guts & Glory Program starves out the yeast and detoxes the body. Now Dr. Erb will give Darin adjustments that will help close up the hiatal hernia. No more hole!
This article, Acid Reflux: A Red Flag, really solidified things for us. It spoke to us on every level concerning what Darin has been experiencing for 20 years and more.
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