5. Korea, What To Do?

I told Nate at THE GYM in Forest Grove, that I would be away for two weeks while I travel to Korea to see my new grandson. Of course I will see his mom and dad but my priority is to see if I can fit that cute baby in my suitcase and sneak him home! He is one of the most beautiful mixed babies I have ever seen. He like to hear my voice when we Skype. I sing to him and talk about how much I love him. He's gonna call me Nana soon.

So, since I won't be around a facility that has excercise equipment for nearly two weeks, it will be important to come up with a routine to stay in shape and not loose ground on this quest to be fit. My son is a Doctoral student in Excercise Science so he will definetly come up with a plan which I will mix with Nates' recommendations.

My son is teaching at a university in Busan, Korea while living in Seoul. He takes the Bullet train mid-week to teach there while his lovely wife and son stay behind at thier apartment.

4. Finally, Nate

He's is so sweet !

He discussed with me the areas of concern and which machines would help tone them using weights. ( I said I needed a smaller butt. )After about half hour of that, I move on to 20 minutes on a cardio machine of my choice where I put my earphones on and listen to the Queby Sisters Band to get me in the mood to move! This helps burn calories longer if you do cardio after weights.

Then Nate gave me a dietary routine to lose some inches and pounds. We had a couple consultations to fine tune it and voila! Now I'm cute!

Thank you Nate and the staff at THE GYM in Forest Grove, Oregon, Dianna, Tammy and Rachel.... not to mention all the buff cops who motivated me.

By the way, it's super inexpensive to join THE GYM! Shocking !

3. Diflucan Prescription

Ok, so along with all the finger peeling was some other underlying issues surrounding the overgrowth of yeast in my system, like a oozing rash behind both my ears and athletes foot which would come and go like an annoying old friend.
My Naturpath and I had another conversation in which the subject of these reoccurring conditions came up again. She said maybe it was time to get rid of the whole deal by taking DIFLUCAN. The recommended dosage is one pill, each week, for three weeks, a total of 3 pills.
I could do that.
Not only did it take care of the ear ooze but I had no desire for sweets of any kind and still don't to this day. It's been 4 months. Over the last 4 months I have lost 16 lbs. started a body building routine with 20 minutes of cardio workout and a body building diet of protein drink with banana, brown rice,meat and veggie,nuts with Greek Yogurt for snack. The afore mentioned dietary items are split up into several meals a day. I stayed on this easily because I had no desire for sugar.
I have to tell you, I look great! I started at 156lbs and am now at 140 lbs.
I am really happy about the DIFLUCAN because I was so addicted to sugars. Now there is no craving, which sure helps a person eat right. I splurge once a week on whatever I want as my trainer, Nate at THE GYM in Forest Grove Oregon told me I could do :)).

2. Anti- fungal liquid

So, the compound pharmacy made me a liquid anti-fungal that I dabbed on for about 3 months. I went back in and told the pharmacist that it did not work, so she reformulated it with an added ingredient that was supposed to make it sort of super strong. Didn't work. The fungus came back just as strong as before.
Deciding to give modern medicine a chance, I went to a traditional western Internist who prescribed an oral med used for run of the mill toe fungus. Having researched on my own, I decided to use it in short increments and see what would happen, not wanting to compromise my liver health. The medication worked while I was taking it, a good sign. But I felt that taking it longer, for several months was not in my best interest long term..
I've lived with this fungus now for over 4 years, as many others on different blogs report similar life span.
By now, I had decided to live with it, peeling, cutting, trimming, biting off the dead skin as my finger tips seemed to die off in chunks. Ugh.

1. The Beginning

Working in the yard was a way to deal with my anquish over a job that ended. I dug, planted, weeded,trimmed, whatever could keep me busy while obsessing over what had happened. I did an amazing job, better than anyone else I was told but still, I guess being that good was threatening. Nothing new to me.
So, I spent three months of the summer with my hands in the dirt. Trimming my cuticles of hang- nails had been a normal behavior for a long time. It's what girls do. Like painting your nails, flossing your teeth, looking at your pimples, you know, girl stuff. Getting my manicure and gel nails put on and filled had been going on for over a decade and the only issue that had come up was an occasional fungal spot that would show up like a purplish green spot somewhere on the nail bed, nothing that didn't go away fairly easy during my manicure sessions by opening up the product and cleaning the area. Simple.
I began to notice the skin on the finger tip started to look like it had been soaking in water for an hour, white, loose, puffy skin that peeled off easily. I tried several over the counter topical products for yeast growth and also products for swelling and itching. Nothing effected it. It started on just two fingers on each hand, the same fingers. Gradually it infested all my finger tips, not the nail bed or under the nail.
Once the skin was removed, the area was sensitive because the layers were now thinner so it made my finger tips tender and injury more likely.
My Naturpath took a culture after this had gone on for over a year only to find out it was some sort of fungus. OK, so now what?