This Skin

While my skin is not exactly the look of perfection, it's a huge improvement from months ago. See all my previous posts for proof.

I have been on the birth control pills for the past 4 months and I truly believe that has a huge part in helping my skin. I stopped working out as much as I was because I also believe all that sweat was not good for me. I will begin yoga again as that does not make me sweat as much.

I woke up in the middle of the night to feel a pain in my throat when I swallowed. "Shit", I thought. Once I woke up for good I gobbled up some vitamin D and elderberry pills. I searched my kid's medicine cabinet for all the homeopathic cold medicine he has. I figured doubling the dose would work. The first thing I do when I feel that sore throat is heat up some water with chopped ginger and lemon. I chugged that down then for lunch made a delish butternut squash soup with garlic, onions and a shit load of chopped peppers and cayenne. I'm not fucking around when colds try to take over my body. 

After that I soaked in a salt bath and scrubbed my body down with a sugar/coconut oil scrub I made, took a quick cat nap before picking up my son from school, and at the moment I am sitting in the 84 degree heated living room trying to sweat it out.

Tonight I will make sure to get extra sleep and wrap a scarf around my neck before bed (this is a trick my husband learned and it really works!).

Took some pictures tonight of my shitty skin. The photo of me face front makes it seem that there is not too  much to worry about. The side photos show you how raggedy I look. My spirit is not as down as it was a few weeks ago. Obviously my skin still needs to clear but those deep cysts are fading from my neck and now I have a lot of red spots that need to fade.