Food, Health, Homeschool, Life
I have been having chronic neck, face, head, and migraine pain since January 2022. I have had migraine since I was 6 but this has been completely different and has rocked my world. I already follow a migraine diet but I have added tools to help me deal with this new level of pain. Occipital…
How can I get enough daily protein when I am limited in what I can eat? This is a question I have asked so many times over the years. As someone who can’t eat eggs, beans, nuts, soy, game meat, or too much dairy, it has been difficult to get the right amount of protein…
Tiger Nut Flour These grain free and gluten free peanut butter cookies are made using my favorite brand Anthony’s Tiger Nut Flour. This brand is ground to be extra fine and isn’t as grainy as some of the others I have tried. Tiger nuts are not actually a nut but a tuber that grows in…
Cervicogenic headache occurs when pain is referred from a specific source in the neck up to the head. (spinehealth.com) I woke up January 2nd with a tension headache coming from the base of the right side of my head. It was achy and felt different than the normal migraine headaches I deal with. I took…
Part 3: Diet One of the very first things we tried when my son was diagnosed with vestibular migraine in November of 2020 was a migraine diet. I read through Heal Your Headache by David Buchholz. We were already familiar with this diet because of my history with migraine but reading that book was a…
Part 2: What Therapy Has Worked and What Hasn’t Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. These are things that have worked for my son under the advice and care of his drs. Please consult your doctor before trying anything written below. Whenever my kids have gotten sick over the years I always grab a notebook…
Part 1: The Beginning On August 18th of 2020, my 11 year old son woke up super irritable, tired and a short while later developed a headache. He began throwing up about noon that day. He continued to throw up for 3 days at which point his pediatrician diagnosed him with gastroenteritis. I need to…
My son loves jello. We have recently had a virus go through our house providing the perfect opportunity to make home made jello. This jello is made with two ingredients: fruit juice and grass fed beef gelatin. Gelatin is soothing for sore throats, help when healing for the gut, and has protein. This takes about…
My kids had high fevers this week that led to a strep diagnosis for both of them. While I was researching natural remedies to help bring down their fevers I came across the concept of an herbal electuary. What is an herbal electuary? It is a powdered medicinal herb mixed with honey. The honey makes the herb…
If you’re here, then you or someone you know is struggling with migraines or daily headaches. If you haven’t read the first part, go back and read Migraines Part 1 before you continue here. There’s some helpful info on diet, medicine and the first part of my journey. Last September (2017) I began dealing with auto-immune…