About

Hi dear reader.

My name is Honey, I’m 30 years old and I live in Sweden. I want to tell you about how I got in touch with keto and how that desicion changed my life. I hope you enjoy reading😍

As long as I can remember I have always been sick or felt bad in some kind of way. My earliest memories includes extreme fatigue, tonsillitis, pneumonia, constant constipation and I also got diagnosed with thalassemia minor. I was tired, cold and sick all the time.

The real hell started the day before I turned 12, I got my first period. Not only did I get menstrual cramps from hell, I also got bad acne, severe pms, yeast infections and urinary infections. Not all at the same time of course. My menstrual cramps was so severe I had to stay home from school several days and sometimes I ended up in hospital. The pain caused nausea, trembling and sometimes I even fainted because of the pain. I later found out I had cysts growing on the inside and outside my uterus and this was the reason why my pain was so severe. According to the doctors I had endometriosis and I was going to have to endure this all my life and might not be able to have children.

As if the Endometriosis wasn’t enough, I most often had yeast infections, urinary infections, pneumonia or tonsillitis as I mentioned before, so the doctors prescribed me antibiotics or penicillin. And when I got well I had to endure the severe cramps and pain from my endometriosis. It was a never ending rollercoaster ride.

The big secret

The doctors put me on the pill. The reason why the doctors suggested the pill was to control my period, and the hormones would probably help to decrease my acne too. I was 16 at the time and because of where I come from, the culture we have and the stigma around ”the pill” i had to do it in secret so that my father wouldn’t get mad. The fear of him finding out and what he would do to me when he did find out that I was on the pill, caused me even more stress. I was also afraid that he would think that I was sexually active and that would’ve brought another hell upon me. But I took the pill in secret because I couldn’t take the pain anymore.

Raging B**ch

As I got older the pain got worse and my urinary infections came more often. I was a total mess. My gynecologist had this great idea of putting me on even more hormones so my period would stop coming so I got a IUD.

At this time in my life I started to have the flu even more often so it was a cocktail of pain, pain and even more pain and as a cherry on top I started behaving as a raging b**ch. My loved ones had to endure my bad moodswings and bad temper and watching me getting worse.

The urinary infections got so severe that the antibiotics didn’t have any affect on me anymore. I had to endure three different antibiotics in a row to get rid of it. I got rid of it but the antibiotics had destroyed my immune system and that resulted in me getting shingles. For you who have had shingles you know that it’s very painful, it feals like your skin is constantly on fire and anything that touches it feels like stabs in that particular area.

So there I was.. a raging b**ch with no immune system, in a lot of pain and nothing was going to get better. Until one day in February 2018, I had a big fight with my sister. My lovely and wonderful sister who had done me no wrong at all. I was totally out of control and then she said it.       – ”I can’t do this any more Honey. I can’t watch you get worse like this, you have to do something about it or you’ll loose all your loved ones!”

The biggest decision in my life.

She had this idea that she got from her husband that it was my food habits and the hormones that got me that sick. At first I was very sceptical of it because I thought I was having a good diet and the hormones was recommended to keep my period out. I ate lot of vegetables and fruits just as the doctors told me to. I had tried everything the doctors had suggested but still nothing got me better. Now I was there in the biggest crossroad of my life. Either I’d keep on going like I had done so far and do what the doctors had told me or I’d listen to my sister and her husband. I did what The doctors prescribed all my life but they couldn’t ”fix” me so I decided to try something new.

The day after the conversation with my sister I booked an appointment to get rid of my IUD, as soon as it was out I also cut the pill out and started a 21 day reset with a Keto diet. My sister and her husband helped me a lot sorting out with what foods to avoid and what to eat and on how to keep me physically active.

The first week was really hard to get through. Since I cut off all my hormones and sugars in the same day I had a great cleansing. I felt like a heroinist who couldn’t get a hit. I was a total wreck. A hot mess. This was me being a sugar addict. But my sister and her husband helped me through it. Most people don’t realise how addicted you get and what the sugar does to your body until you really stop having it.

The 6th day it was like waking up in heaven. I woke up having no cravings for sugar. I had no pain and I didn’t feel sick. I had energy I’d never felt before and I was happy. It got better and better and by the 21st day of my cleansing I was a totally new person.

I WAS CURED.

I was cured… HURRAAY!!! This was the beginning of my new life. This happened 3 years ago and I can’t imagine going back to a ”regular” diet ever again. no endo pain , no urinary infections, no yeast infections, no pneumonia, no tonsillitis and my acne disappeared.

I have had cravings for pizza and bread and I’m not gonna lie I have cheated some times during these 3 years and it always resulted in me having pain, a sore throat and I even ended up in the hospital twice because of my endo. So I’ve proven my self that I have to keep strong and not fall for temptation. Haha, believe me when I say discipline is very much needed if you need to do such a drastic change. But in the end it’s totally worth it.

Now when my body feels better, the new challenge for me is to focus on my PTSD and depression but that’s for another post 😉

So why do I do this?

Yes… The big reason I choose to write about my journey and what I have experienced is that I want to help others with the same or similar health issues to find a way to overcome those.

I’m definitely not saying that my way is 100% right for you and that my way is the only way to get cured from endo, inflammations or the other sicknesses I’ve had to endure. Every body is different and needs different strategies in life in order to function well, BUT I believe that the way we live and eat effects our bodies and mental health. I think that if I write and share about my experiences I might motivate and help others to take one or two steps closer to a more functional body and pain free life.

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