Ooops nearly missed this one. Thanks sunshine. Yes of course, our own mouths can tell us what is good or not. I had totally forgotten about that. So simple yet so useful, thanks for that. In fact my mouth did tell me when i got my coconut oil delivery. I had received a taster from one company and it drove me wild! I gobbled it up and wanted more but I found another company with a special offer, the one you chose - coconoil I think - or something like it - and just ordered that but when it came it was not the same, it was harder and not sweet. Because it was so cheap I kept it thinking that at least i could fry with it even if i did not feel like eating it. Mistake. Anyhow, I saw the kinesiologist yesterday and she said the coconut oil is bad for me and confirmed what I felt myself.

Most of my supplements are no good. This is not surprising as in the past when I was sicker, the time after I first think i got bitten, I would develop sensitivity to anything i took on a daily basis. So I have learned to rotate everything.

The appointment was a great success. She not only tested my supplements but she used vials to try to diagnose me. She said it is not Borrelia burgdorferi ie Lyme - but another bacteria from a tick bite which she could not name so i will see what Dr W says on Tuesday.

She also worked on a few points, massaging them, for fatigue and pain and they worked! I felt much better afterwards and not exhausted through going out. This morning i feel better. She has taught me how to do them myself.

She gave me a few new supplements to buy, diagnosing a deficiency in vit E and the B's and said the adrenal supplements were no good - well i knew that - i had already come off the ACE as it was making me feel ill and had made me start to gain weight very quickly, my wrists were really swollen.

So it is back to square one - trying to get my adrenals up. I got my saliva tests from Dr P and they are very low - I need to get more tests done now.

The kinesiologist spent 20 mins more with me than the hour i had paid for, and picked me up and took me back to the bus stop. She only charged £35 which was very good value and I will go keep going back to her in a few weeks i think to see if my needs have changed and there is something else to add. This is the thing that you cannot do with the method you gave, though it is very useful and thanks for it, I will use it to keep checking on new intolerances.

Something I found that helps is freshly squeezed ginger juice for my swollen knee which is very indicative of bacteria. I put on a cloth soaked in it and apply a hot water bottle. It has also helped my carpel tunnel wrist and I put it on my abdomen too. This led to a very good BM this morning and now I remember the macrobiotics saying it is very very good for the digestive system drawing blood to it.

So things are begining to feel a bit easier and have more direction whereas before i was just stabbing in the dark and not feeling much benefit from what i was doing although giving up gluten has been very good i think due to the dream recall.

The kinesiologist told me to use foot pads and tumeric for inflamation. She stressed that things need to be done in the right order and that we can confuse our bodies if we just keep adding things to the mix and not doing them in the right order or changing things when necessary for new deficiencies. Makes sense. My own condition is far too complicated for me to do alone and it helps me to get in tune with my own body more having someone there who is listening to it for me for the moment.

I don't think that Dr P can help me any further, he only has the skills to help less complicated cases and of course does not know about bacterial infections.

I feel a bit more hopeful now, that a way to help my endocrine system will be found without using adrenal extracts which are not suitable for me as taking steroids is contra-indicated where there is bacteria even at the theraputic dose it seems for me. There must be a way to do it, but the most important thing for me now is to cut out all of the things that are hindering me and get my lymph flowing better and my spirits up by seeing some effect from all of the things I am doing especially from diet as I have given up nearly everything I love. The psychological side is so important.

Getting the fillings out is in the future still, but there is some progress now I feel.