Tired, sick, and fat

I had hoped to start a juice fast this week, but the juicer I wanted is not sold in stores around here, and I’m not going to settle for something other than what I had decided to buy.  My old juicer was a Jack LaLanne model, but the peg that holds on the blade is plastic and surprise, surprise, it broke.  I decided to go with a different model this time, went online to do some research, and found one I could get excited over.  Then I found out the closest store carrying these machines is a good hour’s drive from our house.  Now, I have to order it online and wait until next week or later to start the fast.

My hope is that this fast will help clear out my system and get some nutrients into my body.  I got a really horrible cold two days after Thanksgiving, with sore throat, runny nose, crazy cough, the works.  I was almost well for about a week, thankfully in time for Christmas and our 5^th Anniversary.  Although I was still weak and tired, I thought I was on the way back to health.  Then, the day before New Year’s Eve, I started getting a rash on the right side of my chest.  I got weak and tired again, and my body ached.  We thought that my rash was caused by the water in the hot springs we bathed in on our Anniversary, but it spread to the nape of my neck and my back (also on the right side).  Just after New Year’s, I got a fever and started sleeping all the time, and someone suggested maybe it was Shingles.  Since we don’t have health insurance still, I can’t go to a doctor, so I may never know for sure what this is.  The rash has started healing, but now my throat is sore and I’ve got a fever again.  By my count, I’ve only been moderately healthy one week or less since Thanksgiving.  I’ve been trying to eat healthier, but that’s hard to do when I’m not well enough to cook and the only thing Zach knows how to do is get takeout.  I’ve been trying to continue exercising, but every time I try, I just feel worse.  I don’t know what else to do, so now I’m trying the fast.  Hopefully, nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables, followed by yogurt and working up to healthy food will help my immune system and I’ll finally be well.  We are also going to be going around the whole house with Lysol wipes, which we do a couple of times a year.  I just want to be healthy.