Last Friday, I had my wisdom tooth extracted.
If you know me, you know that I have been trained in shamanism.
Shamanism is not only a form of healing but it is also a lifestyle.
A lifestyle that believes in natural healing such as with food and herbs
We don’t take medication.
Before my surgery, I can’t remember the last time I took medication
But because I had a traumatic experience as a teenager having teeth removed I decided to have twilight sleep (sedation).
I also opted to have a local anesthetic so I didn’t have pain.
Then my doctor recommended a steroid and antibiotic for one day which I took.
He recommended a narcotic which I declined
But I did take children’s Motrin and then later Advil so that I wouldn’t have swelling.
So you can see that for someone who doesn’t take medication and hasn’t taken any medication years this was a lot of medication that was suddenly in my system.
Thankfully, I didn’t have any pain during the procedure or afterwards but I did experience dizziness and great fatigue from the medications.
So I knew I needed to detox the medication out of my system.
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