I am in love with oils even more as they probably kept me
from a doctor’s visit last week and antibiotics. I developed a pain in my big toe Wed.
morning. At first it felt like I had
bumped it and maybe cut the top between the nail bed and the first joint. I ignored it. The pain got worse. I ignored it. Finally it was bad enough it felt like I had
kicked a step as hard as possible with my big toe. I could hardly walk on it. I pulled my five fingers off to discover my
big toe was BIG and inflamed all the way to the foot joint. It
HURT.
I started aggressively battling it both in prayer and in the
natural. Wed. afternoon I think I used
several oils, soaked it in Epson salt, used the stinking stuff for muscles,
first the non doTERRA stinking stuff, since I really dislike the smell of Deep
Blue, then the Deep Blue, used arnica, more oils, more soaking, ice, all the while
the pain is getting worse my toe is red/purple, now the whole toe. No way my five fingers will work. My crocs HURT.
I do more reading on oils and infection. I start using Frankincense, oregano, On
Guard, followed by heat. Each time I
apply oils I pray over my toe, telling it to line up, that it is healed. I thank God for the oils and the knowledge to
use them. I stop the spread of the redness.
It stops hurting as bad. I
continue doing this on Thur. Before I
went to town and when I got home. It
still hurts, but the swelling is less the redness has retreated back to just
the toe.
Thursday night I read to use the different blends on an
infection to get a broader spectrum effect.
I pull out my Purify. I add it to
the mix, using On Guard some and Purify some, Always with Frankincense and
Oregano, followed by my warm corn bag. My
toe is improving slowly the deep red/purple is gone, left in the foot/first
joint is a bruising on the bottom of my foot.
It hurts but I can again wiggle my toe.
I couldn’t on Wed. It was to
swollen/painful to move. Pain is MUCH
less though. It is healing.
Friday I continue to battle, but the toe is looking much
better, feeling much better. It has
developed a crusty, yucky dried yellowish something around the edge of the toe
nail. Much like if you peel an orange
and let the juice dry on your nails. I
discover that peroxide boils when poured on it.
So I add that to my attack. Each
day it is better. By Sunday morning it
was much like a bad ingrown toenail. By
Sunday night it was much like a so so ingrown toenail, still with a pretty
serious red area between the nail bed and first joint.
This morning almost all the redness is gone!!!! It is still sore if I curl my toe tight, but
the pain is almost gone!
I have no idea what
caused this attack. I hadn’t had an
ingrown toe nail or cut or bruise, anything.
It was serious enough quick enough I knew if it didn’t start the other
way quickly I would have to break down and go to the doctor. I can’t say enough good about the oils and
how they changed the direction of this infection so quickly. Yes, Frankincense is expensive, but even if
I had used the whole bottle, which I didn’t it would have been cheaper than
walking into the dr. office. I doubt I
used $50 worth of oils in all the oiling I was doing, even though I was putting
several oils on several times a day. I
avoided the use of antibiotics and the $$$ of a Dr. visit, not even discussing
what other yuck I would come in contact with while at the doctors. I will continue to oil and apply heat at
least twice a day until the rest of the redness and tenderness is gone. I will continue to praise God for my healing
each time I apply oils and each time I think of my toe throughout the day. I give Him the credit! I thank Him for bringing me into the world
of Essential oils.
