3 weeks of Little to No Pain

In the original article about the condition I have, there was a part where it talked about how the afflicted/patients would reach a point after a lot of pain and suffering, very near the end of their journey, where they could eat whatever they wanted and experienced little to no issues. They celebrated with parties and lived it up, as they knew what was coming but for the moment they were not suffering. This is where I believe I am at this point.

What brings this respite on? It has to do with circulation and the volume-depleting nature of the condition. To review, in this condition the primary driver of circulation is suction from the right atrium. As volume is depleted, the venous flows from the intestines are pinched off. This is painful. The gradual cutting off of venous circulation to muscles and then intestines is what causes most of the pain in this condition. The muscles were last year. That was all the abdominal pain I had in May, and the back pain I started having over the summer.

So, some pumping is occurring to the intestines, but as the volume is depleted the flows away from things are pinched off. Picture an arterial system that gradually spreads out more and more into smaller and smaller arteries. Now place that over an organ, say, the intestines. Then, imagine the venous flow away from the organ looking very similar exact in reverse, going from very small to larger. All these small veins get pinched off, this consolidates the flow to the largest veins in the system, easing the strain on the heart while causing severe discomfort. But the arterial pressure remains, it just isn't getting through the small routes. So, the organ remains perfused, but circulation is not occurring. This should probably cause some immediate issues, but the nature of the cells is changed. The apoptosis brought about by the candidiasis allows this state to exist for much longer than it would otherwise. As a result, I have this period of no pain. I think the article said it was 6 or 8 weeks long. Given that I think my change occurred on January 1st, that puts me at about the end of February before the system stops functioning as well.

Obviously, I am grateful for every single day I get. On January 1, I started realizing how lucky I am to see one more day. In my Daylio entries, I started recording every day as "Radical" (the best rating) - even on the one day I did have some pain. I am so grateful to have these normal days, and I am sure I will be sad and depressed when things change, but for now, I am going to work on my job, do home projects, spend time with my family, and enjoy my meals. I eat ice cream every single day now. I eat whatever I want. I know the end is coming. It is real. But, I am just like those guys that were partying it up. After such a bad year as I had last year, it is nice to get a temporary reprieve and get to enjoy my family, food, and life.