The Plan of Attack

This is basically part two of my last post, but I'm dividing it up for easy digestion. Ha! A punny tummy joke.

In our last conversation (besides advising why I should get a tube shoved up my bum), my dad pointed out that I have been too impatient and then wanted to know exactly what action I was taking to improve my health.

This is confusing ("Slow down! Do something! What are you doing?") and it's his fault anyway that I am so impatient so this is clearly all his fault. But he's right, I am very impatient. I'm confused and I'd like to move on from this valley in my life. Given that I need to 'give things time' and that I need to stick with one health regimen, here's what I have decided to do. Hopefully I will stick with it for a good few months and see some positive changes.

1. Stick with the Cool Acupuncture Guy. He is the only one who is never flummoxed by what's happening with my body because it's all explained by how 'cold' my body is. I am still taking the Herbal Concoction he made to stop the Big D. I am also still taking the Thyroxal medicine from his office so help support my thyroid.

2. Take crap loads of probiotics. Because I have 'sparse normal flora' I am taking some probiotics that the CAG gave me as well as some probiotics I had in the fridge. I have some non-dairy yogurt. I am also taking something called Florastor (I think I've mentioned it before) that is basically this amazing yeast called Saccharomyces Boulardii. I took it when I was on Flagyl for a parasite and I think that's why the parasite hasn't come back.

Because several people I've spoken to have never heard of a good yeast, I did a fair amount of research into this little yeasty and it is an amazing, amazing bug. It promotes enzyme production by your intestines, inhibits the inflammatory response in your gut, discourages parasites, can help mediate diarrhea, discourages intestinal tumor growth, can help alleviate the symptoms of virtually all the gasto disease (Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis, etc.), and there is very little risk of overgrowth. A-mazing. There is study upon study out there about this stuff.

A good one: Saccharomyces Boulardii Effects on Gastrointestinal Diseases.

I digress. Not having any good bacteria is a reason in and of itself for having diarrhea. :( So, must remedy this one before I move on to some other diagnosis.

3. Eat low-carb, low-sugar.

I have noticed that when I eat lots of carbs, like rice pasta and potatoes, my symptoms are worsened. I postulate this might be because this stuff feeds the bad bugs in my gut--the yeast, c-diff....In any case, eating less sugar is hard (remember the day I tried that?) but probably worth it. :(

4. Avoid foods that I had an IgG reaction to.

I don't know if you can see this, but the picture is a part of my test results from the IgG blood test I had done. Supposedly it tests whether your blood reacts with inflammation to certain foods. The RED boxes are the ones that I react to strongly. Wheat and other grains aren't on this page, but milk is. Casein, Whey, Milk products were all way higher than wheat (which was still very high), so no milk and wheat for me. Still.

The End. :)