I’m
becoming “granola” (aka all natural foods, medicines, etc…), as Hubby
jokingly refers to me. I never would have thought that I would, or even
to the extent that I am, but that’s where life is leading us. It all
started when Mookie started having her problems .
Because of her allergic reactions that seemed to be food related we
started eating more from scratch to help stem some of the reactions -
which did help to a degree. After my previous post on her situation, we
did end up doing an intestinal scope which came up with a small amount
of bacteria that she got treated for - but then her symptoms returned.
Weird rashes, headaches, stomach aches, no focus, irritability,
fatigue. A few weeks ago it was in full force. Something had to give.
The allergist was out of ideas and so were our doctors. The last
specialist we saw was just going to put her on biofeedback for the pain -
um, wrong! So, instead of heading back to mainstream medicine we took
the advice of some family and friends and went to a chiropractor that
treats holistically. Ok, so I have/had my doubts about this kind of
stuff and have avoided even thinking about it on numerous occasions, but
we’d exhausted all of our other outlets and we needed answers!
When we arrived for our appointment, he poked and prodded, asked questions, and a few other things. Then he turned and looked at me and said “she has a candida yeast overgrowth”. Now, I’d wondered about this for her in fact, I’d wondered about this for me but with all the tests the poor kid has undergone I was sure that they would have found something like that. Nope. Doc said that they just don’t test for those things. Then he said, “let’s have a look at Mom”, and sure enough me too.
I know I’ve dealt with mine for a while. It has at least been with me since after Mookie was born (pregnancy can be a cause of the good yeast to go nuts and overgrow. Strong antibiotics can do it too). My symptoms ran the gamut of mood swings, sleeplessness, forgetfulness, fatigue, stomach and intestinal problems, blood sugar spikes and drops and most notably chest pain and racing pulse. The chest pain got me tested for every single heart problem they could think of for a person of my age which of course came up negative. My doctor at the time looked at me and said “it’s not your heart” and I told him “I don’t care if it is my heart or not, I just want to know what it is!”, and then he prescribed me some nice anti-depressants (ha! - those didn’t work, in fact they made things worse).
So Doc put us on a variety of herbal meds and a strict veggies and meat only diet. He sent us on our way with a warning that the first few days would be the worst. We found that out on day 2. Did you know that if you kill yeast off in great amounts it off-gases some nasty toxins (ethanol and acetaldehyde amongst them)? Yep, so all the symptoms Mookie had been facing in the previous couple of weeks paled in what she was facing during the die off - headache, double ear ache, eyes watering - yuck! Mine was in the form of headaches and severe fatigue. But you know what? We got past that couple of days and we felt better! Way better! It has been three weeks and Mookie has not even had a hint of a symptom. I can definitely tell the difference in my body too. My blood sugar has not dropped since we’ve started down this path - yay!
While I still am not quite breathing a total sigh of relief, this is the closest we’ve come to feeling like we’ve got this one figured out - and it feels so good! If this is the real deal, unless we have to be treated with strong antibiotics we don’t have to worry about it raising its ugly head again! Hooray!
When we arrived for our appointment, he poked and prodded, asked questions, and a few other things. Then he turned and looked at me and said “she has a candida yeast overgrowth”. Now, I’d wondered about this for her in fact, I’d wondered about this for me but with all the tests the poor kid has undergone I was sure that they would have found something like that. Nope. Doc said that they just don’t test for those things. Then he said, “let’s have a look at Mom”, and sure enough me too.
I know I’ve dealt with mine for a while. It has at least been with me since after Mookie was born (pregnancy can be a cause of the good yeast to go nuts and overgrow. Strong antibiotics can do it too). My symptoms ran the gamut of mood swings, sleeplessness, forgetfulness, fatigue, stomach and intestinal problems, blood sugar spikes and drops and most notably chest pain and racing pulse. The chest pain got me tested for every single heart problem they could think of for a person of my age which of course came up negative. My doctor at the time looked at me and said “it’s not your heart” and I told him “I don’t care if it is my heart or not, I just want to know what it is!”, and then he prescribed me some nice anti-depressants (ha! - those didn’t work, in fact they made things worse).
So Doc put us on a variety of herbal meds and a strict veggies and meat only diet. He sent us on our way with a warning that the first few days would be the worst. We found that out on day 2. Did you know that if you kill yeast off in great amounts it off-gases some nasty toxins (ethanol and acetaldehyde amongst them)? Yep, so all the symptoms Mookie had been facing in the previous couple of weeks paled in what she was facing during the die off - headache, double ear ache, eyes watering - yuck! Mine was in the form of headaches and severe fatigue. But you know what? We got past that couple of days and we felt better! Way better! It has been three weeks and Mookie has not even had a hint of a symptom. I can definitely tell the difference in my body too. My blood sugar has not dropped since we’ve started down this path - yay!
While I still am not quite breathing a total sigh of relief, this is the closest we’ve come to feeling like we’ve got this one figured out - and it feels so good! If this is the real deal, unless we have to be treated with strong antibiotics we don’t have to worry about it raising its ugly head again! Hooray!
Thank you to all of our buddies who prayed for us, encouraged us, and
just showed us love over the past few years. You are so precious to us!
I've had three episodes of petitriasis rosascea (sp?) in my life - a severe rash on my trunk, at ages 10, 13, and 38 - as a reaction to processed foods. The cure was to stay off anything preserved or canned - including things like bacon, ham, lunch meats, anything canned. I could eat only fresh meat and fresh fruit and vegetables - there WEREN'T any frozen vegetables or fruit in the first two rounds! My poor mom. Then, my system just cleared itself. I've never gotten along with bread and dairy, although I eat a tiny bit of both on occasion. Perhaps this sensitivity is a genetic propensity? - Pat H.
ReplyDeleteThe preservative thing is SO hard! I don't think I knew you had done it. It could be that there's a genetic sensitivity. I'm going to be interested to see long term how this all plays out. Interestingly, after being on this diet/meds for three weeks Mookie is ravenous! She eats more than Hubby! Definitely staying away from as much processed as we can, no matter what I'll be skiddish for a while :) One of our buddies can't do store bought dairy but is able to drink raw milk and have no problems. Mookie's been drinking almond milk during this whole thing - she likes it a lot. I have a recipe for making our own which would be fun and cut out any extra preservatives there too :)
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