Wanting to pick your brains!

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I thought I would post here to see what advice you could all give me.

I have ME/CFS, intermittent irritable bowel, gallstones (gravel),

self-diagnosed reactive hypoglycaemia and, I believe, candiasis, all of

which are related, IMHO. I follow a low-carb diet because it helps with my

energy levels and gets rid of acid reflux which I tend to get on a regular

intake of carbs. My most urgent concern at the moment are the gallstones

because of the threat of surgery (it's not too imminent as they won't

operate because of my weight - 286 lbs). I would like to do a gallbladder

flush and set out to do one tonight BUT I've taken some cleansing herbs I

have in the house (about 2 years old now - consisting of senna leaf, fennel,

buckthorn and psyllium) for the past 2 nights. During the night I woke

feeling dizzy and was dizzy again when getting up today. I definitely feel

as if the problem is in my gut. I've been having severe IBS griping pains

off and on. Because of this I've decided against fasting in preparation for

the gallbladder cleanse, cos I'm feeling so light headed and dizzy, so have

put that off for another day.

Now that I'm writing this, I'm confused about what I want to ask! Here are

some things I'm thinking about:

I am keen to do some kind of bowel cleanse that would get rid of the

build-up over the years, but am concerned about its effect on my ME (I've

heard it can make PWC quite ill) and to help get rid of the candida. I also

can't afford the treatment.

I don't feel able to stick to a candida diet at the moment and am wanting to

stick to low-carb, for just now. Whenever I've had a gallbladder attack,

it's been preceded by eating high carbs and I'm experimenting to see if

low-carb alone will keep the gallbladder attacks at bay (I know this goes

against the grain!).

I guess I'd like to ask what advice any of you could give me about what to

do and in what order. Would dealing with the candidiasis help the

gallstones? Would do a liver flush help the candidiasis? There's no doubt

I have some kind of dysbiosis. Any comments on what I'm already doing

and/or what I could do instead would be very welcome!

I should also add that I'm on state benefits (I'm in the UK) and have no

money to spare for expensive supplements. At the moment I'm taking cheap

versions of Vit C (2000 mg/day), Omega 3 and acidophilus (in tablet form so

I'm not convinced it works but it's all I can afford) which cost me about

£10 a month.

I'm also treating my adrenals with Isocort but I don't know if that is

relevant to this discussion.

Sorry this is a bit long, I'm not having much luck ordering my thoughts

today!

Alison

(all this talk of my digestive system finally made me go to the loo in the

middle of editing this! Hallelujah!)

God bless

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