Guest guest Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 > > Thanks, . Best of luck with it. You've been using paddles on > the gut, right? Not on your thymus, also right? > > bG I did both. P.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hi Mike-Great to hear from you.We need to get together and do that buffett since both you guys are doing so well now. Hope all continues well for you!!!!!! Tonia > > Hello all: > > Mike in VA here, just " checking in. " Hard to believe that this > coming Monday will mark 8 months since my Ectomy. I hope all is well > with everyone. > > Tonia - it was good to hear from you a few weeks ago. I'm glad > is doing better. In a few more months all that will hopefully be a > distant memory for him. > > in NY - it sounds like you've bounced back from your Ectomy > fairly well too. Like you said - food goes down the way it's > supposed to, even without an esophagus (and yes - who knew!!) > > My eating is going great, I can eat what I want when I want - still > just not as much. The Doc wanted me eating a lot of protein once I > started back on solids - says it helps the healing process. Only > problem is, I'm actually starting to get a little bit of a " spare > tire " even though I've only gained back 4 of the 46 lbs I lost > (guess I'd better lay off the hamburgers!!) > > I digestion is still not what I want though and I still have quite a > bit of numbness in the " surgery zone " (stomach and right side). > Also, if I " over do it " like with yard work, etc I get some > stiffness in my middle back, more so that just the middle age thing. > I think once I get some of my upper body strength back that will be > better. The biggest thing is answering the " 20 questions " I get from > folks I haven't seen for a while because the first thing out of > their mouth is " wow, you've lost some weight, what kind of diet are > you on? " Then you spend several minutes explaining Acalashia and > Ectomys. Maybe we should all get together a write a book!! > > Well, that's all for now. Again, I hope all is well with everyone > and their conditions and/or recoveries are progressing well. Talk > again soon > > Mike in VA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Debbie, Thanks so much for sharing your story. It brought a ray of sunshine to my day. -- Jeff Just checking in HELLO ALL, I thought i'd just check in and let you know that there is a success story post oesophagectomy for all those who are reading these stories and thinking "Oh i hope i don't need THAT." i had my oesophagectomy in late July last year, so it is nearly 10 months and i feel great. i am able to eat almost anything i want to - just have to be careful not to eat too much - still eating small meals but no longer need to have snacks in between. I drink a small glass of water with my meal, but cannot have a cup of coffee with a meal as it makes me feel very nauseous, and sometimes sets up the dumping syndrome. So i have a cup of coffee when i wake up in the morning before i go for a swim, then have another one at night watching TV. If i go out with friends i usually have water for lunch but if it is afternoon tea then i will have a latte. I no longer have to sleep on an incline at night, and what's even better is i haven't thrown up or regurgitated food since my operation. This is the longest time i have been out of hospital in something like 8 or 9 years and i am so happy. I lead a very simple and boring life and boy am i enjoying it. I haven't seen my surgeon since before christmas but will go and see him in July (12 month anniversary) . i take one Nexium tablet (40mg) per day and it is a small price to pay for normality. The scar from my thoracotomy still gives me grief from time to time but nothing really debilitating or painful. I can go into a restaurant now and NOT suss out where the toilets are. I can pick up a menu and look at all the things avaialable instead of looking at the soup. I enjoy not being able to decide which meat to have - the lamb or the beef!! it's heaven. So for those of you who are having a hard time at the moment and are feeling daunted by why you are going through or might have to go through, just let me say from one who has been there (and with major complications in the past) - there is life post achalasia - and its a very enjoyable one. Love to all, Deb from Melbourne Australia. Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 > I had a stool analysis and they told > me that I had salmonella and c. difficile. They reported me to the > state health department and they questioned me over and over again > like I was on trial - they feared I would subject others to the > infection. Hi , I'm really sorry you're having such a hard time. I hope Bee will chine in with some helpful advice for you. I just wanted to encourage you to make sure that you are keeping yourself adequately hydrated. A good friend of mine (not on this diet) was recently hospitalized with kidney failure that was found to be due to severe dehydration from C. Diff. My sister (also not on this diet) was hospitalized just yesterday with an acute C. Diff infection. She was also extremely dehydrated at the time she was admitted into the hospital. Unfortunately the traditional method of treatment for this is antibiotics, which will only contribute to further gut flora imbalance. I'd never heard of C. Diff before but now that I have...and have read more about it, I'm also hearing more and more cases of it being diagnosed. Along with the diet and the supplements you are capapble of taking, please don't allow yourself to get dehydrated, things can go from bad to worse really quickly. Do take care. jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Dear , I'll be praying for you. Love, Nicola > and what the future has to hold for me. > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some help > right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some support. > I wish all of you the best of wishes and the best in health. > > Your friends, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Prayers are bing send your way. Hang in there. I know what you are going through, when I was at my worst I could not even remember how to turn on the computer, so I know what you are going through. Please work the program and always reach out, things WILL get better. edie ______________________ EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 -- In @ <mailto: %40> , " " <jayppers2672@...> wrote: > I had a stool analysis and they told > me that I had salmonella and c. difficile. They reported me to the > state health department and they questioned me over and over again > like I was on trial - they feared I would subject others to the > infection. Hi , It's good to hear from you but I am sorry you are having such a difficult time. Please let us know the results of the colonoscopy. I am having one done tomorrow so my bowel prep is today - no fun but oh well. Hang in there and I hope and pray that you find some answers. Blessings, a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hi , Sorry to hear you're so sick. I was thinking about you the other day since you hadn't posted in awhile. Have you ever heard of Jordan S. Rubin? He wrote " Patient Heal Thyself, " " The Maker's Diet, " and " Restoring Your Digestive Health. " He was very sick, near death at 111 lbs. and now is a healthy man who is an N.M.D., Ph.D. You may want to read his book(s) and possibly contact him. I wish you the best. Keep us posted on your colonoscopy results. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 , All things happen for a reason and I know you will find the way to heal. You have been working hard at it and I know your efforts will be rewarded. All our prayers will help you so much. We are sending them your way. Those who care, Ellen " -) > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some help > right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some support. > I wish all of you the best of wishes and the best in health. > > Your friends, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 God Bless you .... you CAN do it and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers .... It is a difficult road ahead for all of us with this Candida and we have to be supportive of each other. Maddy ellen5683 <ellen2@...> wrote: , All things happen for a reason and I know you will find the way to heal. You have been working hard at it and I know your efforts will be rewarded. All our prayers will help you so much. We are sending them your way. Those who care, Ellen " -) > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some help > right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some support. > I wish all of you the best of wishes and the best in health. > > Your friends, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 , My thoughts were the same as the other gal's who suggested reading about Jordon Rubin's cure from crohns. I have a son in law with crohns and so we all read his books and he has been on his program with some success (when he follows it diligently). He and Jordon actually got down to 90 some pounds. You can see his picture in some of his books. I've tried the Makers Diet which is similar to Bee's along with Jordons reccomended products. They are very expensive though. I think Bee's is much more affordable though.  , I'm wondering if you ever got something that I sent to you many months ago? I sent it off list and never heard from you. I can resend it if you'd like.  It's a good thing you are getting things checked out as it could be something else going on. Keep your hopes up and things are sure to turn around. I hope you have family love and support there for you.  I've been doing lots of research and learning since I stopped posting here. I do read here and continue my journey into learning more and more. What I found is body/mind work. I've been taking classes with my therapist who is an intuitive healer. I'm learning to tune into the body and believe myself better. Part of this is doing positive affirmations, healing touch, EFT, and many other healing modalities. I can't believe how far I've come. One good book that helped is " You can Heal Your Life " by Louise Hay. You can even get her DVD. It is excellant. You can learn how our thoughts can be very destructive to our Cells. Negative thinking can make us very sick. If you want more info on all of this email me. I can send you some things.  Also, have you had your vitamin D levels checked? I'm doing so much better by upping my doses to 2,000 iu's. Also if you are mineral depleted from not assimilating your food, you may need to add some minerals to your diet. I had to add more than what is in the sea salt.  Another thing is to get some sunshine daily and exercise, even a brisk walk in nature and tell yourself that you deserve radiant, vibrant health and are on your way to getting there as if it has already has happened. Breath deep and feel the beauty and healing. Have faith that God is there for you. We on this group are all praying for you and you will feel the healing thoughts and vibrations being sent your way. I've been researching distant healing groups and believe there is something to this. Please, just don't bring yourself down with those negative thoughts. You are a worthy, loving human being and you must tell yourself that and believe it. There are some energizing techniques you can do to help with energy, brain fog, etc. One is simple tapping on the center of you chest (your thymus). I can send you these through an email.  Get your 4 S's daily-- sunshine, stretching, smiling and enough sleep. Keep us posted, we are here for you. Val         From: <jayppers2672@...> Subject: [ ] Just Checking In Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 1:00 PM Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some help right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some support. I wish all of you the best of wishes and the best in health. Your friends, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 > > I keep thinking about using Accutane when I was younger and how > afterwards it really messed up my skin (intense dryness, even my > eyes), digestive system, and my brain. > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some > help right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some > support. Hi , You don't know me - I'm new to the group. But would you please do 7 things for me. I know it's asking a lot, but would you try, please? 1) First, would you please forgive yourself for using Accutane in the past. Would you please sit quietly right now and say " I forgive me. I did the best I could with what I had back then. I would do it different now, but I'm older and wiser now " . Please forgive yourself - it's okay. 2) Second, would you please look at that whole Accutane thing as something that happened in your life, that may (or may not) have lead to your current illness. Did you know that something good may actually come out of this illness - perhaps because of your experiences now, you may actually help others in the future? Did you realize that just reading the post from you today has affected all of us, in some way or another? Please don't feel that your illness now is in vain. You are helping to encourage us all towards wholeness, just like in the future you will help encourage more people towards wholeness. Being ill is tough, but you can turn this lemon into lemonade. 3) Please, and this will be difficult at the beginning, would you please make a list of 5 things you are grateful for about your body. 5 things in the morning as you awake. And 5 things at night as you go to sleep. Think of any 5 things that you can say that you are grateful about your body. It always helps us when we focus on the positive. Some days you may just be thankful for having smooth skin on your elbows. Or you may be thankful that your teeth are pain-free. Or that your lungs breath effortlessly. Just think of 5 things that you are grateful for in your body, twice a day. When you can focus on the positive more, you will allow yourself to feel more positivity. And more positivity will help improve your energy level, increase your blood flow, and enhance your immune system. 4) Please sit down for 15 minutes every afternoon. Close your eyes. Put on some soothing music if you like. And then picture in your imagination one part of your body getting well, working properly. Perhaps you'll imagine your stomach making quiet little sounds as it peacefully digests your food successfully. Or maybe you'll imagine yourself swallowing your Vitamin C, and your body being receptive to it, and then picture it flowing successfully to every cell in your body. Or maybe you'll imagine having the perfect bowel movement - how solid and well formed that would be, and having no discomfort passing it. Whatever you choose, picture it in your mind for 15 minutes. Smile as you are doing so. Be happy while you are in that daydream. (This exercise is based on the visualization techniques of the world famous Dr O. Carl Simonton). 5) Fifth, please pamper your body during a 15 minute session everyday. Rub coconut oil into your skin, or enjoy a soothing bath, or get a massage, or give yourself a NICE pedicure (no matter what those toenails look like Show your body some love ! Show your body some appreciation ! Too often it's like a battle AGAINST our bodies, and it shouldn't be that way. We always want to remind ourselves that we're both on the same side 6) Please borrow a funny movie from the library. Something that will make you laugh so hard that tears will roll down your face. If you can't find a movie that funny, keep borrowing funny movies until you do. Laugh out loud, even if you can only spare 20 minutes a day to do so. 7) Please (and this is the best one yet), please get ANGRY at me ! Please say 'who does she think she is - she can't possibly imagine what I'm going through'. Yes, get angry at me !!! Put some of that pent-up emotion into anger. That is much healthier for you than feeling fearful or sad. Get angry! And you can be angry at me - I won't mind at all. Get the old blood flowing, and get some fire burning So, , I've asked you to do a lot. Why? Because you have grown into a caring human being, because of all the experiences you have gone through, including this illness. And in the future you can look forward to using this experience to help others. So remind yourself right now that that's important - we need you to get better so you can move ahead and do what is next for you in life. Thank you for what you have already given to all of us All the best, Lis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 , after reading the great tips that Lis wrote, I started thinking, that if you do those things, try putting it into a journal. Journaling can be very healing. The front of the journal keep the positive things written down. All of your progresses and happy feelings. Positive quotations, funny stories, jokes, or just a small improvements in health, happiness or better mood. In the back of the journal you can complain, get angry and list the bad things going on. In time, the front of your journal will grow. It will grow into a bigger, important part of your life, your dreams, your aspirations. Your mind will clear, your brain fog will lift, and happiness will replace those negative pages in the back of your mind and journal. Keep it near your computer, so you can catch those wonderful inspirations close at hand. Bring it up to bed at night and to work with you, if you can.  Good luck! Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 > > Hi, everyone. And hello, Bee (I'm glad you were finally able to cash > my money order donation, I got your e-mail). Been a long time since > I've posted, and just wanted to check in with you all. ==>Hello . It is good to hear from you. Again, thanks so much for your donation! > > I am still on the program. I am still struggling terribly with my > digestive problems. I haven't had a formed stool in so long I can't > even remember - it has been many months now. My stools are still > always loose and there is still always solid white chunks of > undigested fat in my stools (from the beef and homemade tallow I eat). ==>Those chunks couldn't be undigested fat. They must be something else. > > I continue to not be able to supplement with magnesium because I am > not absorbing it and it instantly feeds my candida. As an almost > immediate result of magnesium supplementation, I get terrible fungal > nail, athlete's foot, and dandruff related regression, even though I > know my body is starved for magnesium. ==>Since your symptoms are healing symptoms magnesium is exactly what your body needs in order to heal. Symptoms do intensify first before they get better, and yes, regression is a good word since it also means your body is retracing previous symptoms. That's a good thing, and shouldn't be totally avoided. > > I'm not taking much antifungal except for some kyolic liquid garlic > extract in the morning with water. I'm only taking about 5 drops. I > can't take much vitamin C b/c it causes me bad diarrhea when I go > anywhere around or above 500 mgs per day. I think most of this is from malabsorption of it, and then it reaches my colon and causes me lots of problems. > > My brain fog has increased intensely and most days I feel like I am > just drifting through the world, not knowing what day it is or what > time it is, etc. After eating my meals I get such terrible " neuro. " > symptoms I almost fear having to eat my three meals each day. I am in intense fear for my life at this point because my mental capacities > are declining rapidly. I have maintained the diet completely and the > supplements (although too much vitamin A causes me very bad > neurological symptoms). > > I don't understand why my energy level has declined so drastically > even with all the high fat and rare/med.-rare good quality steaks I am eating. I struggle just to make trips to the supermarket or even take care of daily chores at home. It's so hard and I just am writing this to help cope with the struggle, so please bare with me. > > I am having a colonoscopy on Monday because my relentless loose > stools, intense abdominal pain/cramping, diarrhea, and recent weight > loss are very concerning for me. I had a stool analysis and they told me that I had salmonella and c. difficile. They reported me to the state health department and they questioned me over and over again > like I was on trial - they feared I would subject others to the > infection. I've been at my lowest weight recently (138 - am usually > about 145) and have struggled very hard to keep my weight on and > increase it, but it is very difficult when you're digestive system > isn't breaking down the food properly. My doctor said I really need to have a colonoscopy done now with all my symptoms, and especially the drastic weight loss. ==>, on my trip here I visited my family and my brother, who is 61 years old, cured his 20 year Crohn's disease after doing my program for about 22 months. During that time his body also retraced Lyme's Disease and psoriasis. Both are gone now! > > I keep thinking about using Accutane when I was younger and how > afterwards it really messed up my skin (intense dryness, even my > eyes), digestive system, and my brain. I feel that just like my skin > that is so dry, my stomach probably isn't secreting much acid and > other digestive juices also to properly breakdown my food, hence the > undigested food in my stool, even with HCl supplementation. > > Here is a site of others that have been on Accutane have also reported > getting IBS, Crohn's, and other terrible digestive problems, among > other problems like severe depression and anxiety and panic attacks, > just like I keep having from being on Accutane. This doesn't help my > outlook. > > http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=18662 & name=accutane > > I'm just so scared at this point and am fearing the future because I > am not improving. I am trying very hard to be optimistic, but I just > am not seeing improvements anywhere. I am not faulting the diet or the > program at all, let me make that clear, I am faulting my use of a very > devastating drug in the past. I really wish I had more confidence in > my body's ability to revert back to its old healthy state before this > drug, but it is so hard when I don't see any improvements over time, > and only feel as though I am regressing. > > I'm so tired of my abdominal pain and cramping and distress, that > isn't aided by anti-fungals or other digestive aids, and usually just > gets worse. I think that this disease or whatever it is that is > effecting me is finally taking it's strong toll on my immune system, > and I'm starting to show signs of not being able to keep up. I'm so > scared of degrading further and what the future has to hold for me. > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some help right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some support. I wish all of you the best of wishes and the best in health. ==>, to best lift your spirits why don't you read the many Success Stories - I got a few posted on my website, and others are in our Group's files (left menu). There is hope my dear friend, and you can do this! My brother succeeded and you can too! If you take all of the supplements, even magnesium and vitamin A at the doses recommended it will also help you a lot. Don't second guess that they cause you problems. They don't, however they could be helping your body heal further and that's why they " appear to be " a problem for you. Onward and upward! Healing hugs, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Lis, I really like these steps you wrote. They may be hard to do each day but so important to take the time. Thanks, Ellen " -) > > > > I keep thinking about using Accutane when I was younger and how > > afterwards it really messed up my skin (intense dryness, even my > > eyes), digestive system, and my brain. > > > > Please help me get my spirits up everyone, I can really use some > > help right now. I'm in such a sad place and could really use some > > support. > > Hi , > You don't know me - I'm new to the group. > But would you please do 7 things for me. I know it's asking a lot, but > would you try, please? > > 1) First, would you please forgive yourself for using Accutane in the > past. Would you please sit quietly right now and say " I forgive me. I > did the best I could with what I had back then. I would do it > different now, but I'm older and wiser now " . Please forgive yourself - > it's okay. > > 2) Second, would you please look at that whole Accutane thing as > something that happened in your life, that may (or may not) have lead > to your current illness. Did you know that something good may actually > come out of this illness - perhaps because of your experiences now, > you may actually help others in the future? Did you realize that just > reading the post from you today has affected all of us, in some way or > another? Please don't feel that your illness now is in vain. You are > helping to encourage us all towards wholeness, just like in the future > you will help encourage more people towards wholeness. Being ill is > tough, but you can turn this lemon into lemonade. > > 3) Please, and this will be difficult at the beginning, would you > please make a list of 5 things you are grateful for about your body. 5 > things in the morning as you awake. And 5 things at night as you go to > sleep. Think of any 5 things that you can say that you are grateful > about your body. It always helps us when we focus on the positive. > Some days you may just be thankful for having smooth skin on your > elbows. Or you may be thankful that your teeth are pain-free. Or that > your lungs breath effortlessly. Just think of 5 things that you are > grateful for in your body, twice a day. When you can focus on the > positive more, you will allow yourself to feel more positivity. And > more positivity will help improve your energy level, increase your > blood flow, and enhance your immune system. > > 4) Please sit down for 15 minutes every afternoon. Close your eyes. > Put on some soothing music if you like. And then picture in your > imagination one part of your body getting well, working properly. > Perhaps you'll imagine your stomach making quiet little sounds as it > peacefully digests your food successfully. Or maybe you'll imagine > yourself swallowing your Vitamin C, and your body being receptive to > it, and then picture it flowing successfully to every cell in your > body. Or maybe you'll imagine having the perfect bowel movement - how > solid and well formed that would be, and having no discomfort passing > it. Whatever you choose, picture it in your mind for 15 minutes. Smile > as you are doing so. Be happy while you are in that daydream. (This > exercise is based on the visualization techniques of the world famous > Dr O. Carl Simonton). > > 5) Fifth, please pamper your body during a 15 minute session everyday. > Rub coconut oil into your skin, or enjoy a soothing bath, or get a > massage, or give yourself a NICE pedicure (no matter what those > toenails look like Show your body some love ! Show your body some > appreciation ! Too often it's like a battle AGAINST our bodies, and it > shouldn't be that way. We always want to remind ourselves that we're > both on the same side > > 6) Please borrow a funny movie from the library. Something that will > make you laugh so hard that tears will roll down your face. If you > can't find a movie that funny, keep borrowing funny movies until you > do. Laugh out loud, even if you can only spare 20 minutes a day to do so. > > 7) Please (and this is the best one yet), please get ANGRY at me ! > Please say 'who does she think she is - she can't possibly imagine > what I'm going through'. Yes, get angry at me !!! Put some of that > pent-up emotion into anger. That is much healthier for you than > feeling fearful or sad. Get angry! And you can be angry at me - I > won't mind at all. Get the old blood flowing, and get some fire burning > > So, , I've asked you to do a lot. > > Why? > > Because you have grown into a caring human being, because of all the > experiences you have gone through, including this illness. And in the > future you can look forward to using this experience to help others. > So remind yourself right now that that's important - we need you to > get better so you can move ahead and do what is next for you in life. > > Thank you for what you have already given to all of us > > All the best, > Lis > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 > > Lis, > I really like these steps you wrote. They may be hard to do each day > but so important to take the time. Thanks so much, Ellen Too many of us are in rush, rush, stress, stress mode all the time, and don't take the time to take care of ourselves. Then when we get sick, it's hard to FEEL like making the effort to take care of ourselves. Plus, not many of us have been taught how to take care of ourselves - we're used to going to others and paying them to take care of us. We don't self-nuture as much as we could. I used to have a website about " Feeling Better " years ago. Maybe it's time I dusted it off and put it back out there. Lis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 > > ==>Those chunks couldn't be undigested fat. They must be something > else. Bee, what do you propose they are? I've literally been living off of supplements only within the program guidelines, beef steaks, rendered tallow, and chunks of boiled beef liver. If they aren't chunks of fat? Then what? When I look at them and analyze them in the toilet, the consistency and color is very very similar to the tallow I am eating. ??? > ==>Since your symptoms are healing symptoms magnesium is exactly what > your body needs in order to heal. Symptoms do intensify first before > they get better, and yes, regression is a good word since it also > means your body is retracing previous symptoms. That's a good thing, > and shouldn't be totally avoided. Bee, I continued with the magnesium for quite some time and my athlete's foot and fungal nail and dandruff problems only got progressively worse. My feet were so bad that they were moist and slimy all the time, then they eventually became red and inflamed and itchy The redness eventually migrated up to the top of my foot and an eczema looking rash started appearing, then it migrated to around my ankle. I finally pin-pointed the magnesium as the trouble-maker. As long as avoid magnesium supplements, the redness, itching, sliminess, and fungal nail stays in check. Are you proposing that I continue taking this supplement even though it continually exacerbated and escalated candida related problems that were quite obviously not resolving, but only getting worse as time went on? > ==>, on my trip here I visited my family and my brother, who is > 61 years old, cured his 20 year Crohn's disease after doing my > program for about 22 months. During that time his body also retraced > Lyme's Disease and psoriasis. Both are gone now! I hope that happens for me some day. I've been eating very low carb. and anti-candida since 11/2006... Very small cheese cheats very early on, and a few poor supplement choices at very short times, but overall that's about 18 months so far, or 18 years of healing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 > > > > ==>Those chunks couldn't be undigested fat. They must be something > > else. > > Bee, what do you propose they are? I've literally been living off of > supplements only within the program guidelines, beef steaks, rendered > tallow, and chunks of boiled beef liver. > > If they aren't chunks of fat? Then what? When I look at them and > analyze them in the toilet, the consistency and color is very very > similar to the tallow I am eating. ??? ==>, maybe you are right, if you are not chewing up the tallow well enough. > > > ==>Since your symptoms are healing symptoms magnesium is exactly what > > your body needs in order to heal. Symptoms do intensify first before > > they get better, and yes, regression is a good word since it also > > means your body is retracing previous symptoms. That's a good thing, > > and shouldn't be totally avoided. > > Bee, I continued with the magnesium for quite some time and my > athlete's foot and fungal nail and dandruff problems only got > progressively worse. My feet were so bad that they were moist and > slimy all the time, then they eventually became red and inflamed and > itchy The redness eventually migrated up to the top of my foot and an > eczema looking rash started appearing, then it migrated to around my > ankle. I finally pin-pointed the magnesium as the trouble-maker. As > long as avoid magnesium supplements, the redness, itching, sliminess, > and fungal nail stays in check. > > Are you proposing that I continue taking this supplement even though > it continually exacerbated and escalated candida related problems that were quite obviously not resolving, but only getting worse as time went on? ==>Yes, because you cannot avoid healing symptoms; they are a very necessary part of the healing process. > > > ==>, on my trip here I visited my family and my brother, who is > > 61 years old, cured his 20 year Crohn's disease after doing my > > program for about 22 months. During that time his body also retraced > > Lyme's Disease and psoriasis. Both are gone now! > > I hope that happens for me some day. I've been eating very low carb. > and anti-candida since 11/2006... Very small cheese cheats very early > on, and a few poor supplement choices at very short times, but overall > that's about 18 months so far, or 18 years of healing. ==>That's great ! Keep on keeping on and your body will respond eventually. Luv, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 > > I've literally been living off of supplements only within the > program guidelines, beef steaks, rendered tallow, and chunks of > boiled beef liver. Hi , Sorry, I'm new here so I don't know all the history to this. You list a very limited list of food you're eating (above). But by any chance is the steak you're eating raw? (Don't laugh, more people eat raw meat than you'd imagine). I ask, because I'm wondering if all the food you're eating is cooked, if you're actually getting the enzymes you need? In the work of Weston A. Price, I believe every group of indigenous people he studied (and they were very healthy), they all ate some percentage of raw or fermented food. So if you're not having raw vegetables, or raw eggs, or raw butter, or having your meat raw, perhaps the missing enzymes are a missing key. Lis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Undigested fat makes me think you should go raw, I eat exactly what you are eating but raw. Cooked food (especially fat) produces many toxic substances. Just look at Pottenger's cats. I eat 200 grams of suet/ 500grams of mince/ and a small portion of liver all grass fed. Also to help with digestion I suggest eating once a day to give your digestive system heal. > Hi , > Sorry, I'm new here so I don't know all the history to this. > You list a very limited list of food you're eating (above). > But by any chance is the steak you're eating raw? (Don't laugh, more > people eat raw meat than you'd imagine). > > I ask, because I'm wondering if all the food you're eating is cooked, > if you're actually getting the enzymes you need? > > In the work of Weston A. Price, I believe every group of indigenous > people he studied (and they were very healthy), they all ate some > percentage of raw or fermented food. > > So if you're not having raw vegetables, or raw eggs, or raw butter, or > having your meat raw, perhaps the missing enzymes are a missing key. > > Lis > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 > > Undigested fat makes me think you should go raw, I eat exactly what > you are eating but raw. Cooked food (especially fat) produces many > toxic substances. Just look at Pottenger's cats. ==>Sorry . Please do not recommend everything raw on my group my friend. It might be okay for you, but not only will most people have difficulty eating totally raw meats, raw veggies are difficult to digest. And not all cooked foods produce toxic substances. > > Also to help with digestion I suggest eating once a day to give your > digestive system heal. ==>Also do not recommend people with candida eat once a day!! They need the nutrients from at least 2 good meals a day. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Deborah wrote: > should I still be having really raw pain in my throat > from time to time? I mean, if I've got Barretts, don't I need more than just > a PPI? > I guess the question for your question is what is causing the pain? If it is acid then the PPI may not be doing enough. If it is because you have infections then you may need to do something to treat the infections besides the PPI which does help with that too, but maybe not enough. If it is from spasms then I wouldn't worry about it. Could it be from pills getting stuck? If so you may need to crush them if that is allowed for them. Avoid most vitamin C and aspirin pills. You should ask your doctor about this and he may do some tests to find the answers to these questions. Maybe a 24hr pH test and some checking for infections. There may be more you can do but I don't know what it is other than a diet that is healthy and has items that may prevent cancer. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Hi Mike..  It is so beautiful here today !!!! Hope your having a good day Mike..  Thanks for everything you do for us....   soft hugs       T  moderator  lisa From: Mike <mike2boys@...> Subject: just checking in Stimulator Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 1:53 PM I just wanted to say hello you all I hope everone having a good day mike group owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Just thought I would do a quick post and say hello. I still have not had surgery, and at this point do not plan to do so. I need a walker when I walk any distance beyond my house. I'll probably be looking for a scooter before much longer. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Kathy, It was nice to hear from you again! Though I wish things were going better for you. How has your overall health been? If you're having difficulties using your walker, a scooter is a great tool to restore some independence! Checking places like craigslist and local newspapers can often lead to a reasonably priced one if you're patient enough. Good luck with everything. > > Just thought I would do a quick post and say hello. I still have not had surgery, and at this point do not plan to do so. I need a walker when I walk any distance beyond my house. I'll probably be looking for a scooter before much longer. > > Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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