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Posted 4/12/2013 4:09 PM (GMT -5)
Hello everyone,

I am new here and this is my first post! I'm sorry that this is such an icky topic, but I am hoping that you guys can offer some ideas and healing strategies to help my gut.

A little bit about me- I am 28 yrs old and have had IBS issues for as long as I can remember. For the past year or so, I have had issues with diarrhea and my doctor guesses that I am probably only absorbing 30% or the foods that I eat! Needless to say, I've lost some weight. I also have a number of food allergies and am super sensitive in general. I am currently on an anti-inflammation diet and am very careful to stay away from gluten, dairy, nuts, red meat (except lamb), alcohol or caffeine. I eat a very clean, organic diet of whole foods and was always very healthy and active before becoming sick with Lyme.

Since I'm so sensitive, it's been difficult to start up antibiotics and it's been a very slow climb for me. For the past few months, I've been taking 300mg of rifampin and 375mg of zythromax to treat Bart and lyme. For the past six days, I've been having awful bouts of diarrhea and have lost about 6 pounds. My LLMD told me to stop my meds and tested me for C Diff, which came back negative, thank God!! So, my question for all of you is, what can I do to heal my gut? I am sure that I have a little bit of leaky gut going on, but outside of taking gobs of probiotics and activated charcoal, I'm not sure what to do.

Thank you all so much in advance for your ideas and advice on this!
Kayla
Posted 4/12/2013 4:14 PM (GMT -5)
Sugarplumprincess,

Please see the thread entitled "Throw Away Your Probiotics." It will addressmany of your concerns.

Also welcome to this forum. We are glad that you have found us, but not that you are sick. We have many experienced and knowledgeable people here that are eager to help you. Please make yourself at home.

I would urge you to read the thread entitled "New to Lyme....Start Here?" at the top of the thread column. It has a lot of good information that is useful to know for anyone with this illness. Please pay particular attention to the information on detoxing. Heeding this advice will make the journey a bit safer and comfortable.

Good luck with your journey.

Don
Posted 4/12/2013 5:26 PM (GMT -5)
This past week has been HORRIBLE for my stomach. I can't eat at all today. It was bad last week too, but this is just insane. I have lost 25 lbs since last month. It's freaking me out. I'm not on abx yet since I still have yet to see a LLMD (will set up an appt with one on Monday). I have yeast...my tongue is coated. I think I have candida and heavy metal poisoning, based on my symptoms.

I know how you feel, it's a horrible feeling...I'm so sorry you have to go through this.
Posted 4/12/2013 5:42 PM (GMT -5)
megara,

I am very sorry to hear of your suffering. When my daughter was so ill, she went through a period with similar GI symptoms.

In the past I treated my daughter to rid her of heavy metals and yeast. it definitely helped her.

Did you read the article and video from Dr. Mercola? If I understood it correctly, the overgrowth of yeast is the bodies natural response to certain toxins and heavy metals in the body. Of course the yeast creates its own problems with its own metabolic byproducts which are poisonous to the human body.

Fermented foods have high levels of their own beneficial flora, which, according to the article, actually removes the heavy metals from the body, as well as reduce the yeast levels. IF this is true, then i think that fermented foods would be a far superior way to dealing with these issues, than what I and many others have done. Would you be willing to try this approach right away? What do you have to lose except your miserable symptoms?

If you pursue this course of action, please heed Dr. Mercola's advice to start out slowly. I know that its hard to believe, but apparently using large amounts of these natural probiotics can in and of themselves cause a massive herxheimer reaction, if you aren't use to them.

Don
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