Summer Solstice today (yay!) Had such a bad pain in my right shoulder Thursday this week really can't bear the thought of feeling any worse so am scared of the die off when I really start on this.
Been reading about supplements to eliminate the die off effect. Will fill in the details later though have bought some Molybdenum to counter the acid the dying candida creates which sounds nasty and affects even the brain. Also got some herbal drops called Candidate by Native Remedies which contains Pau d'arco, marigold and lemon grass, more herbs to combat the die off. And have some of Vogel's Milk Thistle Complex to really boost my liver which is going to take a bit of a battering detoxing all this stuff.
Took a molybdenum after dinner last night and had some of the drops after lunch today so will try and keep that up though not brilliant remembering to do these things especially when I start feeling rubbish and put it down to new things I am doing.
Am starting to eliminate the last of the bad things from my diet, things like sugar and mushrooms and will slowly be weaning myself off sweet potatoes this week. It's not too bad as I have taken out so much stuff over the last few years anyway, it's just breakfast that is going to be the problem as I will miss my flapjacks that have been pretty much sustaining me through all this. Nevertheless, sugar, in all its forms, is out, for now anyway and starch and yeast so it's lucky I've been off bread for quite a while now. Plenty of protein and lightly cooked veg. Will post lists of foods and supplements to refer to. And mustn't forget to get a good probiotic and some olive leaf extract to kill the candida.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
So it's Chronic Fatigue then
Should have known really, with all the experience I've had dealing with people who have ME over the years, that and my sister having had it.
Three years ago when all these weird symptoms started I had put it down to the two courses of antibiotics I had had for some tooth pain and I was acutely aware of pains in my intestines when my joints hurt badly so I knew it was something to do with my gut, leaky gut I kept telling everyone, including myself. And of course the throat problems, out of breathness, and the gnawing tiredness which just comes on suddenly. I've had blood tests and stomach scans to rule out other causes so this really is it then.
So, I know it must be candida and must sort out a regime. As it is I eat very little because of the food I know that makes me feel worse so am not looking forward to cutting out even more, and my beloved sweet potatoes which have been the base of so many of my meals since not being able to eat potatoes or tomatoes, they will probably have to go too…
I also need to sort out some antifungals to take and some liver supporting remedies to try and eliminate the die-off. I am not looking forward to that, not looking forward to feeling any worse than I already do so will endeavour to take it slowly so I don't end up in bed. I think I could handle just bad physical symptoms, it's the mental confusion and fog that freaks me out, so I don't want any of that. This all makes sense now, how being really meticulous about my food for a while made me feel better then all of a sudden so much worse, must have been the candida starting to die off through starvation.
Timing is going to be a problem as I need to sort my teeth out first and cannot afford to have to cancel any appointments because I feel rotten. And I have so much to do, other stuff though must sort this out as I want to feel normal again and must remember that once this is all cleared I will feel so much better and all this stuff will be much easier to handle, not need so much micromanaging. So have decided to create this new blog to mark my progress and keep all the information together.
This is really all quite embarrassing and a bit like realising 6 months into the menopause that those delicious feelings of warmth now and then were actually hot flushes…
Onwards and upwards.
Three years ago when all these weird symptoms started I had put it down to the two courses of antibiotics I had had for some tooth pain and I was acutely aware of pains in my intestines when my joints hurt badly so I knew it was something to do with my gut, leaky gut I kept telling everyone, including myself. And of course the throat problems, out of breathness, and the gnawing tiredness which just comes on suddenly. I've had blood tests and stomach scans to rule out other causes so this really is it then.
So, I know it must be candida and must sort out a regime. As it is I eat very little because of the food I know that makes me feel worse so am not looking forward to cutting out even more, and my beloved sweet potatoes which have been the base of so many of my meals since not being able to eat potatoes or tomatoes, they will probably have to go too…
I also need to sort out some antifungals to take and some liver supporting remedies to try and eliminate the die-off. I am not looking forward to that, not looking forward to feeling any worse than I already do so will endeavour to take it slowly so I don't end up in bed. I think I could handle just bad physical symptoms, it's the mental confusion and fog that freaks me out, so I don't want any of that. This all makes sense now, how being really meticulous about my food for a while made me feel better then all of a sudden so much worse, must have been the candida starting to die off through starvation.
Timing is going to be a problem as I need to sort my teeth out first and cannot afford to have to cancel any appointments because I feel rotten. And I have so much to do, other stuff though must sort this out as I want to feel normal again and must remember that once this is all cleared I will feel so much better and all this stuff will be much easier to handle, not need so much micromanaging. So have decided to create this new blog to mark my progress and keep all the information together.
This is really all quite embarrassing and a bit like realising 6 months into the menopause that those delicious feelings of warmth now and then were actually hot flushes…
Onwards and upwards.
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