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I've read and tried the GAPS diet, and the logic makes the most sense to me of anything else. I'm doing kind of a SCD/GAPS/Paleo combo right now. The thing about GAPS is that it places a lot of emphasis on healthy fats, which I love, but my insides do not. I seem to have trouble digesting them, prob...

That's great news to hear, Joe! I'm glad to see things are improving and that you're able to enjoy life again!

Ashley

Polly, thanks for posting this review of an important topic! Gabes, I know what you mean about constantly thinking about what you're going to eat, what you can do to get better, etc. Sometimes I think it may be better to just stop thinking about it and go live life -- maybe we'd improve a little in ...

Hi Angy,

Just wondering if you had any success in ordering the LDN, and if so, how you've been feeling on it so far?

Ashley

Hi Tex! Thanks for the quick reply! I wasn't eating casein at the time, and hadn't been eating it for a few months, so that couldn't have been the problem. And I don't experience the nausea and vomiting typical of gallbladder disease, so I guess it is just a fat malabsorption problem. I could do an ...

I just found this about fat digestion and the gallbladder from the Weston A. Price Foundation website: ( http://www.westonaprice.org/component/content/article/15-making-it-practical/260-taking-the-fear-out-of-eating-fat.html ) Priming Your Gallbladder for Fats Is your gallbladder ready for fat? If y...

Hi everyone, It's been a while since I've posted as I have not been feeling too well lately. Unfortunately a perfect storm of events threw me into the worst flare I've ever had. I ran out of Entocort (no more student health insurance), started the GAPS diet after doing some research, and took a 2-we...

Hi Mike, It's been a few years since your last post on VSL #3 and I was just wondering if you continue to take it, and what your conclusions were after the 20 days or so that you documented here. My new GI doc gave me some of the capsules and I'm going to introduce it VERY slowly; I think I did it t...

Lyn, Yes, I read about both tea tree oil and grapefruit seed extract as being pretty powerful antifungals or antibacterials! I've been giving tea tree oil a shot, just as you said, for the past couple of days. My old GI doc also called in a prescription for Diflucan (sp?) pills -- hopefully they wil...

Harma, I'm sorry for what you've been going through -- that must be rough in a new country! I'm glad things are looking up a bit, though. I remember reading here about D-mannose for urinary tract infections and possibly for help with MC itself. This post has a lot of good information: http://www.per...

Hmm, interesting. Oddly enough, last week I started doing daily salt water gargles and Neti Pot nasal rinses in the hopes of preventing the annoying tonsil stones that I get. Dang tonsils! I'm ready to get mine removed as soon as I get insurance!! :razz: I'm curious to see Polly's response to Tex, b...

Thanks for the responses! @Mary Beth, I think I do have a problem with too much fructose. A recent trial with a large homemade fruit smoothie was not good. I think you're right in your FODMAP discussions I searched for; it does seem to have an additive effect. One banana or a few teaspoons of cooked...

Today I noticed white bumps on the back of my tongue that look like thrush. Since I already eat a pretty low-sugar and -carb diet, I'm guessing it may be in part a side effect from taking Entocort for about 6 months now. However, I know I could also have a minor yeast problem from years of gut bacte...

Exactly! Although everyone that works there is an Apple geek and they don't generally mind the long hours.

My first GI symptoms started in high school, when I would get so dang nervous before track meets. My parents found some medical records the other day that showed I was having parasite stool tests even back then! College, working 80 hours a week at Apple Inc headquarters, and then grad school, were a...