SAMe effective as an anti-histamine?

[tex]

Barb,

Surely you realize that there is no way that I can accurately determine the sequence of the onset of all your issues, after the fact. Your doctor can't do that when you're sitting in his or her office, with all your records open on the desk in front of him or her, and neither can I (especially from 2,000 miles away, without the benefit of all those medical records). All I can do at this point is to make an educated guess. Here is what may have happened. There's no way to be sure, at this point, since all this is now history.

The pain under your ribcage was probably due to heartburn/indigestion, caused by insufficient stomach acid that resulted in poor digestion.

The poor digestion resulted in partially-digested food rotting in your intestines, and causing inflammation.

The D probably started when the inflammation in your intestines reached the point where a major percentage of your intestines were affected.

The physiological stress of routine poor digestion, combined with a predisposition to gluten sensitivity probably led to a leaky gut, and a leaky gut causes additional food sensitivities.

You became more sensitive as time passed, because antibody levels continue to increase as exposure to inflammatory foods continues. And as antibody levels increase, so does the level of lymphocytic infiltration, and therefore the inflammation levels.

Pancreatic insufficiency is caused by an extension of the inflammation in the rest of the digestive system. If the stomach can't digest food properly, then the pancreas can't function properly either, because it gets it's signals from the stomach, by way of the enteric nervous system.

And please don't tell your doctor (or anyone else) that this is exactly what happened, because as I pointed out — it's just a guess, based on what you've told me.

Tex

[barbiem]

LOL it's between you and me :) thanks Tex I just find I can deal with things better if a better understanding of what happened and why this all occurred then possibly I will be more accepting and willing to give up what is needed to give up to get better. It's just sooo funny that a dr with all those years of studies couldn't explain what even the pain under my ribs was caused by or how digestion even works. Maybe they don't know, maybe they don't care or maybe they just don't have time in their 15 mins with each patient to explain things. I think I am even more depressed knowing the medical system has failed me and the trust I had in it. so sad. Funny thing is, if it was cancer we would have better and faster treatment. sometimes I wish that is what I had instead of this. :(

thxs tex - I can't wait for your book to arrive!! You and this group has helped me more than you will know

[tex]

Barb,

The main problem with the diagnostic system used by doctors (IMO) is that they almost never consider the whole picture. They look at individual body systems, and they try to treat individual issues, rather than considering everything that is happening, and then trying to figure out what might be the basic problem that's causing the symptoms. They don't have time to do all that, so they prescribe drugs to treat the symptoms.

And as an added bonus, by just treating the symptoms, that guarantees that the patient will be back for future appointments, and that's what keeps the doctor's bank account healthy.

You're very welcome. I hope you're not disappointed when you read the book.

Tex

[SherryR]

Is there an inhibitory feedback with digestive enzymes?

Sherry

[tex]

Good question. One would think that there would be, but not being an authority on digestive enzymes, I honestly don't know.

Tex