Hi all,
Tex, I know that you some times ask people who do well but still experiment "why rock the boat?" Well, that is probably what I'm doing these days.
I have been «in remission» for the last 1,5 years. That is.. I’m still bloated, I still react to certain foods, (no gluten, dairy, soy, sugar in my diet) but I’m not running to the toilet 24/7, like I used to. I realize that CC will always be with me. My life is pretty okay, but I suspect that I do not absorb nutrients 100%. The reason for this is that my weight does not move, it has been around 54-57 kilos since I got sick in 2010. From 1970 till 2010 my weight was 66 kilos (I’m 166 cm tall). I don’t want to settle for «okay», I really want to feel like I used to prior to CC, and I also liked to be a little chubby!
Some weeks ago, I read an article on «essential oils», and oregano oil really caught my attention, as it was said to treat bacteria related gut problems and parasites, and the oil was promoted as a "natural antibiotic". I have now been taking oregano oil for three weeks, and my stool is perfect, no bloating, and no reaction if I accidently ingest foods that used to send me to the toilet! I have a lot more energy, and I feel really good.
I had a stool test back in 2013, and the test result showed maximum level of Staphylococcus Aureus, but no parasites were detected. At that time I had so many issues, (I literally lived in «hell») and I didn’t pay attention to/investigate the test result. However, since I respond quite well to the oregano oil, I wonder if the Staphylococcus Aureus might have been the instigator back in 2010 when I was diagnosed with CC, and that the oregano oil is really helping? I guess I’ll never have the answer to that, but I can’t help wondering.
What do you think?
Lilja
Why rock the boat?
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Why rock the boat?
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Hi Lilja,
Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria show up in the intestines of a lot of people, even infants. I gather that it's especially common in the intestines of IBD patients. That's not surprising, because so many people have S. aureus on their skin and in their nose, so it's almost always available.
But just because you had a high population while your MC was active, doesn't mean that you have a lot of them now. Our gut biome changes as our diet changes and as our digestion efficiency and metabolism changes. I'll bet a gut biome analysis would provide very different results now.
As I recall, you're eating a "traditional" diet, that includes a lot of fermented foods (but not many fattening foods). People living on "traditional" diets in the past, were usually thin, weren't they?
Tex
Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria show up in the intestines of a lot of people, even infants. I gather that it's especially common in the intestines of IBD patients. That's not surprising, because so many people have S. aureus on their skin and in their nose, so it's almost always available.
But just because you had a high population while your MC was active, doesn't mean that you have a lot of them now. Our gut biome changes as our diet changes and as our digestion efficiency and metabolism changes. I'll bet a gut biome analysis would provide very different results now.
As I recall, you're eating a "traditional" diet, that includes a lot of fermented foods (but not many fattening foods). People living on "traditional" diets in the past, were usually thin, weren't they?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
