Let me start off by saying I'm not trying to be gross.
As I have stated, the so called Flu bug in the Stomach just didn't fly with me. I have NEVER in my LIFE had such horrible, stabbing, burning, pain just on the left side of my abdomen.
I am as stoic as they come and not 1, but 2 ER visits back to back for the pain. 5mg of IV Morphine barely touched the pain. Was told I had a stomach flu. Felt like I had 50 Kidney stones stuck in my Ureter. CT scan was 100% Normal. I told the ER Dr., IMPOSSIBLE !!
Well, since starting this Paleo diet I have been SICK as can be... No stomach issues, but alot of what we all call a Herx and I wasn't on ANYTHING to KILL ANYTHING.
So, I knew something else was going on. I had so much diarrhea, but alot of bile in it so I couldn't see until tonight what was coming out.
Keep in mind, the picture does no justice as colors are off.
These Dead Candida are PURE WHITE from my eye.
Believe me or don't, but I even put it under my microscope and it's unreal. I can't get far enough away from the scope to get a good shot or I would post it.
For those who havn't followed what has been making me so sick, all I did was cut out all Sugar, Dairy, and very low Carbs. Upped greens, protein, veggies, and all organic grass fed meat, fish, organic chickens, etc. And lots and lots of homemade Lemonade juiced myself from Organic Oranges.
They are long, white, stringy, and stretchy when I used a toothpick to maneuver them.
P.S. These are NOT Parasites or Worms !!
Read more: What Does Candida Look Like in Stool? From ehow.com:"Identification
Excessive candida may be present in the stool during periods of extreme yeast growth or die-off, also called Herxheimer Syndrome. Die-off occurs when your body is getting rid of excess yeast. Stools with an overabundance of yeast may contain a white, stringy material that is similar to thin pieces of string cheese. This cheesy substance is one of the most common signs of too much candida in a bowel movement. Yeast in the stool has also been compared to cottage cheese. The candida can also look "frothy," similar to yeast in bread mix when it is rising, or candida can look like a mucus-like substance.
[ 01-23-2012, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: lymetwister ]
Posted by sparkle7 (Member # 10397) on :
Wow. That's pretty amazing... Congratulations on getting it out. I guess the paleo diet is a good thing, then...
I'm dealing with some sort of yeast or fungus thing myself right now. I have been trying to avoid doing the whole diet but seems like it is working for you even though you had to go through so much suffering.
Detox is not easy. Keep up the geep up the good work!
Posted by lymetwister (Member # 19590) on :
Quick update: I had like 4 more episodes during the night.
I think what is happening to me is that because my Stomach was hurting so bad, I basically began a fast over since Friday, which in turn created even more die off.
The amount of Gas this stuff gives off is incredulous. I will try and go bland today as the pain is nowhere near as bad as it has been.
Posted by sparkle7 (Member # 10397) on :
You could make it bland without the spices.
Posted by RZR (Member # 20953) on :
OMG! Your symptoms sound just like mine.
I too had been experiencing the most incredible stomach pain on the left along with burning throughout the entire stomach. I have nausea and vomited one day. Strange thing is I have been on diflucan for the past 2 months, so I would think yeast was under control.
PCP sent me for a CT scan yesterday, but no results yet.
Posted by lymetwister (Member # 19590) on :
RZR, did you change your diet or was it clean ?
If your still putting sugars in you, the Diflucan is a complete waste. High carbs would counter it too.
Were you having diarrhea ? Not sure if diarrhea happens to everyone.
The odor this stuff is giving off sure makes me understand why it would be "Toxic" in the body. I just hope it isn't C-diff, but I'm pretty sure it is not. I know that odor from the Hospitals and it's much different.
What is really interesting is the bubbles that are on top of the water. They are large and residual from the Toxins even out of the body.
Posted by ctlyme (Member # 9022) on :
Twister Can you describe your symptoms prior to the new diet? I have alot of problems post lyme treatment that could be attributed to candida i guess.
Posted by MichaelTampa (Member # 24868) on :
quote:For those who havn't followed what has been making me so sick, all I did was cut out all Sugar, Dairy, and very low Carbs. Upped greens, protein, veggies, and all organic grass fed meat, fish, organic chickens, etc. And lots and lots of homemade Lemonade juiced myself from Organic Oranges.
To be clear here, you were drinking juice of lemons or oranges?
Posted by lymetwister (Member # 19590) on :
Well, for starters, I did not Ache as a baseline. Most symptoms were from the Neck up. (Brain fog, head pain in the back of the head, pain the felt 4 inches deep into brain, drooping right eyelid, emotional at times, POTS, sympathetic overdrive, blurred vision in the drooping eyelid, bad anxiety, tachycardia, short of breath doing simple things and occasionally at rest, would sweat easily)
When I tried to treat, I would get flares of the above bad and some body aches, some trembling. I wouldn't call any of what I had "Flu Like", at least not too much. I couldn't tolerate but a few doses of Mepron or whatever even Lyme meds as my Neuro stuff would just go bezerk.
2 days into the diet, I began to feel sick, the body aches started, but my stomach was fine. My stomach has always been bloated. Looked like I was an old man in the mirror (Pregnant) looking. As time passed, my Neuro stuff began to go wild again, but remember, I wasn't treating, only eating better. So, I thought maybe my immune system was activating and going after infections.
about 14 days into the diet is when I really started getting cold. I couldnt' get warm in the Bath tub either, which I have never had. Then the stomach started rumbling aching along with my spine. The pain was Incredulous.
So, here I am 3 weeks into eating right. Because of the stomach stuff, I couldn't even drink water because it was going right through me. I don't feel dehydrated, but I am now able to eat again. Keeping it to the diet foods, but very soft. No heavy meats right now. Back to fluids again and tolerating despite about 5 or 6 complete Liquid diarrhea stools since Midnight.
Every liquid stool now has the toilet full of them dead Candida.
My question would be, how much does one want to kill off because we do need some of the bad to keep the good in check. My guess is that I don't have much good.
A couple more things worth mentioning:
1. I am Sneezing Periodically, something I lost in all of this for the last 2 years. I do believe Sneezing is an immune response and I am getting the sneezes like I use to have, strong and hard that scare people b/c of the noise.
2. My brain fog is much better, still a ways to go.
3. I don't feel so off balance anymore.
4. My memory is better.
5. I have never run much of a fever more or less felt sick, but I got up to 102 for those 3 days and now 99-100, total 5 or 6 days of upregulated temp., which again I feel like is a pos. immune response.
6. Lastly, I think the worst things right now are: a. I just feel real real sick b. Freezing cold still at times and very sweaty at other times like I'm breaking the fevers. c. Head is pounding, but it's more in line with a real headache and it comes and goes. d. I'm aching still all over, but not as bad.
So, I think that sums it up. Anxiety and Emotions still an issue, but I havn't cried in 2 days and my Anxiety, although bad, has been much worse. Xanax still doesn't do much and Benadryl does, so Histamine is an issue still, which should resolve over time.
If anyone wants more info. on Paleo diet, PM me. I have really good .PDF files for ya.
Posted by RZR (Member # 20953) on :
quote:Originally posted by lymetwister: RZR, did you change your diet or was it clean ?
If your still putting sugars in you, the Diflucan is a complete waste. High carbs would counter it too.
Were you having diarrhea ? Not sure if diarrhea happens to everyone.
The odor this stuff is giving off sure makes me understand why it would be "Toxic" in the body. I just hope it isn't C-diff, but I'm pretty sure it is not. I know that odor from the Hospitals and it's much different.
What is really interesting is the bubbles that are on top of the water. They are large and residual from the Toxins even out of the body.
I cheated on the diet near the holidays. I am back on track now.
I didn't have any diarrhea. I've had yeast in the past but never had the stomach problems with it.
Are you back on abx or just using rife machine?
Posted by lymetwister (Member # 19590) on :
I am seeing where this dietary change takes me before I do anything else.
I find it Impossible that making your Diet better could make one so sick. This combined with the Die Off is telling me to just keep doing what I'm doing and go from there. I feel way too sick to do Rife or anything right now, although I'm doing 1gm Salt/C for detox and adrenals/day if you want to call that treating.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by lymetwister: [QB] RZR, did you change your diet or was it clean ?
If your still putting sugars in you, the Diflucan is a complete waste. High carbs would counter it too.
- CORRECT.
This is why I've been trying to warn everyone for the past 11 yrs. Yeast can cause a lot of misery.
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