Just when I thought I was good, I was very wrong

 I went on living dairy and gluten free for the next 2 years or so without any major issues. I got certified to be a coach with the FastER Way, I started working on building my coaching business. I thought life was great. It was, until, it blew up and I had no idea. 

What I didn't realize during those, what I thought were great years, something deeper and much bigger was building in my GI tract. 

Many of the previous symptoms came back. But this time, they came back very specific. After eating certain foods, broccoli, cauliflower, even gluten free snacks, I would get super bloated. This was more than just heavy, this was, I look like I'm 6 months pregnant and it hurts. It was only certain foods for a while. 

I began having heart palpitations, struggling to catch my breath when I tried to do anything strenuous. I could barely walk up my stairs and not get out of breath. At first, this was not an all day, every time situation. It was random. I'd be fine and then it would hit. Then I would be okay again. Again, what do I do? Who do I tell? How do I even explain all of this. Without going into the years of testing, misdiagnoses and all the bull I've been through over the last 6 years to so. Let's just say, I worse a heart rate monitor, nothing. I was given an inhaler, no help. Misdiagnosis one after another. All while continuing to notice symptoms getting more pronounced and beginning to creep in on my life. I decided to check in with some alternative idea and help. 

By this time, we were homeschooling our twins and they were still playing baseball. At this point, they were about to go into high school. We were lucky enough to find a Christian homeschool baseball team. One afternoon during one of their practices, our coach's wife and I were talking, mostly about life. But then some how we got into holistic doctors and remedies. I told her about my issues. She referred me to a holistic practitioner she sees. I decided why not. I'd love to know more about this way of treatment any way. To make a long story shorter, without minutes of me telling him my symptoms, he said, you need to be tested for SIBO?? Huh?? What is that? He explained some but didn't go into great detail. He ordered me an at home breath test. I did the test and sent it off. I didn't think much of it. He didn't seem to make a big deal of it, so I feed off him. When we got the test results in, I in fact had SIBO. Again, nothing major, I just have an over whelming number of bacteria in my small intestines, hence the name (Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth). I don't remember it being a big deal. He prescribed several herbal remedies with instructions. I began taking everything and following his directions. I started to feel between within that first month, so I thought it was over. OH HOW WRONG I WAS!!