Now what? I need help.

 My symptoms are beginning to affect my life in a way that I can no longer do things I want to do. I can't attend church any more because mornings are hard on me. I wake up every morning bloated. Part of what SIBO does it, shuts down the signals from your brain to your colon to flex. You begin to lose colon peristalsis. The colon is a muscle. When waste coming up to the colon to be removed, it will flex to push the waste out so you can poop. Due to the over growth of bacteria, that gets slowed down, which means, I was having a hard time with everything getting stuck. The worse was mornings. Everything I had eaten for dinner and my body's natural detoxing was stuck in my colon. More on this part in a later post.

So now what? Obviously I need help. Do I go back to the original provider I saw who actually found the SIBO? Maybe but he's expensive and a long drive away. I was already having issues getting out period, let alone an hour drive one way. Plus, I was a little worried that he might not really understand SIBO? The symptoms, yes, he caught the symptoms. However, when my results came in, I didn't get a good understand or importance from him of how serious it was to follow up with him for additional testing to make sure if the SIBO was gone or just decreased. Maybe that was partially my fault for not following up with him when I was done with my first round. Regardless, the expense and the drive was a lot. 

I remembered I had a local herbalist that I had gone to several years previous. She uses muscle testing for results and tests your body based on what those results are. For instance, if my body said it had a specific bacteria and wanted X herbal remedy, she would then test my body on exactly what one and how much for how long. It's fascinating science. I made an appointment. I was so intrigued by this visit that I started learning about MRT (muscle response testing or Kinesiology) My chiropractor using this technique, although in a different form, while he is adjusting me to find out exactly where my body is out. I was thrilled to learn something new again. 

She confirms I have multiple bacteria in my GI tract and other issues. She prescribes several herbals again. This time, I go back and get retested. This is when I found out what die-off is. UGH. I wish at that point some one has mentioned the word "die-off" to me. I think I would go see her thinking something else was wrong only to find out, my symptoms were likely die-off. Neither of us mentioned that. Just more bacteria. I kept coming back to her, round and round we went with no change. I was so disappointed and really getting frustrated.

As I learn more about MRT, you can get "false positive" readings. When the terrain in the body changes, as mine kept doing, due to fighting off invaders, the body can send mixed signals. She kept picking up a different bacteria every other week. Well, that's probably, not for certain, but possibly because the bacteria kept morphing trying to escape the herbals that were out to kill them. Don't get me wrong, I still fully believe in the science behind MRT. I actually use it myself now that I know how. 

So what is biofilm? Next post