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Recent content by RubySue78

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    Absorption Problems

    Hello All - I am still undiagnosed, BUT now after purposely inflamming my system for scopes (per doctor) I used slippery elm and marshmallow root to calm things down. my body went from optimal thyroid (Im Hypothyroid) to out of range low in the two months between inflamming my system and using...
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    Update on my story: appreciate feedback

    I recieved my test results from latest Colonoscopy and Endoscopy - Colonoscopy showed a perfectly healthy colon, upper scope showed inflammation but otherwise everything else was normal. I was told gastritis and given my walking papers. I found that Marshmallow Root and Slippery Elm have given...
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    Help to diagnose if it's Crohns

    Did you ever get this figured out? I ask because I struggle with a LOT of the same symptoms.
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    Dan - how did you find out that you did in fact H-Pylori in your intestinal tract and stomach? How did you treat it? Doctor thinks I have had Lymes disease for years, have done what treatment I can. I use LDN for the nerve pain
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    Dan I cannot do any honey but did try the Black Seed oil - it caused such horrible bloating I had to stop. I started with a 1/4 of a tsp. The Endoscopy Biopsy came back negative for H-pylori. I also tried mastic gum, it gave me the worst stomach ache, I stuck with it for 2 weeks but stomach...
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    Thank you for the feedback, unfortuantely I do not eat foods that are super high in Oxylates - minus sweet potoates of which I eat 2 ounces a day - that is not enough to raise levels. Thanks again though
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    I had CRP tested 7/2016 - it has not been retested as I was able to start to get it to go down from its original level of 1.5 (range 1.0 to 2.9) down to .5. I cut out a lot of foods that were causing issues and started to follow a Ketogenic type of diet, BUT with more veggies as I cannot...
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    I do have Reynauds disease, but have tested negative for Lupus via the ANA test.
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    My Story - hoping for some advice

    Hello All - I have not yet been diagnosed with CD, but have a lot of the symptoms. My symptoms started when I was about 8 years old - at least that is when they were significant enough that they are burned in my memory. I used to eat anything and everything. Then milk started to give me terrible...
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