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transient_solace
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Well, hello and thanks for reading. I guess this works for a first post. Generally not good at these kind of things, so bear with me please.
Growing up, things were never quite right. Around age 2 I began having violent seizures, doctor said it was due to neurons, my brain processing information too quickly. Was put on Dilantin. I would always puke my food up, and as far as I can remember back my favorite things to eat were fruits and veggies (the body knows what it needs, for the most part). Never thought this would be connected to food, but the way gushers, fruit rollups, 'cookies for breakfast' and all the other junk is made to look so nice, I don't think any kid would.
I have <repressed> memories of puking in school, usually after lunch, diarrhea, and constipation to the point of crying - always thought I just had a weak stomach. Was never able to keep weight on, and probably like most of you, just didn't grow/mature right.
I guess my first tragedy came when I about 8 years old. I awoke to my mother's cries, a house full of paramedics, police, and men in weird attire. Was quickly ushered back into my room. Can't remember how the news came, but my 3 month old brother passed in his sleep. They found cheerios in his throat, which I now believe caused his death - though the official cause was SIDS.
Things basically progressed as they have been, the next year (Friday the 13th) my mother was told she was carrying twin girls! Such a pleasure, it was as if, somehow, the horror of losing my brother had been undone. On February 24th, 1999, the twins were born. Of course, this was short lived. One was jaundiced, the doctor said not to worry. She was given plenty of sunlight, and was yellowing more every day. The doctor took a look again, quickly said not to worry. My sister was 10 days old when the jaundice took her.
I'm glad I've taken the time to do this, combating these memories is a lot healthier than repressing them. Hmm...
Anyway, besides puking, the strain and pain of defecating, I thought everything was normal for me. Oh, and my teeth rotting no matter how many times I brushed. I guess we just think these things are quirks, we learn how to subside them a little, and continue as we were. Around 15 my mental health plummeted, I no longer had the will to strive in school, nothing mattered and I did not care anymore. I think the only thing I prayed for was to be taken out of this world, without doing myself in of course. Things stayed at a downhill from there. Ulcers, palpitations, anxiety, the vomiting, all these worsened considerably. Until about a year ago, I, nor the imbeciles recognized as doctors, were able to tell me what was wrong.
Due to a suggestion from a friend who has Celiac, I started a gluten free diet. Within 3 days my mental health changed. This basically had me convinced, but who doesn't love a good sandwich/pizza!? I wavered in the beginning, but after excruciatingly vomiting worse than ever before, I decided to stick to it. Didn't have much a choice :tongue:
Well, after a few months, my body began to get worse!
<I have my theories on this, but will post at the bottom>
After getting jerked around by one doctor for 5 months, she sent me to get a colonoscopy. The doctor was really cool, said 10 extra minutes he'd do an endoscope as well. The gluten free diet had helped, but had(have) esophagus, small intestine, and rectal damage. After a nice barium smoothie (not sure about you guys, by my food literally goes right through me, the barium took under 20 minutes) and a week of waiting, was told I have Crohn's.
Yeah, that's as far as anything has progressed. I've no idea what to eat, or what not to eat. I have a juicer, thought I don't know if it'll be much use now. My joints suck, innards feel like they're on fire, taking 2k mgs of sulfasalazine daily, prevacid, constantly have mucus coming from my ass, and bowel movements are absolute horror. I don't like to go in public for fear of how I smell, or if there is a toilet in the vicinity. I'm also on and off a Candida diet, as I think this is the cause for both Celiac and Crohns, yet give in after 2 weeks.
http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/celiac.html
I've read some of the stories on here, and I'm thankful not to have experienced some of the things you people have been through, but who knows where this may lead me. Do you not have extensive sugar/dairy/bread/fruit cravings? I wholeheartedly believe Candida is the root for these conditions, as it has to start somewhere.
Best of luck people, I'm sure one of you had/is having a surgery today
Growing up, things were never quite right. Around age 2 I began having violent seizures, doctor said it was due to neurons, my brain processing information too quickly. Was put on Dilantin. I would always puke my food up, and as far as I can remember back my favorite things to eat were fruits and veggies (the body knows what it needs, for the most part). Never thought this would be connected to food, but the way gushers, fruit rollups, 'cookies for breakfast' and all the other junk is made to look so nice, I don't think any kid would.
I have <repressed> memories of puking in school, usually after lunch, diarrhea, and constipation to the point of crying - always thought I just had a weak stomach. Was never able to keep weight on, and probably like most of you, just didn't grow/mature right.
I guess my first tragedy came when I about 8 years old. I awoke to my mother's cries, a house full of paramedics, police, and men in weird attire. Was quickly ushered back into my room. Can't remember how the news came, but my 3 month old brother passed in his sleep. They found cheerios in his throat, which I now believe caused his death - though the official cause was SIDS.
Things basically progressed as they have been, the next year (Friday the 13th) my mother was told she was carrying twin girls! Such a pleasure, it was as if, somehow, the horror of losing my brother had been undone. On February 24th, 1999, the twins were born. Of course, this was short lived. One was jaundiced, the doctor said not to worry. She was given plenty of sunlight, and was yellowing more every day. The doctor took a look again, quickly said not to worry. My sister was 10 days old when the jaundice took her.
I'm glad I've taken the time to do this, combating these memories is a lot healthier than repressing them. Hmm...
Anyway, besides puking, the strain and pain of defecating, I thought everything was normal for me. Oh, and my teeth rotting no matter how many times I brushed. I guess we just think these things are quirks, we learn how to subside them a little, and continue as we were. Around 15 my mental health plummeted, I no longer had the will to strive in school, nothing mattered and I did not care anymore. I think the only thing I prayed for was to be taken out of this world, without doing myself in of course. Things stayed at a downhill from there. Ulcers, palpitations, anxiety, the vomiting, all these worsened considerably. Until about a year ago, I, nor the imbeciles recognized as doctors, were able to tell me what was wrong.
Due to a suggestion from a friend who has Celiac, I started a gluten free diet. Within 3 days my mental health changed. This basically had me convinced, but who doesn't love a good sandwich/pizza!? I wavered in the beginning, but after excruciatingly vomiting worse than ever before, I decided to stick to it. Didn't have much a choice :tongue:
Well, after a few months, my body began to get worse!
<I have my theories on this, but will post at the bottom>
After getting jerked around by one doctor for 5 months, she sent me to get a colonoscopy. The doctor was really cool, said 10 extra minutes he'd do an endoscope as well. The gluten free diet had helped, but had(have) esophagus, small intestine, and rectal damage. After a nice barium smoothie (not sure about you guys, by my food literally goes right through me, the barium took under 20 minutes) and a week of waiting, was told I have Crohn's.
Yeah, that's as far as anything has progressed. I've no idea what to eat, or what not to eat. I have a juicer, thought I don't know if it'll be much use now. My joints suck, innards feel like they're on fire, taking 2k mgs of sulfasalazine daily, prevacid, constantly have mucus coming from my ass, and bowel movements are absolute horror. I don't like to go in public for fear of how I smell, or if there is a toilet in the vicinity. I'm also on and off a Candida diet, as I think this is the cause for both Celiac and Crohns, yet give in after 2 weeks.
http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/celiac.html
I've read some of the stories on here, and I'm thankful not to have experienced some of the things you people have been through, but who knows where this may lead me. Do you not have extensive sugar/dairy/bread/fruit cravings? I wholeheartedly believe Candida is the root for these conditions, as it has to start somewhere.
Best of luck people, I'm sure one of you had/is having a surgery today
What really gets me...I'm convinced 90% of the diseases we haven't been able to control, are just resulting from food. There hasn't been any other factors that contribute to the suffering that modern humans are - except the stress of punching a timeclock, but this goes hand in hand with the McDonalds/Starbucks approach. If everything from General Mills to Verizon to General Electric can put boring, yet hypnotic, multi million dollar commercials out there, can we not at least get ONE channel dedicated to information of commonly undiagnosed diseases? I have been seeing things about Crohn's and Lupus and Autism, but these can spawn from Celiac - haven't seen one yet. Of course, if people realized how toxic the crap they're buying into is...don't think there''d be much left of the processed food industry, though lawyers may be busy for a bit.
