I was hoping that FMT would be my last step in healing...but I guess not :(
my case I guess is kind of complicated..and has been slowly unfolding...
Like I said earlier how I pretty much healed myself through nutrition and other health modalities but after speaking to my ND about when the constipation started we both realized that it was from the Pain meds/opiate drug from when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.... (since I refused to take the antibiotics and just used goldenseal during the procedure and oregano oil/salt rinse afterwards....)
Yup, man-made drugs did me in again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Never again!
What happened is that the pain med/opiate drug created a very slow moving intestinal "Environment" with this "Environment" a particular flora that likes this type of slow moving environment formed .... which is why I now have constipation... WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously my body does not like man-made drugs....ugh...
SO.... FMT did not exactly work out because towards the last treatments (9th & 10th) he realized that I had impacted stool in my gut soooo... that could be a reason as to why FMT has not really been working...ugh.. its too bad that was figured out towards the end of the treatments :(
I only improved slightly with FMT= instead of having absolutely No Bowel Sounds in all 4 Quadrants of my intestines (in a time frame of a minute) I now have some movement 1-6 times per minute yeah! which mainly occur towards the duodenum and slowly become less towards the large intestine...
With this thought he has recommended that I get Colon Hydrotherapy with the hope that it will remove the impacted stool and potentially whatever amount of the FMT has colonized my gut to colonized the rest of it..
So yesterday was my first time getting colon hydrotherapy and it was fine...but hopefully today will be better since as the person who was doing it said that yea we use water force to help but we've all been trained to hold it in and use the toilet so the body is all like "what the heck!" So it was mainly mucus and lymph that came out rather than actual stool :/ little disappointing but hopefully today will be better!
-It was interesting though since she was all like do you feel that you are not completely able to express who you are as an individual?
-I can tell since you are not able to release...
-oh there goes some bile do you also hold some anger/resentment towards anyone?
-ME: ahhh ! She can read me through my crap... ugh..
Sidenote--My Pancreas
I also had ultrasound done which was a horrible experience...It was very painful them poking and prodding me for 2 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh... it was a teaching clinic the first hour was two students and then they were all like you will probably be able to go but stay just in case... Ultrasound specialist comes in does another whole hour....the whole time I was trying not to cry from the pain...instead water was just flowing down the sides of my face...(I didn't know how sensitive my intestines were until they started pushing them..) I tried to get them to tell me what they were looking at but they wouldn't tell me...So within 24 hours they reported that the head portion of my pancreas is larger than most normal pancreas's but the MD clarified it as normal....
--I dont think so! The head portion of the pancreas is where the enzymes are formed for digestion which I have a very hard time digesting food.... I take pancreatic enzymes
--One of my friends who is becoming an ND also said it could be the sphincter that is too tight this sphincter is where both the pancreatic duct and bile duct come together so it would make sense because I have a really difficult time digesting fats as well...which could be from my body being under a constant state of stress... it makes sense if your stressed your body does not want to digest food--> it want's to get the heck out of there...I'm thinking this relates back to not being able to express myself completely since I feel that I am constantly being judged...so its good that I am on my own now..
The food served at FMT was amazing!
So for dessert I got to try 2 different gluten-free and one that is both gluten-free and vegan both were amazing!
Back to Eden (Gluten-free and Vegan)
--More dessert focused
--They also sell dairy free Ice cream but I never felt like having it...I would like to try it though!
I tried many things here since it was close and my friends and I all shared!
chocolate, lemon, almond cupcakes- all amazing
strawberry hazelnut cake- one of my favorites!
rose sugar cookie-great!
orange chocolate chip- great
-pretty much everything is good but the lavender honey cake was a bit strange taste a little like soap but if you love lavender it might be fine.
Tula Bakery (Gluten-free and some Vegan options)
--Dessert focused but also have more breakfast and lunch options
I didn't buy anything but tried other peoples
everything was good as well
oh Portland you are amazing!
Back to Eden-->Cupcakes
my case I guess is kind of complicated..and has been slowly unfolding...
Like I said earlier how I pretty much healed myself through nutrition and other health modalities but after speaking to my ND about when the constipation started we both realized that it was from the Pain meds/opiate drug from when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.... (since I refused to take the antibiotics and just used goldenseal during the procedure and oregano oil/salt rinse afterwards....)
Yup, man-made drugs did me in again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Never again!
What happened is that the pain med/opiate drug created a very slow moving intestinal "Environment" with this "Environment" a particular flora that likes this type of slow moving environment formed .... which is why I now have constipation... WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously my body does not like man-made drugs....ugh...
SO.... FMT did not exactly work out because towards the last treatments (9th & 10th) he realized that I had impacted stool in my gut soooo... that could be a reason as to why FMT has not really been working...ugh.. its too bad that was figured out towards the end of the treatments :(
I only improved slightly with FMT= instead of having absolutely No Bowel Sounds in all 4 Quadrants of my intestines (in a time frame of a minute) I now have some movement 1-6 times per minute yeah! which mainly occur towards the duodenum and slowly become less towards the large intestine...
With this thought he has recommended that I get Colon Hydrotherapy with the hope that it will remove the impacted stool and potentially whatever amount of the FMT has colonized my gut to colonized the rest of it..
So yesterday was my first time getting colon hydrotherapy and it was fine...but hopefully today will be better since as the person who was doing it said that yea we use water force to help but we've all been trained to hold it in and use the toilet so the body is all like "what the heck!" So it was mainly mucus and lymph that came out rather than actual stool :/ little disappointing but hopefully today will be better!
-It was interesting though since she was all like do you feel that you are not completely able to express who you are as an individual?
-I can tell since you are not able to release...
-oh there goes some bile do you also hold some anger/resentment towards anyone?
-ME: ahhh ! She can read me through my crap... ugh..
Sidenote--My Pancreas
I also had ultrasound done which was a horrible experience...It was very painful them poking and prodding me for 2 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh... it was a teaching clinic the first hour was two students and then they were all like you will probably be able to go but stay just in case... Ultrasound specialist comes in does another whole hour....the whole time I was trying not to cry from the pain...instead water was just flowing down the sides of my face...(I didn't know how sensitive my intestines were until they started pushing them..) I tried to get them to tell me what they were looking at but they wouldn't tell me...So within 24 hours they reported that the head portion of my pancreas is larger than most normal pancreas's but the MD clarified it as normal....
--I dont think so! The head portion of the pancreas is where the enzymes are formed for digestion which I have a very hard time digesting food.... I take pancreatic enzymes
--One of my friends who is becoming an ND also said it could be the sphincter that is too tight this sphincter is where both the pancreatic duct and bile duct come together so it would make sense because I have a really difficult time digesting fats as well...which could be from my body being under a constant state of stress... it makes sense if your stressed your body does not want to digest food--> it want's to get the heck out of there...I'm thinking this relates back to not being able to express myself completely since I feel that I am constantly being judged...so its good that I am on my own now..
The food served at FMT was amazing!
So for dessert I got to try 2 different gluten-free and one that is both gluten-free and vegan both were amazing!
Back to Eden (Gluten-free and Vegan)
--More dessert focused
--They also sell dairy free Ice cream but I never felt like having it...I would like to try it though!
I tried many things here since it was close and my friends and I all shared!
chocolate, lemon, almond cupcakes- all amazing
strawberry hazelnut cake- one of my favorites!
rose sugar cookie-great!
orange chocolate chip- great
-pretty much everything is good but the lavender honey cake was a bit strange taste a little like soap but if you love lavender it might be fine.
Tula Bakery (Gluten-free and some Vegan options)
--Dessert focused but also have more breakfast and lunch options
I didn't buy anything but tried other peoples
everything was good as well
oh Portland you are amazing!
How's the belly going post-FMT? I've found the FODMAP diet helps me, and I'm wondering if I should find a way to have the FMT - would love to have more freedom in what I can eat.
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Thanks, and good health to you!
Oh thank you for letting me know that you weren't able to see the comment box!
DeleteI was wondering why people kept emailing me about how they liked my blog rather than just commenting within the blog itself! Lol! Now I know... :/ I dont really know how I can change this setting do you think I should email google?
Oh my digestion ha ha hmmm... well I need to make an update on it so people dont make the same mistake that I did :S (I'll probably write it today)
The only time I can see how FMT would significantly help someone, now that I have experienced and shared a space with someone who had severe Colitis, is for someone who has had relatively normal bowel habits but ruined it by taking antibiotics, have contracted a severe pathogen that they seem to not be able to get rid of, and probiotics are not helping. Not to say someone who doesn't fit this exact profile would not benefit from FMT but to find the underlying cause first would be most beneficial.
As for you I really dont know your health and bowel history or why a FODMAP diet helps you but I would look into testing SIBO, pancreatic enzyme production, and maybe a DNA test to see if you have the potential to make more enzymes.
As for me I knew it all started after antibiotics so that is why I had to support an environment for good bacteria to live in since probiotics dont thrive in an inflamed home and probiotics hurt me.--> my case may be more complicated now.. since I have had it for so long (inflammation in the gut reflects inflammation else where in the body--might be why my pancreas is inflamed)but case and point is that for you to really benefit from any treatment would be to know why a FODMAP diet helps you.
I would look into seeing a Naturopathic Doctor who could perform these tests and preferably specializes in gut health, but if you need any help on how to heal your gut through diet let me know since I'm starting to realize my system could really help a lot of people :)
-All in good Health,
Susan Hamori