2014 sort of sucked, on to 2015

Really sick at the start of the year.

Really sick at the start of the year.

I had a lot of plans for 2014 when I did my review at the end of last year.  Unfortunately within a few days of that post my gut revolted in a big way and I started on a downward spiral that led to the toughest year I’ve dealt with.  Just after Christmas when we finished with a 30-day cleanse diet I started having a lot of pain and churning in my gut every day after I’d eat.  I was dropping weight fast and was going to the doctor every few days as we tried to figure out what was going on.   Finally after an ultrasound, CT-scan, colonoscopy and at least a quart of blood work I found that I had Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO in February.

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New protocol for next few months

Would you want to take this for three months?

Would you want to take this for three months?

After that last somewhat disappointing test I did some research of what to do next and consulted with both Dr. Bowen and Dr. Keller about the plan moving forward.  First off, no more weed.  Probably a good thing in the short and long term and while my sleep isn’t perfect I am getting about 8 hours a night now at least even if it takes me 9-9.5 hours in bed to get that.  I’m definitely having very wild LDN induced dreams and I’m still waking up and often having to read a bit or listen to an audio book in order to get back to sleep but I do go back to sleep and sleep in a bit more every day.

 

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