Hey Linesse: _________________________________"...you have a definite talent for written expression. " _________________________________It may be that there is tendency to be verbose and overbearing which some may find entertaining, others not, [sigh], if only, though, I was able to actually type it all out accurately. But if I cannot do it by 49, it's just not happening. I flunked typing in 7th grade and still flunk my remedials every single day. I am just glad people are observant enough to usually figure out what the word is supposed to be, not how it came out of my keyboard.Ever tryo to edit your own writing/typing? Talk about having a scotoma.
[SEE?] ______________________________OHNO U2? Thank Divinity I am not alone
To wit: ______________________________"What is helping me out now is work with Leap Allergy and taking a dietary supplement that seems to be increasing my symptoms alot." ______________________________Unless there has been a dramatic reversal of fortune in the last 24 hours I think she means "decreasing" her symptoms. ["Not sick enough? Try LEAP! Guaranteed to increase your symptoms!" Should go over well with the masochist subpopulation.
{{Donna}}
______________________________OHNO! You also!:"When I feel good it's like "I probably dont have to write that down today " but a few days passes and I think now why didnt I keep up with my Food Diary...." ______________________________Why does EVERYBODY on dietary therapy do that during the recovery phase?
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You know now in retrospect why it is a must to keep the log accuratley during the recovery phase, at least until full remission seems to have been achieved...since the reactions are delayed up to 72 hours and you for sure will accidentally ingest something (depending upon your reaction profile) which you need to be able to isolate when a symptom does appear. As you know, the symptoms SUBSIDE, over time, not disappear like blinking out a light.You have to allow all the antigens to be flushed from the body, and the GI tract takes time to fully cleanse. All the while you still have exposure, less and less as time passes, so constant reactivity going on at a lower and lower level. Its also well established that the presence of proinflammatory mediators in the gut wall, regardless of why, if it is chronic (Like it is in your case)does leave the gut with some residual "neuropathy" (some call it persistent inflammtory reaction) even after the cuasal basis is removed. Some peopel recovery time from this is protratec, some it is short. During this time the gut can still be provoked mechanically even by normal nin reactive food, too big a meal, too much fat, or even stress-induced effects until the neuromusculature returns to a non-upregulated state.So during this time if you inadvertently toss-in a reactive food or chemical you will still get symptoms similar to, but less intense (unless it is a true allergy) than you were living with before. So you want to be able to isolate how this happend so you can avoid doing it again.ALSO even in that subpopulation whose symptoms actually DO just disappear almost overnight, it takes a long time of non-exposure beofre the immunocytes regain some tolerance. So one must also be trained in the new habit of being constantly aware of their offending foods and chemicals so as to not get either casual and sloppy, thus bringing back the symptoms, OR thinking like you profess to sometimes.Believe me, it is a very short leap from 'I don't need to log today I feel good' to 'I don't need to AVOID THAT ALL THE TIME anymore I feel good'.The food intolerant patient during withdrawl and 'recovery", while learning new lifestyle skills, is a lot like the alcoholic: the alcoholic is always one drink away from his next drunk. the food reactive victim, IBS or FMS or Migraine or urticaria...whatever the symptom set...for a long time is still onyl one mouthful away from theior next episode!Note to
Aussie:Having comorbid symptoms to your GI troubles like headache, sinus problems, stuffiness or buzziness/ringiness in the ears, even clmminess to nausea to chills are all symptoms of the systemic effects of immune activation (circulating an/or tissue immunocytes). The chemicals released abnormally when one loses tolerance are called "proinflammatory" as they act on smooth muscles in organs and blood vessels, many different "types" of peripheral nerves, endocrine and exocrine glands and on the central nervous system including the brain.Those who study what happens can quantify various myriad generalized abnormal activation of the immune system locally in the gut and, when the "digestive end products" enter the vasculature, throughout the body. The more of certain sympotms a person can "compile" the greater the liklihood of the symptoms being traced to a specific oral provocation.That numbness on the other hand you better keep tolking to Norb about. I only had (1) good outcome with chiropractic...luckily it "saved" my spine and has had a long (8 years now) residual effect. But its not my bag so to speak.Also, as the Lover of Lotronex suggests, while ruling-out things which can cause these clear symptoms of immune activation, it is wise to be checked for celiac as well if the sympotms fit at all...and sometimes you do have what tyou might call an atypical celiac...the body does not always remember to "color inside the lines" we draw for it diagnostically.ITCHIBOD and MOLDING ONE both make good points about antibiotic treatment as a precursor. The digestive process and gut immune function (whih is where 70% of the bodies immune system is located anyway...hence the overwhelming imprtance) are closely related, and the flora and proper digestion are closely related. Ergo one of the many things that proper function of the immune system is dependent upon is the gut flora.If you screw it outside a certain tolerance range, which is not yet definable much less quantifiable but it is different for all of us, then some people (possibly predisposed) lose some or a lot of their ability to sort out safe ingestants from unsafe ingestants. Loss of oral tolerance. So they become food sensitivie or chemically sensitive and show clusters of various symptoms. Among them the "IBS" syjmptom sets of d or cyclic especially are prominent.So it does satnd tor eason if we can identifiy the problem and corect it we should be able tor estore some or all of a perosns tolerance. Since we know we cannattenuate if with immunomodulation, and have quantified the small bowel inflammatory response, this makes it pretty clear that, at least in that speicif population, the investigators doing that work are barking up the right tree so far.Gotta runEat well. Think well. be well. type well.MNL
