Intestinal formula, cleansing ...

March 8, 2007

Hi all,

I hope this note doesn't discourage anyone else from seeking to improve

their physical health. <BG>

I am having some physical problems, and today I am feeling pretty down

about it. I don't know if the feelings of discouragement are just part

of the cleansing or what. I would like some advice, if you have any. I

am feeling bad, too, that Don isn't around to share his advice, no

matter how extreme it might sound. :-) So here is the situation followed

by my questions.

Background: I went totally raw on February 3rd. And, since my intestines

haven't worked properly since my teens, and I only have a bm about once

every week to week and a half, I have started taking the intestinal

formula #1. I am up to 18 capsules a day.

Now: Some days I have several bouts of the runs, literally, just passing

liquid, and some days, I am still passing nothing. But I have almost

continuous feelings of sickness in the bowel. If I am able to pass gas

or have a bowel movement, the sickness lets up for a little while, 20 to

30 minutes, but then it returns. I am guessing that these sick feelings

are what I have termed to myself " low-grade cramping. " And I have

absolutely no energy. All I want to do is lay in bed. In order to make

myself do anything, I have to take a Vivrin. How is that for ironic, raw

food, intestinal cleanse, and Vivrin? This morning, I started feeling

discouraged enough that I started writing down who gets what when I pass

on. :-)

Besides my physical feelings of illness, I have an overall lack of

motivation to do anything. I have anxious feelings about even making

phone calls. But I have many responsibilities, including running monthly

activities for a youth group, wrapping up plans for an upcoming

convention in May, preparing a program for library users in July, etc.,

etc.

So my questions are:

1. Is there anything I can take that will get rid of the constant

feeling of " low grade intestinal cramping? "

2. Any suggestions for a more healthy way to have energy? :-)

TerriLynne

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