Re: Re: Just out of 5 day in hospital; Appendix Burst: Now question on Anti-Biotics!

[Guest guest]

Hi -

Glad your starting to feel better and getting past

those post-surgery/illness problems.

I have some comments in the text below:

--- <javanfirkins@...> wrote:

> * related; I'm still wondering about the

> antibiotics. I did some

> research and found they have me about at the highest

> end of the

> antibiotic spectrum there is.

>

> This is DEFINATELY going to have an effect on my

> blood work-up I

> sent into Dr. G. I'm not sure what to do now...

***** Don't worry about it one bit. There is nothing

that will affect treatment regarding changes to your

labs. Any labs needing to be re-done would be redone

at your visit or soon after anyway. What it will

affect is how you feel right now, not over the

long-term. I promise you need to do nothing re labs

done prior to your illness. Besides, some time needs

to pass for you to fully recover and get back on your

feet before you can effectively assess where you

stand. Relieving the stress of what impact this has

on your future treatment will be one step towards

getting better.

>

> I plan on taking Probiotics especially when this is

> done. I don't know

> if the strains in this High Count, Multi-Strain (by

> 'Custom Probiotics')

> product is Ok to take until my intestine is mostly

> replenished, then I

> can start taking the mild lower dose I normally

> take.

>

> Ingredients: {One capsule; 35 Billion- L.

> acidophilus, L. rhamnosus, L.

> plantarum, B. lactis, B. bifidum.}

***** L.Rhamnosus is going to increase your anxiety

and creepy-crawly sensations. I wouldn't take it. It

will stimulate a chemokine related to the TH1 response

which you don't really want to happen when OCD or

anxiety or restless leg-type symptoms are present.

Add that to yeast you no doubt will have for a little

while (and that can normalize) , and you'll feel

nasty. Won't necessarily hurt you long term, but make

you feel rotten.

>

> I don't want to make a big mistake after such a

> large dose of

> anti-biotics. I'm also curious how long I should

> take this high count

> for. I'll probably be taking between 75-150 Billion

> a day.

****** I wouldn't. I'd stick to the standard doses

and make sure you get them 3 times a day, and eat

foods that feed bacteria well like apples, salad,

cultured meats like salami, easy to diget veggies like

squash and zucchini but avoid difficult to digest like

broccoli and cabbage. (I think kimchi and saurkraut

would be ok though 'cause they're broken down some by

lactic acid processes.) Bone broths (think chicken

soup made from homemade chicken where you've boiled

the bones a long time) would have a healing effect

too. Gelatin is helpful for healing the gut as well,

and a good bone broth contains gelatin - that stuff

that makes it wiggly when it cools off. I'd recommend

focusing on that than very high doses of probiotics,

but don't skip them, always eat them with food, and

take them 2 hours after antibiotics.

>

>

> Any suggestions? Thanks!

>

>

> -

HTH-

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,

If you don't like the " goat " yogurt, try freezing it... it deadens the

" goat " taste and it's more palatable to those who don't love that flavor.

You can fill a dixie cup with it, then insert a popsicle stick or a plastic

spoon and freeze. Just don't bite the spoon. You can cover the cup with

some saran wrap, put a slit in it for the stick or spoon handle to pop up

through to hold it in place until it sets.

Good luck!

Caroline