Re: Sara's Friend - Inexplicable Miracle!

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Sara Thustra wrote:

> Hey guys...Thought this definitely deserved another update! My friend

> reported feeling less pain once he *completely* quit drinking coffee (of

> course, he was miserable with a caffeine-withdrawal headache for about

> five days, poor guy, but he got through that). However, he still had

> swelling in the duodenal area (top of the stomach) and felt

> uncomfortably bloated. I, as you know, was hunting for doctors to take

> him to -- I was worried about it being a tumor, or a hiatal hernia, or

> something like that, and maybe quitting coffee had quit aggravating it

> but it was still a problem.

>

> Then, after about a week, he started to feel pain again, usually at

> night, and I found out that, while he'd done everything else I suggested

> (I'm continually impressed at how willing he is to take responsibility

> for his health--that's rare in people with addictive histories and such,

> in my experience!), he *hadn't* been concentrating on eating several

> small meals a day, and was still stuffing himself in the evening.

>

> I told him it was just silly to not take this easy step if it might

> help, so he did. Two days later the swelling was down to half, and two

> days after that it was *gone*! Now it's been a little over a week that

> we've been concentrating on getting regular, smaller-sized meals in him,

> and he has *no* pain, *no* swelling, no bloating and very little gas.

> It's such a mind-flipper, to see someone in such pain go back to being

> fine in so short a time!

>

> So, my thoughts at this point...all this stomach pain happened *exactly*

> when he quit smoking, which I know makes your stomach more acidic, which

> probably explains why coffee suddenly started aggravating it so much.

> And maybe letting his digestive system not work so hard (as it was with

> the big meals) gave the damage time to heal?

>

> Well, of course we're still being careful with his diet and keeping an

> eye on things, but I couldn't be more relieved that he's not in pain any

> more!

>

> ...and of course I couldn't be much more grateful for all the help and

> advice either. Thanks!!

>

> -ST

>

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Hi Sara,

That is promising news. By the way, through all of this how have his

bowels and bowel movements been? Just curious.

Congrats on getting him to eat smaller meals. This is a good thing for

him right now.

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Peace, love and light,

Don Quai

" Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

and wakes in man. "