constipation question

[Guest guest]

Oh shoot, Jeanne. I'm sorry you have a doctor who doesn't " believe " in

Candida. Unless you are over 50 and are due for one or have been finding

blood in your stools, I personally would NOT get a colonoscopy right now.

You have to drink over a gallon of weird stuff that not only has tons of

chemicals but is full of sugar additives. It could make matters worse.

My " old " doctor (I had her for 16 years) didn't believe in Candida (or CFS!)

and is at least partially to blame for the problem I face now. So after this

last big hospital debacle, I just decided to change. I found a doctor I like

a lot and he believes in Candida. In fact he believes in it so much he told

me he wouldn't prescribe a medical anti-fungal until I'd stuck to the

Candida diet, taken probiotics and a special yeast called Saccharomyces

boulardii lyo (the brand I use is FloraStor but there are others...) My

insurance covers the services of the new doctor.

Long story short: I recommend either 1.) not listening to this doctor or 2.)

start looking for another doctor.

Now about constipation, I feel I can speak to this because, for months and

months, I've had no end of problems down there. I seem to being doing great

now. That's why I was trying to remember all the things I've been doing and

listed some fun ones a couple mails ago.

But your situation sounds serious to you and since it sounds like you need

immediate attention I will tell you what I would in an " emergency " :

1.) I would avoid laxatives but if you already took one fine.

2.) I would give myself an enema. It may take a few " bags " took to get some

relief. I just use plain (not chlorinated) water. Let the water stay in you

as long as you can because the colon walls probably need to absorb a lot of

the water. That's why you should set aside enough time (15 minutes at least)

to go through the process. (By the way, many other very qualified people

swear by coffee enemas but in my situation I think that' it might be just

too much coffee being absorbed through the " dry " colon cell walls. I worry

about too much of a jolt. But, again, that's just me.)

3.) My best choice is to go and see a good colon hydrotherapist. A

practioner will spend almost an hour with you and run a lot of very clean

warm water through. It not only hydrates the entire colon but will remove a

" blockage " of, say, impacted waste that's dried up too much to smoothly move

down. Through several emergency situations (one that included a very

dangerous bacterial infection,) colon hydrotherapy saved my life.

Also, I don't take extra fiber supplements especially when I'm that

constipated. I eat so much fiber in my diet I can't imagine how I need more

fiber and worry that all of these things tend to dry one out to some degree.

If you take fiber BE SURE to drink plenty (lots!!) of water throughout the

day and when you get up at night.

I don't know what the white globs are. They might be Candida but I'll bet

they're the " Schulze " colon cleanse stuff.

Last, I think Candida put " roots " down through the colon wall in order to

aid its process of deconstructing us. The roots slow down the movement of

waste. Candida and other pathogens like waste to be as stagnant as possible.

Just look at nature: moving water is not where the bacteria and parasites

grow...

Anyway, I only say these things from miserable experience. It certainly

ain't medical " truth " .

And good luck. I know what you're going through!

~Robin

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From: jeannekrieg@... [mailto:jeannekrieg@...]

Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:52 AM

Subject: [ ] Constipation question

My question is.......how does candida cause constipation problems? I never

used to have this problem.

Also I tried Dr. Schulze's colon cleanse for a week several months back and

there was like this white glob of stuff in my stools. that is when I stopped

taking it.

I think Bee had said that was candida? anyone remember?

I can't handle this constipation too much longer and took an OTC laxative

last nite as I am flying to a conference tomorrow. When I get back my

doctor whats me to come in and has suggested a colonoscopy. Will they be

able to see the candida during that procedure? My doctor just does not

believe in candidisis or candida overgrowth.

Jeanne

[Guest guest]

I had a colonoscopy a year ago. My doctor wanted it done because I'd just

turned 50. I drank stuff called " NuLytely " . It had ethylene glycol,

sodium bicarbonate, and two other electrolytes I forget now. You can find

info on it on internet by doing a search for " NuLytely " .

That was the wrost part of the procedure. I don't know if any of the

ingredients influence candida or not. The ethylene glycol halts

absorption of fluid into the system (I suspect it coats the entire

digestive sysem so everything just goes straight through).

The colonoscopy itself wasn't bad at all. The sedatives I was given

(versaid and something else) made that day useless for anything except

sleeping and reading a little bit.

Zack

> Oh shoot, Jeanne. I'm sorry you have a doctor who doesn't " believe " in

> Candida. Unless you are over 50 and are due for one or have been finding

> blood in your stools, I personally would NOT get a colonoscopy right now.

> You have to drink over a gallon of weird stuff that not only has tons of

> chemicals but is full of sugar additives. It could make matters worse.

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Jeanne,

Did you try taking mega doses of vitamin C and magnesium? I think we

talked about that? Didn't it work?

Bee

> My question is.......how does candida cause constipation problems?

I never used to have this problem.

> Also I tried Dr. Schulze's colon cleanse for a week several months

back and there was like this white glob of stuff in my stools. that

is when I stopped taking it.

> I think Bee had said that was candida? anyone remember?

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> I can't handle this constipation too much longer and took an OTC

laxative last nite as I am flying to a conference tomorrow. When I

get back my doctor whats me to come in and has suggested a

colonoscopy. Will they be able to see the candida during that

procedure? My doctor just does not believe in candidisis or candida

overgrowth.

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> Jeanne

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[Guest guest]

I you have a tai chi manual, you will find an exercice were you bend all the

way down with arms extended and loose, then stretch up. This exercice is good

against constipation; actually, when you do it, you can feel and hear the

noise of the bowel moving.

Francine

[Guest guest]

It worked for a couple of days and than went right back to the constipation. I

am really pushing the water and I don't know why it is so bad as I usually never

have problems.

My stools have been really light colored also.......does that mean anything?

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne, Again here's my 2 cents: I had light colored stools too jeanne. I

can't remember what that means although I assume it has something to do with

absorption and a lot to do with basic irritable bowel syndrome, a component

of the Candida. I definitely don't think you should worry about it. When I

started eating a lot more dark green leafy things the color started coming

back and now it's fine and I feel good. When I had those light-colored

stools (at one point they were really almost white and I freaked,) I started

colon hydrotherapy. There was a lot of bright orangey stuff that we assumed

was bile -- definitely toxic and great to get it out of there. I always felt

better after. Also I started taking extra magnesium and eating sea

vegetables...

If it wasn't so late and I wasn't so exhausted I'd think of what else helped

me. Although eating chlorophyll rich vegetables helped, I know it took a

period of months and quite a few colonics to get the color back to dark

browny green. Along with the orangey bile material, we removed a lot of old

hardened stuff that was lining the cell walls. Now I have the world's most

efficient colon -- all cleaned out I think it's improving my chances for

beating the Candida...

I'm sure you don't feel so good (I remember feeling particularly awful!) but

I hope you won't panic about the color. You're probably another one of us

whose liver is messed up due to Candida. (I've been checked for Hepatitis

twice in the past year and didn't have it.) Just follow the strict Candida

diet and get lots of rest. Probably someone here will know better. It's just

one more yucky thing!!!

~Robin

Ps. I told my old doctor about the light colored stool and they told me to

eat more dark leafy greens.. Although that's a good thing I think they

really didn't have a clue. At least they didn't think it was life

threatening and that put my mind at ease..

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From: jeannekrieg@... [mailto:jeannekrieg@...]

Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:26 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Constipation question

It worked for a couple of days and than went right back to the constipation.

I am really pushing the water and I don't know why it is so bad as I usually

never have problems.

My stools have been really light colored also.......does that mean anything?

[Guest guest]

That's wonderful Francine. I didn't know that.

Bee

> I you have a tai chi manual, you will find an exercice were you

bend all the

> way down with arms extended and loose, then stretch up. This

exercice is good

> against constipation; actually, when you do it, you can feel and

hear the

> noise of the bowel moving.

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> Francine

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne

Regarding the light coloured stools

I have info here from specialist pathology Lab ARL (similar lab to

Great Smokies in the USA)which states that...

Tan-Grey stools indicate a blocked bile duct,steatorrhoea,

pancreatic insuficiency.

I guess there would be more onfo about these things on the net.

However, like the oothers have said a big part of the solution would

be to detoxify etc.

Hope this gives you more clues.

Baysfit

[Guest guest]

This week we had a bad couple of days of constipation. I was

looking up what causes stool to become hard, and a page of links

about irritable bowel syndrome came up. I was curious to know if

anyone else has looked into this with their children. I was also

curious about the nervous system being part of the constipation

issues. It is mentioned in the below paragraph of what causes IBS.

I have read information about Hypotonia and sensory integration

talking about nervous system dysfunction.

Tina

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/

What causes IBS?

The lining of the colon called the epithelium, which is affected by

the immune and nervous systems, regulates the flow of fluids in and

out of the colon. In IBS, the epithelium appears to work properly.

However, when the contents inside the colon move too quickly, the

colon looses its ability to absorb fluids. The result is too much

fluid in the stool. In other people, the movement inside the colon

is too slow, which causes extra fluid to be absorbed. As a result, a

person develops constipation.