My wife is in pain

[Guest guest]

Hi, I am new to all this so please forgive my stumbling mistakes.

My wife is having very painful stomach cramps, followed by vomiting.

She also has had a few fevers. She spent the entire weekend (last

weekend) in this cycle and was only able to eat sunday night. I

regret that I had her drinking gatoraid by then and she ate only a

couple of crackers and some banana baby food (she cried with joy for

the taste of the cracker and I nearly lost it). She had a mostly

normal week, with a tender stomach. She has been eating mostly

babyfood all week, plus a few bananas, and the homemade yogurt of

course. She had a kidney stone two weeks ago so she has dramatically

upped her water intake as well. This afternoon she developed the

stomach cramps again, and has been vomiting too, so far no fever

though. She has been losing weight, of course, and I am very

concerned that she may start to see new problems if I can't break this

cycle soon. Any advice would be much appreciated.

She is now on the intro diet again and has been on the SCD diet for

almost 3 months now. She took two anti-gas pills when she got home,

and two tylenol. Her doctor suspects Crohns disease, but it is

undiagnosed. She has also received acupuncture, healing touch, and

reiki therapy.

thank you for your help,

john kelly

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group ,

<<Hi, I am new to all this so please forgive my stumbling mistakes.

>

> My wife is having very painful stomach cramps, followed by

vomiting. > She also has had a few fevers. She spent the entire

weekend (last

> weekend) in this cycle and was only able to eat sunday night. I

> regret that I had her drinking gatoraid by then and she ate only a

> couple of crackers and some banana baby food (she cried with joy for

> the taste of the cracker and I nearly lost it). >>

There is a legal alternative to gatorade for electrolytes (lost

during vomiting/diarrhea) at

http://pecanbread.com/new/recipes/electrolytedrink.html

The electrolyte drink can be made with SCD legal fruit juices if

honey is not tolerated.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/68210 It

needs an amount of carbs from the juice to balance what would have

been in the honey. Ripe pureed bananas can be substitued for illegal

baby food.

<< She had a mostly

> normal week, with a tender stomach. She has been eating mostly

> babyfood all week, plus a few bananas, and the homemade yogurt of

> course. She had a kidney stone two weeks ago so she has

dramatically

> upped her water intake as well. This afternoon she developed the

> stomach cramps again, and has been vomiting too, so far no fever

> though. She has been losing weight, of course, and I am very

> concerned that she may start to see new problems if I can't break

this

> cycle soon. Any advice would be much appreciated.

>

> She is now on the intro diet again and has been on the SCD diet for

> almost 3 months now.>>

What have she been eating since starting the diet? Are fruits and

veggies peeled and cooked?

<<She took two anti-gas pills when she got home,

> and two tylenol. Her doctor suspects Crohns disease, but it is

> undiagnosed. She has also received acupuncture, healing touch, and

> reiki therapy.>>

How are her bowel movements (diarrhea, constipation, bleeding etc..?

What is the frequency?

How was she prior to the kidney stone?

Is it possible the stomach cramps, fever and vomiting is caused by a

virus? Has she been tested for parasites (giardia etc..)?

IS she on any meds? Supplements? (Some cause kidney stones)

(Is the accupuncture helping with the pain? I had magnetic

accupuncture a few years ago and was suprised how it stopped

cramping - at least temporarily.)

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila, thanks for the welcome and receipies; I will look them up.

> How are her bowel movements (diarrhea, constipation, bleeding etc..?

> What is the frequency?

No bleeding thank god. After the first two weeks, her diarrhea

stopped, and had soft but normal stools most of the time until about

three weeks ago--which would be about 2 months on the diet. She had

incorporated some cooked veggies like zuchinni, yellow onion, yellow

squash and butternut squash; all cooked hard, baked or pan fried in

olive oil. She had also been eating pure peanut butter and some

almond bread. She takes a variety of suppliments. Flaxseed

oil(omega3), vit.E, a multi-vit., plant enzyme pill, and L-glutamine.

So things are looking up, and then she gets sick. She runs a high

fever, can't eat, and is vomiting everything she manages to get down

for 2 days. The following week she is a wreck, barely managing to eat

and keep it together, things are just starting to quiet down and then

she passes a kidney stone. A 3mm one that takes another 2 days to

travel through her. The next week is rocky but okay, then last

weekend she has bad cramps all weekend again, this time no fever, but

can't keep food down until sunday night when I broke down and offered

her food off the diet to get her to eat something. My nerves were

shot and I didn't want to have to take her to the hospital, but I was

running out of options. Thursday she ate some resturant grilled

chicken and cheese cubes at work and spent the rest of the evening

doubled over in pain with cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Today she has

been much better, and has promised me to return to the strict into

diet for a while.

> Is it possible the stomach cramps, fever and vomiting is caused by

a virus? Has she been tested for parasites (giardia etc..)?

Don't know. We haven't been to a doctor for the cramps yet. She is

trying to get an appointment with someone her acupuncturist

reccomended as being open to the idea of the diet as a treatment plan.

She wants to be tested to rule out other possibilities, but we haven't

had a chance to get them yet. Soon, I hope.

>

> IS she on any meds? Supplements? (Some cause kidney stones)

No meds, and only the supplements I listed earlier. She has never

been one to drink enough water, but she is peeing clear now. The

kidney stone has changed that behavior. I only hope it is enough to

keep that problem off the horizon.

>

> (Is the accupuncture helping with the pain? I had magnetic

> accupuncture a few years ago and was suprised how it stopped

> cramping - at least temporarily.)

She only gets the accupuncture every other week (expensive), but she

says it helps with the chronic pains. I've never tried it, so I don't

know much about that. I'll tell her about the magnetic accupuncture

so that she can ask her accupuncturist about it the next time she sees

him.

Thanks so much for your advice and support, this is a real test for

me. I'm learning as much as I can, and greatly appreciate your help.

jk

[Guest guest]

Hi jk,

<<No meds, and only the supplements I listed earlier. She has never

> been one to drink enough water, but she is peeing clear now. The

> kidney stone has changed that behavior. I only hope it is enough to

> keep that problem off the horizon.>>

Reduced salt and drinking orange juice will help with kidney stones.

The recent symptoms sound very similar to what she went through the

first time with the kidney stone.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs, PCOD 22 yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

> Reduced salt and drinking orange juice will help with kidney stones.

> The recent symptoms sound very similar to what she went through the

> first time with the kidney stone.

>

> Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs, PCOD 22 yrs

> mom of and

Yes, very similar, but without the fever. This time it only lasted

for a day. She was sore and tired on friday, but was able to keep

food down just fine. Today she has actually been hungry, and has had

only minor cramps, but unfortunately, the diarehia has returned. She

has been eating steady all day, which is great! It has been a good

day today.

I will look into the salt and OJ factor on the kidney stone. Thanks

for the tip.

jk

[Guest guest]

Are you sure she isn’t having symptoms of diverticolitis, my husband has

this and these are his symptoms when it flares up… you need to get her to a

Dr. to test her white blood count, it means the pockets have exploded on her

intestines and have now infected her body… Hope this isn’t it, but it’s

better to get it tested as this could be life threatening if not caught in

time…..

Corinne

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Subject: My wife is in pain

Hi, I am new to all this so please forgive my stumbling mistakes.

My wife is having very painful stomach cramps, followed by vomiting.

She also has had a few fevers. She spent the entire weekend (last

weekend) in this cycle and was only able to eat sunday night. I

regret that I had her drinking gatoraid by then and she ate only a

couple of crackers and some banana baby food (she cried with joy for

the taste of the cracker and I nearly lost it). She had a mostly

normal week, with a tender stomach. She has been eating mostly

babyfood all week, plus a few bananas, and the homemade yogurt of

course. She had a kidney stone two weeks ago so she has dramatically

upped her water intake as well. This afternoon she developed the

stomach cramps again, and has been vomiting too, so far no fever

though. She has been losing weight, of course, and I am very

concerned that she may start to see new problems if I can't break this

cycle soon. Any advice would be much appreciated.

She is now on the intro diet again and has been on the SCD diet for

almost 3 months now. She took two anti-gas pills when she got home,

and two tylenol. Her doctor suspects Crohns disease, but it is

undiagnosed. She has also received acupuncture, healing touch, and

reiki therapy.

thank you for your help,

john kelly