New Naturopath Dr. and feeling better!!

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Hi All,

I have some good news! I called a Naturopath Dr. about 2 weeks ago and she did

some saliva testing on many things and of course gluten was way off the chart as

an intolerance but all other foods were good!! I feel pretty confident in the

results since gluten showed up. But, guess what?! I have a toxoplasmosis

parasite! I could have gotten it from my drinking water, a wild cat i had for a

short while about 5 years ago (i changed her litter box - she was an outside cat

though) or under cooked or raw meat or raw goat milk (i only pasteurized it to

110 degrees a few times to try and keep the enzymes - that was before i read

Elaine doesn't recommend that...ugh!). I really think the raw goat milk is a

slim possibility because i was getting it from a very good source. I googled

toxoplasmosis found out (and my Dr. said also) it can be contracted from many

things and that you can have it for a while. So, she is treating it with some

homeopathic meds and will keep testing every month until i no longer have it and

then she'll work with me to build up my immune system and nutrition. She's

awesome!! I feel better than i have in a long while so i feel really good about

it. I've had her no. for a few years from a nutritionist friend and just

haven't called since insur. doesn't cover. She also has me drinking 48 oz. of

alkaline water a day and that's helped me to feel lots better. She gave me 3

different brands that are good (Essentia, Penta and Evamore). I'm drinking

Essentia - it has the highest ph level of all 3 (9.5). I think it's helped a

great deal - she said my system was very acidic.

I tried some fruit yesterday (strawberry (peeled seeds off and blended with 8 oz

water) first thing in the am and then about 9:30 am 1/2 ripe banana - i knew i

shouldn't have had both but i was overly excited at feeling better i guess!).

Later i had gas but i had a bm right after lunch and the gas/pain went away but

this morning my stomach was sore and i don't feel as good as i have (but i'm

feeling better now at lunch time). I also had dehydrated some kale and ate a

few pieces of it yesterday ( i know, shame on me!) so it could have been that

but i'm back on track today - one thing at a time! She had said my yeast

was ok so hopefully it's just the parasites causing all the troubles (besides

eating gluten for 44 years and being oblivious to the intolerance!)....i sure

hope so. My upper right side pain has pretty much gone and cutting back on the

animal protein has helped it some i think. I've been able to add steamed

cabbage, kale and baked zucchini lately with no problems...yay! And i even had

about a spoon full of 4 hour cooked, pureed carrots with no problems.

I've done a search on toxoplasmosis on here and pecanbread and got some info.

but i'm going to look again - i haven't had time to read much. My Dr.

recommended getting a reverse osmosis water filter for drinking water. I'd like

to get one for the whole house if it's not too pricey. I've done a little

research and APEC seems to be good. I'll check on consumer reports.

OH and thanks anonymous for the Healing with Whole Foods book

recommendation. I've started it and have read the section on food combining and

i'm incorporating it also. It seems to be helping. I want to try fruit again

soon and i'll try it in the morning again with nothing else. I've been eating

chicken or fish first during my meals and then my green veggies and then my

romaine lettuce salad at the end. I think i've had less belching afterwards!

SCD - 18 months

SCD anti candida - 5 months

Gluten sensitive - 01/08

Working with a new Naturopath Dr. and am making progress! 04/06/10