CDSA Test Prep & Effects---TMI Warning

October 7, 2010

Hi everyone,

For about 10 days prior to doing a CDSA test, I went off of all the

meds and supplements I use to treat my still over-reactive gut:

Diflucan, Enhansa, Charcoal, Scdophilus being the primary ones.

I added in some extra Vitamin C to do more of a purge (thanks, Jodi

!) which I knew would keep things moving, though aggravating my GI tract

to no end. It worked for the most part.

The good news: I clearly need all of the above to have a slightly

happier gut---knew that but always good to get confirmation.

The interesting news:

Once the first day of collection came, there was this awful smell

to the BM. Now, I know the crowd I'm talking to, and we've all

encountered the awful methane, sulfur based smell. But this wasn't it.

It smelled more like chemicals. The closest I could come to the smell

was the kind you get when you take Ampicillin and you can smell the

antibiotic in your urine and BM.

Anyone have a guess as to what the cause would be ?

Back on Charcoal, and the smell is gone. In fact, there is not

much smell at all to my BMs if I'm not gassy, which I attribute to SCD

and the stuff I take.

Also, since I had to get up close and personal with the samples, I

could observe some more details:

1) the tiny black flecks

2) the white flecks I've asked about before which look like

crushed corn flakes----these are hard, were difficult to break with the

sample spoon. These are more like 1/8-1/4 in size and look like

asteroids :-)

Neither of these resemble anything I eat or take.

Any thoughts on the above are appreciated. I am 18 months SCD, 22

months on various antifungals, and can eat less foods than when I

started SCD and I'm down to only 2 carbs (acorn and butternut squash).

Thanks for any insights !

Sue R

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