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Oh what an awful ordeal! I am sorry to hear about the bladder complication especially, @liz, since it is making recovery that much worse. Hope it doesn’t take an entire month to heal enough to pee normally. Ugg. Sending love and prayers your way. 🙏💛🌼
If removing the Mirena has lessened the burden on your liver more than expected, hopefully the improvements you see will be more dramatic than the detox symptoms, with the “Tim-track” (love that btw) keeping you in balance. 🤞
Aw, I am glad finally having an Aspergesr’s diagnosis has been a good thing. 😊 💛
Rest up well, Liz!
ETA: P.S. So curious about what you’ll learn from your genetic test.
@liz wrote:
The only thing I take is NAC 3x 600mg for 3 days, 4 day break, repeat. It is a protocol from an Italien endo study which was small but with promising results.
NAC didn't make it into my liver support list for several reasons:
- It doesn't guarantee significantly increased glutathione production as other AAs (and sufficient enzyme activity) are also needed to synthesize glutathione.
- In general I don't think it's wise to take isolated AAs. I make an exception for small amounts of taurine.
- Increasing glutathione production is not necessarily that helpful, I prefer to support glutathione recycling.
- It's a Sulphur Containing Amino Acid. Methionine restriction increases lifespan in animals. I think that's a bit of a red flag when it comes to supplementing with cysteine.
- I think it's best to gently support the physiology of a dysfunctional liver rather than forcing it to metabolize large amounts of one specific AA which could further stress it.
Food intolerance (igG ab) result:
Wheat (NOT gluten) - medium reaction
Cucumber (includes zucchini, melon, pumpkin) - medium reaction
Baking powder - medium reaction
Raspberries - small reaction
Oat - small reaction
Cinnamon (includes avocado, bay leaf) - small reaction
Glutamat - small reaction
There is a lot of critique online re: igG tests. They provoke a slow reaction over time, sometimes days, and is believed to be caused by an inability to digest those foods one react to. Whereas igE provoke a true allergi which is immediate and can be life-threatening. Some say, you react to the foods you eat thus it is not trustworthy but a money scam.
My personal opinion based on my result, is it had helped a lot of people, which sure can be explained by placebo but I don't think it is the case for every person.
If the igG ab are present with all the foods one eat daily, I would have reacted to meat, EGGS, chicken, onions, garlic and a whole lot of others. And since I do eat my fair share of bread, it would have provided a strong reaction, not medium.
Wheat: this truly surprised me as I have never, knowingly, reacted to wheat. But concidering my consition with an inflammatory (and some believe even autoimmune) disease, I will shed a few tears and give it up. However, I did not react to rye or spelt, both of which I do eat almost daily.
Oats: this surprised me too, I mean everyone can tolerans oats, right? However I have noticed for some time my guts are not too keen, so I haven't had them regularly in quite some time.
Raspberries: a food I very rarely eat. I ate a lot of fresh ones on 2 occations this past summer, and a couple of handfulls frozen in total on occation this past late summer/early fall. So is the weak reaction a "leftover" from 3 months ago?
Cucumber: this surprised me a LOT. I have eaten a LOT of cucumber but got sick of them and have barely touched them since last summer. I have had honedew melon on a few occations during fall.
Cinnamon: i never eat this and I actively avoid it. Avokado I have on occation, last time months ago. Bay leaf is in many things but I almost never use ut at home.
Glutamate: now this one I knew. I get weird and itchy when eating too much, and in Thailand they add it by the spoonfull to your food so I had to learn how to order without in thai. But I was surprised to see it on the list, as I never ever eat it. It might have been kn the hospital food though.
Baking powder: now THIS is weird. What the heck does that even mean? Do they mean bicarbonate, or any of the acids that can be present? Bicarbonate is present in the body so if it is that, it is VERY strange. But since I have been taking it every day for months I will give it a break. I have found lemon juice (shot glass portion) works just as well (so far) which can indeed indicate oxalate problem, which has been my theory.
Speakkng of oxalate. I had no bread yesterday, but a lot of peanuts in the evening. I slept fine, no back pain. But crusty eyes (which I always get).
So this wheat result has me intrigued...
Interesting about the wheat and oats sensitivity. Glad you can eat rye and spelt at least! How long do they say it takes to clear the reaction symptoms once you stop eating the foods you’re sensitive to? Hope it’s helping ya!
I think it depends on the severity of the IgG production in response to the problematic food. The greater the sensitivity, the longer you are advised to stay away. I had a strong reaction to mustard, which the doctor said I should avoid for several months. Beef showed some igG production, so I cut it out for a month to see if I felt better eating lamb instead. Really not sure if it made much of a difference. Especially considering how much all the lab work costs plus the doctor's fees. I really don't want to pay any more doctors. They're usually not helpful. Trial and error is still the most efficient method. Although a frustrating one when progress is minimal.
@christian Makes sense, thanks! Yeah..trial and error is...hard. 😓