Let's see...where should I start?

I went to my appointment yesterday and took a few of my own samples with me to test before we retested the Grain Mix. I'm trying to find out some foods that are O.K. to eat until we can get to them and clear. I flunked tomato sauce and salmon. I eat tomato sauce practically every day!

Retested the Grain Mix and it was O.K. She wanted to go on to Yeast Mix (Baker's Yeast, Brewer's Yeast, Tortula Yeast, Candida albicans) before we go back and test all the grains individually.

I didn't pass. She treated me and I was laying there holding the yeast for the 20 minute clear with the acupuncture needles. Nice and peaceful...I was thinking that it was pretty comfortable. About 10 minutes in it started. First the tears, then the heart pounding, then my hands and feet felt really funny and "light". It was very scary. I wanted to yell for her but didn't. So after the 20 minutes she came in and took the needles out. I got up and washed my hands and just sat for a while shaking. A really bad reaction. I guess this just about proves that all those years of antibiotics and birth control pills really did a job on my body and now I'm allergic to just about everything. I never dreamed it was this bad. I knew I felt terrible every day but I thought it was mainly from outdoor allergies.

She wants to do a stool test and see what's in my system and also see if I'm absorbing nutrients.

O.K. If you're not a believer in psychics then just skip the next few paragraphs. I mentioned in my first post some of the places I had gone and things I had tried in my desperation to find out what was wrong with me.

I had seen the psychic Sylvia Brown on shows like Montel Williams and Larry King telling people what their health problems were. So I arranged a phone consultation. Guess what? She told me my problem was yeast! I said I had thought of that before and had a test that didn't show anything and I never had yeast infections. She said it just hides itself in your system and you have to get rid of it. I tried a yeast diet for awhile but then was diagnosed with panic disorder so I kind of forgot about it. Wasn't thinking that the panic could be caused by the yeast problems. I focused in on the mitral valve prolapse. Maybe they are all interconnected.

I have to go until 4:00 o'clock today before I can eat. Yeast free is hard...basically meat and vegetables. If I have to do this longer I may need a yeast free cookbook because right now I'm pretty hungry.

I go back on Monday. As hard as this is, I really feel like I'm making progress.

By the way, I noticed in a brochure that Dylan McDermott from The Practice endorses NAET. I loved that show!

Posted by elizabeth at 3:05 PM | Comments (494)

I took some more of my own samples in yesterday. Tested O.K. to mushrooms this time, and flunked apples! (Good grief...I eat one or two a day!) Rice and corn were also O.K. Even though we still haven't gone back through all the individual grains I wanted to know about those two so I could eat them.

We talked about my reaction to the Yeast Mix clearing. Besides the reaction in the office I really had a bad few days and was still feeling terrible yesterday. So we tested to see if I had cleared that and I hadn't.

I really think now that systemic yeast must be my problem. After some more research I have found that some of the symptoms include food and environmental allergies. Gee....I guess I have those! I seem to be allergic to everything!

Most naturopaths concur that it happens because of some sort of attack on the immune system. Either prolonged antibiotic use, taking steroids or oral contraceptives on a regular basis, or a high sugar diet. The antibiotic and birth control pills part sure fits. Then they think the candida increases during stress and lowered immune states. Gosh....I guess all those little pesky panic attacks could have helped things along!

So because I was not feeling well and have to do the Yeast Mix again we decided to put that off until Monday. I canceled my Friday appointment. She wanted to give my system a rest. But I had brought a green tea sample in and she cleared that. I wanted to be able to drink it and thought it wouldn't be too hard to clear. I'm almost through with the 25 hours and think I'll go a little longer and just wait until tomorrow to have any. I have read that for bad allergies maybe you should wait 30 hours. Probably should have done that for the yeast.

She said to go home, finish the green tea clearing and then rest and eat whatever I want....not worry too much about what I'm allergic to,... just note reactions. I have cleared most of the basics and they are the underpinning of everything else.

Clearing the yeast is going be pretty time consuming. If I don't clear it the next time she has some supplements for me to use and I should probably do the anti-yeast diet for two weeks. Actually, I should probably do it even if I do clear it. I don't see how clearing the allergy to yeast necessarily means you would be free of systemic yeast.

But if I can get rid of the yeast problem maybe some of these allergies will clear by themselves?? Wouldn't that be nice!!

By the way, the little hand-held device for testing allergies from Dr. Devi's office was useless for me. I couldn't get it to work so I gave it back.

Posted by elizabeth at 7:07 AM | Comments (2)

I had my appointment yesterday afternoon. We had a long discussion on the yeast problem, how I was feeling, etc.

When she tests she tests your strength without an allergen in your hand first. Yesterday I was a little weak so she stengthened me before we started. (accupressure points.) Then we tested the green tea that I had treated last week and I passed that.

Then we were going to go on to clear the yeast again. But she tested me first and I was strong!! So there was a long discussion about how I could flunk it one day and clear the next time without a treatment. The only thing we could figure was that possibly she had strengthened me enough that I had passed. We both think I have a systemic yeast problem though. So maybe the allergy cleared but the systemic problem is still there. I don't really understand it and I think she was a little surprised.

We talked about whether to go ahead and clear it again anyway for good measure, but decided to clear something else and test it again next time I go in.

I had brought a specific tomato sauce in and wanted to clear that so I could eat it more often, so we did that.

I'm going to do the stool test for yeast this week, and she gave me some homeopathic drops for my allergies and a homeopathic remedy for yeast. She did agree that if I can get rid of the yeast a lot of the allergies may go away by themselves.

I do feel like I'm making progress. I'm off to make some green tea!

Posted by elizabeth at 8:11 PM | Comments (0)

Surprise, surprise! I flunked the tomato sauce. I sure wasn't expecting that. Christina was surprised too, so she tested some other related things like ascorbic acid, Citrus Mix and acerola, and I also flunked those. So it looks like even though I passed Vitamin C Mix, I still have a problem with the sub-categories. Makes sense because when I tested Juice Squeeze and apples I didn't pass.

I was all set to clear soy so we went ahead and did that. If that clears O.K. I'll either do fish next time because I want to be able to take my fish oil and eat salmon (both of which I failed), or I'll go ahead and start working on the citrus etc.

Sent the stool test in to test for yeast so that problem is on hold until the results come back.

I also took my multi-vitamin in for testing and it was fine. If you are looking for good vitamins, check out Andrew Lessman's. I love them because they are additive free and don't contain milk, soy, yeast, corn, wheat, gluten, sugar, etc. He makes a lot of great things and is always improving them. I really think they are the best out there and I take a lot of his different formulas.

The other company I use is Life Extension Foundation. Their monthly magazine just arrived with an article on a new allergy supplement that is just coming out called Rosmarinic Acid Extract. The studies sound great and I have ordered it in the hopes it will help while I'm working with NAET. All natural, which sounds a lot better than some other things I've tried. Can't wait 'til it gets here. Life Extension is also a great resource for disease protocols. My husband and I have been members for years.

Hope it can help someone out there. I'll let you know how the allergy pills work out.

Posted by elizabeth at 12:15 PM | Comments (0)

There is an interesting article on the growing concern of allergies in the classroom on the Allergy News on this site.

It states that "more than 11 million Americans have food allergies and approximately three million children under the age of 18 years old or 1-in-25 American children have a food allergy. Food allergy reactions result in more than 30,000 emergency room admissions each year."

Worth a read. I just have one disagreement. The author says "there is no cure for food allergies, so strict avoidance is the only way to prevent severe or life-threatening reactions." I obviously do not agree with that. I have read about a lot of people that have been cured by NAET and I hope to be one of them.

Posted by elizabeth at 7:23 AM | Comments (0)

Not too much to report. Yesterday I passed the soy so we went on to the Citrus Mix. Hopefully passing that will help with the other C derivatives. Not a good diet though because you still have to avoid all C. Oh well, only six hours to go. Last night I had some pasta and a buffalo meat patty. Hard boiled egg for snack. Not exactly flavorful fare!

Christina told me yesterday she's trying to go down to Mexico with Doctors Without Borders. I guess they fly down on a four seater plane and stay from Friday through the weekend. She said she would be doing acupuncture for pain cases. She's excited because she has always wanted to do work like that. What a great cause!

Posted by elizabeth at 2:20 PM | Comments (0)

I passed the Citrus Mix on Monday. I know I still need to pass some other derivatives of C, but I just wasn't up to that diet again so soon so we went to the Fish Mix and Shellfix Mix which you can do together. At least I can eat normally doing those. Just no fish of course.

I did have a reaction doing it though. My skin got all red and itchy and a little broken out and I felt lousy. I have had that skin problem in the past, but never knew why. I did suspect food though and specifically shrimp. It would always seem to happen at night after I washed my face....and after shrimp. So this really amazes me! I think there must be a connection. It will be interesting to see if I pass the Mixes. I have a feeling I may have to clear shrimp by itself.

I'm going to take all of my vitamins in on Friday and test them. We have tested a few in the past, but I really want to see how much of what I'm taking is causing a problem. And I take a lot!! She asked me if I have a suitcase big enough!

I keep thinking I should cut back the vitamin list but I can't seem to find some that aren't necessary.

For example, I can't quit taking the eye vitamins because both my mother and grandmother had macular degeneration. And I need the "brain" vitamins because there is Alzheimer's in the family, etc, etc. I just hope I'm not allergic to many of them. Shouldn't be too bad since I have already passed C, B and A. We'll see.

Posted by elizabeth at 7:30 AM | Comments (0)

My test for yeast came back today absolutely clear. Not a trace of yeast. So much for the yeast theory!! We're going to retest it next week to make sure it is still clear.

I passed the Fish Mix, but failed the Shellfix Mix, so I had to clear that again today. At least it's an easy one. I took samples of salmon and shrimp in. The salmon was fine but not the shrimp, so we cleared the shrimp with the Shellfix Mix. Also tested my fish oil vitamins and they were fine.

I won't be going back for a little over a week. Christina is going down to Mexico with Doctors without Borders next Friday. It will be good to have a rest!

Don't forget to vote Tuesday!!

Posted by elizabeth at 7:36 AM | Comments (0)