Diverticulitis

[Monique]

Hi Shelley!

Diverticulos and diverticulosis -->

Is this curable? Is there info about it in the faq? I think I might have this as all things on the symtoms list fit perfectly with my condition.

By the way, can one overdo on Kefir? I just love it and drink tons of it (Im on candida diet, but I feel great, no gas, no bloating, just yum yum! And it's a really sour kefir that leaves a fizzy feeling on the tongue!)

*Hugs*

//Monika

[shelley]

Just very regular bowel management, like what is described in Prolapsed Colon in the FAQ, straighten out the bowels. Bernard Jensen's book is online and he talks about it a lot, eating a good fiber diet (not too much, not too little) and doing lots of colemas. It just takes time and consistency.

ANYthing can be too much of a good thing, even water. but it takes awhlie to get to that point with kefir, just make sure to be getting adequate iron as lots and lots of calcium will reduce iron absorption.

[Monique]

Thank you very much!!

[Monique]

Hi Shelley!

I think that I have an inflamation in those diverticula-pockets, the pain is huge. The pain is mainly the lower left part of the colon, but also the right lower part of the colon, and sometimes the whole colon is burning. This is not good and it is re-ocurring frequently. Doctors would probably see me as an operation case..

I have read some of the Bernard Jensens book, but I can not do any enemas or colemas, they just give me more pain. And since the pain is there I guess I should'nt eat any fiber or do anything to smooth it out to clean those pockets out, since it may just aggravate the pain?
The funny thing is that that's how DV is cured= fiber. I've heard from many people who have healed from DV by colon cleansing with Colonix and colonics and diet, but I can't do any of this becuase of the pain.

I feel stuck in the treatment of this, is there anything I can do at all to cure this, or do I have to surrender to the "knife"?


Sincerely
Monika

[shelley]

Well you can find out some more before you go under the knife: for instance, they can check and see if you have celiac disease or any severe allergies. You want to rule out the possibility that the inflammation is caused by allergies/immune system disorders. Someone with a history of autoimmune disease (hyperthyroid, arthritis, etc.) or systemic candidiasis definitely should.

That would help you take out the things in your diet causing inflammation so you can start doing gentle fiber. The trick is finding the most gentle one, the most mucilogious and water soluble. Psyllium certainly won't do. Something with flax seeds might.

And you can do the leaky gut protocol and hemmrhoid cure to rebuild the intestines...

just some options...

[Monique]

Hi Shelley!

About the allergies. well I did the great smokies lab test last summer that showed some hidden allergies, they were all "very low". Among the allergens there is broccoli, cabbage, banana, bean sprout, cummin, black pepper, walnut, ginger, pineapple... so I don't know. I do eat broccoli, cooked, and saurkraut, and ginger... maybe I should'nt

I don't understand why is still have pain, I'm doing everything that I'm suppose to do according to the reading.
I blame my self, I keep thinking that I overdid those enemas and when I did that ACV enema that hurt me, that was just it. This would mean that Im responsible for "Killing" my colon.

The thing that bugs me is that Doctors say that "once you get a pocket, it's there for life". They really know how to cheer a person up.

Whilst naturopaths and we say that this is reversible.

Which is it?

And since I can't do colemas/enemas, but do all the other stuff (slant board, diet, massage) will it be sufficient/enough to smoots those pockets out?

Sincerely
Mon

[shelley]

oh yes, it just takes awhile is all! and you have to be consistent in your diet and protocols and include cycles of toning (liquid aloe vera juice) to tighten the tissues, help them to contract. If you were to drink 1/2 cup of the liquid 3x a day then repeat next day PLUS a cold half-bath AND flushing niacin, wow that would do wonders! Circulation is key.

[Monique]

That sounds great! I will try this!

But I remember that someone once asked if the cleansing drinks would "burn" their colon, he/she referred to the ACV in it, and you said that liquids never make it to the colon (unless trapped in fiber), it is absorbed in the small intestine. Then would'nt the aloe vera juice also be absorbed in the small intestine and never get down to the colon? I drink tons of aloe juice, and i tried to add it to a cold flax seed tea to make it go "further" down, but I don't know if that made any difference?

Circulation is key! I will definetely remeber that!

One intersting thing is that people who have diverticulitis (?) pockets are sensitive to fructose and artificial sweeteners (I have a book at home about different intestinal problems), preferably sorbitol. And the funny things is that after when I got the DV I always get brainfog from the small amount of sorbitol in my bioton lozenges or chewing gum (!), and I never understood why.

What is the best diet for DV? They say that there must be lots of fiber, but I also read about your blended foods and I like that idea.

Can allergies create new "pockets"?

Thanks

[shelley]

All I know is that Ayurvedic Medicine has used liquid aloe vera juice for centuries and it's worked. I guess it doesn't work due to direct contact, just an overall anti-inflammatory for tissues?

Anything that disrupts a smooth flow to digestion can create strictures, balloons and pockets. That's why consistency is important.

[Monique]

Hi Shelley!

I have done the niacin flush (but I had to take 300 mg to get a reaction) and did a cold half bath. It was soo cold and I was freezing forever afterwards. How long should I stay in that bath and how often do I do this?

I wonder about circulation and the colon, are there more things I can do to increase circualtion? Will hot baths do it, placing a hot pad on the stomach? Any special excercise?
Many people talk about cayenne, but how do eat it to make it reach the colon in a good way, foods, tincture?

I did an enema today and I started to bleed auch..

I also have a question for a friend: She is a very thin vata, and she reacts so to any hormonal birth control things, she often gets vaginal yeast infections and now she started to get urinary tract infections frequently, so she has been on antibiotics pretty much. And she is always in stress and has a lot of anxiety.
I try to get her to do candida diet and probiotics, but It just doe'snt seem to the trick completely..

I gave her a Swedish herbal complex (a pill with all the anti-candida pungeant spices) taken 3 times a day with food, a vitam B complex, molkosan, the diet and chlorella. She said that her yeast problems dissapeared, her PMS was gone, and better mood, but stress was still there, but at lower intensity. What should she do?


Thanks Shelley!

[shelley]

Cold baths should only be done for a few minutes.

Hot baths and the other will work. Just drinking cayenne in the cleansing drink will help, it increases circulation all over. You don't want it directly on your sore spots anyway!

Your friend needs to manage her nutritional deficiencies. She has an imbalance with potassium and zinc. If she hasn't been eating fresh, whole foods, you can assume she's deficient in both and get her to add fresh juices, fruit salads, potassium broth, and zinc supplements to her diet for a month.

[Monique]

Thank you so much!

[Monique]

One more thing Shelley.

I know how I got my colon problems.
I used to do enemas everyday, deep enemas for about a month. I felt great and my symptoms started to dissapear. But then I did an ACV enema and that irritated my colon alot.
So I stopped everything, just kept the anti candida diet.
The problem is, that I had totally emptied out my colon of the good guys, the "defence" was all gone, so my colon became weak and did not manage the daily "toxic" load and the remaining candida.
I did'nt do any probiotics at all, havent done that since loong time ago.
And Im still not doing any probiotics

Is this a possible scenario? Because when I was in Poland and drank lots of kefir the vaginal candida was gone, but when I got home I had no kefir and it came back.

Im lacking good guys!
Can I do jogurt enemas in my condition? (two posts above)

Thank you!

[shelley]

Most of the friendlies are in the small intestine, not large, and it's impossible to empty them all out.

Neglecting to cleanse/repopulate the large intestine mostly just fouls up your circulatory, immune and lymphatic system, which is exhausting.

Yes you do need to keep up the probiotics for awhile.

[Monique]

Oh that's interesting!

Then I guess I "dried" it out, I became to dry maybe?

Im doing a juice fast now to give my body a break, I hope that it will use this break visely and try to heal itself, not make me sicker

Is there anything special/important I need to think about when juice fasting? It's my first time..

Thank you