I hope you have a positive outcome if you try that!
So far so good,
@Gondwanaland ! Started on kiddie dose (tiiiiny scoop) twice a day, and am now on two kiddie scoops twice a day. Digestion is improving, though believe it or not, I think I'm getting die-off symptoms from the nasty bacteria already! The back of my neck is stiff and I feel headache-y a bit. Dizzy for the first five minutes after I take. Symptoms of C. pneumoniae in particular seem worse (breathing is tough).
But you know what helps with that? Exercise! All of a sudden I
can! Don't worry everyone, I'm not pushing myself too hard... but all my usual 'warning signs' that buzz around my head when I'm pushing it are definitely quiet for far longer. No exaggerated heartrate or thumping in my chest, no unusual shortness of breath, no maybe-I-should-just-lie-down feeling. No tingling, no numbness, no increased brain fog. Two days ago I potted plants outside. Yesterday, I moved my living room furniture, scooted my giant floor rug, scrubbed the floor under it on my hands and knees... and all without feeling anything but an ache in my lower back. I could scarcely believe it, and kept waiting to get the warning signs I was pushing myself, but they never arrived. I thought, "it's just a delayed crash. Just wait and see if you're still all right tomorrow." But tomorrow is now today. Today I wet-Swiffered the floor, swept my deck, rolled my rug out on my deck and vacuumed its underside (it was REALLY dusty, okay? The rug pad had come straight from the attic.) Then I dragged it back in. And I'm still
fine.
When I'm sure to move around a lot, I breathe more easily and
feel better - you hear that, guys, for the first time in over a year, exercising has made me feel better and not worse! I'm not sure why - maybe it's forcing me to regulate my breathing, or maybe it's helping me move some of these toxins out in the trash heap where they belong. I'm also drinking a LOT of water to that end.
Finally, and this is the most miraculous for me, I had a burst of creativity the second day I took it, like a blockade had been removed from my brain. I got up in the night four separate times to write down story ideas - because they were ALL the kind you just couldn't roll over and swear you'd remember knowing you never will - but eventually gave up and opened a Word document and put the last two down that way.
The gut, guys. The gut is where it's at.
This is not day twelve or twenty, people. This is day FOUR.
I think it's amazing how even swallowing the probiotic can help with the lungs though. Yesterday I would've sworn I didn't have a lung infection (and I scoffed at my dx of C. pneumoniae until I read the impact it has on one's breathing) but today I was coughing things up, so. Yesterday was the first day I gargled with a mouthful of water + probiotics before swallowing, and I noticed this made my throat feel dry, sore, and tight. Not painful, but definitely uncomfortable. Not ruling out coincidence - but we'll see if I continue to cough tomorrow.
In summary, the right probiotics are magic.
-J
P.S. - You don't have to adjure me not to move. I am being
very careful and I know how to listen to my body and stop the moment it signals me I'm overdoing it. So far this has not happened. I also recognize I am not 'cured' and have identified an even greater than usual need for B-vitamins and antioxidants in general. Hopefully the injections I'm going to start getting can help with this...
Also, I'm hungry a lot. Anyone else noticed this?
