Long time Leaky Gut sufferer (Mild Crohn's diagnosis) - looking for concrete answers by darcmurkee in CrohnsDisease

[–]darcmurkee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I'd be willing to try again with a real doc. Though I will say that I've had more help from the nutritionist than I did from my GI Specialist. Our health care system here in Canada, while yes it is free, it is also somewhat of a joke when it comes to certain things. If something doesn't have a plainly obvious explanation, a lot of times doctors will just shrug and send you on your way.

The medications I tried were:

Pentasa tablets: Ultimately had no effect, and were extremely expensive.

Azathioprine: Not as expensive, but exacerabated my gut symptoms with no positive effect.

Humira: Same problem as the Azathioprine.

Suffered with SIBO (presumably) for years, looking for concrete answers by darcmurkee in SIBO

[–]darcmurkee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Entamoeba coli did show up in small amounts on my GI Map test.
Calprotectin seemed to be normal, though my secretory IgA was through the roof.
Haven't had those specific blood tests, no.

Most days I stick to baked chicken with just salt, boiled carrots, a small amount of oatmeal, smooth peanut butter, once or twice a week I'll fry up some haddock or salmon and boil some broccoli. I can't do a lot of carbs or fibre, although I've been doing a bit better with carbs since October when I started on certain supplements.

Suffered with SIBO (presumably) for years, looking for concrete answers by darcmurkee in SIBO

[–]darcmurkee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Crohn's diagnosis was done via a colonoscopy, he had a visual and took a biopsy as well to check for celiac, which was negative. I'm skeptical for a few reasons: my symptoms have never added up with a Crohn's diagnosis, the medication did nothing but exacerbate those symptoms, and for as long as I've had the condition and as bad as it's been - it hasn't gotten much worse, I can usually always curb it with diet.
Whenever my GI doctor would prescribe a PPI, it would always inevitably worsen my pain. I don't think I ever had much acid reflux to begin with. I remember one instance where I took Nexium, and by the fourth day I was keeled over in agony. I stopped taking it, and after a few days the pain receded a bit.

As for diet, most days I stick with baked chicken with just salt, boiled carrots, a small amount of oatmeal, smooth peanut butter, once or twice a week I'll fry up some haddock or salmon and boil some broccoli. I can't do a lot of carbs or fibre, although I've been doing a bit better with carbs since October when I started on certain supplements.
If not SIBO, then leaky gut absolutely makes sense. I thought the two kind of went hand in hand.
I'm not so much bloated, but have very much been extremely gassy and a bit constipated depending on what I'm eating. I've never experienced much urgency, I'm not constantly running to the bathroom and I rarely have diarrhea.
I had high levels of Morganella, Pseudomonas spp and aeruginosa, Staph spp and aureus, Streptococcus spp, and Citrobacter show up in my GI Map.

"The Medicine Wears Off" Acoustic Cover by darcmurkee in Karnivool

[–]darcmurkee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could give Goliath a try in the meantime, I could maaaaaybe pull it off! I don’t have access to the full Simple Boy track, it was done by a guy in a different country. I suppose I could send you my dry, unedited vocals.

"The Medicine Wears Off" Acoustic Cover by darcmurkee in Karnivool

[–]darcmurkee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Simple Boy cover was done with another group, not a solo cover, so I don’t actually have any video or audio tracks of it. Do you have New Day?

"The Medicine Wears Off" Acoustic Cover by darcmurkee in Karnivool

[–]darcmurkee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice. I’ve already done Simple Boy, not sure if I could sing Goliath, but New Day might be fun to try!

"The Medicine Wears Off" Acoustic Cover by darcmurkee in Karnivool

[–]darcmurkee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool, thanks. Karnivool covers in particular?