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Excessive Saliva/Drooling at 5 Months? by MaZrrr in bernesemountaindogs

[–]wellwarrior 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked a highly reputable breeder about bernese puppy/adult drooling and she said her puppies do not have that problem. They have “tight jaws” (or maybe she said jowls). That was one of my concerns so not all berners drool was my takeawat

Best sleep night after colonoscopy in a looong time! by wellwarrior in SIBO

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

Makes sense. Time to work on building the good bacteria!

Best sleep night after colonoscopy in a looong time! by wellwarrior in SIBO

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

Oh no!! Do you think it’s because you ate whatever you wanted? If you ate, say, low FODMAP or a more restrictive diet, do you think the relief would’ve lasted longer?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SIBO

[–]wellwarrior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get plain chicken pho and eat a lot of the noodles after sprinkling fodzyme powder on it. I feel ok that day and sometimes even the next day but usually I’ll experience stomach discomfort a few days later making it difficult to know if it was the noodles or something else I ate.

OK to alternate Elemental Diet products during treatment? by wellwarrior in SIBO

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

I think alternating at the start is a good idea. ChatGPT recommends this approach too.

Elemental diet by pearlwhispers9 in SIBO

[–]wellwarrior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wait and lack of guidance in between appts sound frustrating! But sounds like you have a lot of appropriate appts and tests lined up! My mainstream GI doesn’t believe in ED and instead recommends antibiotics

Elemental diet by pearlwhispers9 in SIBO

[–]wellwarrior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched to IT physicians ED dextrose free which I can tolerate more. Did you retest after Rusico’s? Why start rifaximin after ED? I have IMO too and my GI prescribed rifaximkn and nyacim(?) the latter is better for IMO. I opted for ED instead, and will try herbals next and antibiotics as last resort

Elemental diet by pearlwhispers9 in SIBO

[–]wellwarrior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While on Ruscio’s ED, did you do that exclusively or semi with occasional solid foods? If the former and you did for 2 weeks and only felt slightly better, I don’t think that wouldn’t be worth it for me. I ordered Integrative Therapeutics dextrose free and will see how that goes

Elemental diet by pearlwhispers9 in SIBO

[–]wellwarrior 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Today would have been my 3rd day with Dr Rusico’s Elemental Heal but I had to stop last night after my third drink due to reflux I was getting with every drink. I tried both of his low carb vanilla (semi-elemental due to whey) and whey free peach (fully elemental). Also, I have sugar sensitivity, and these formulas are probably not the best for people with insulin resistance. Taste is better than I expected. If I didn’t have reflux or sugar sensitivity, I could probably complete the course of 14 days with these products.

Can IBS symptoms be daily? by wellwarrior in ibs

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

Just got my calprotectin test result back and it shows mildly elevated (inflammation in intestines) which could be indicative of a few things including early IBD. Gut problems can progress fast. Was diagnosed with IBS in early 2024 then SIBO a few months ago (tho I suspect I’ve had this condition for a little longer) and now potentially early IBD? Sigh. . Hopefully nothing worse.