Well , all I can say is my bowels were screwed up for many years. If I hadn't stumbled upon calcium magnesium I would most likely not make it past 40 and I am not exagerating trust me. Going to the bathroom once every 9 days is terrible and I guess I do not have to tell ya how sick I was when the 9 days was up and I finally went. Shaking , sweating , nauseous, tremendous pain, agony and then I was exhausted afterwards.
I started taking vitamins, especially calcium magnesium and voila, I go. If I forget to take them one day , I don't go.
You gotta get your bowels moving , its probably the single most important thing you could do. You have to try calcium magnesium. It will get you going. You have to find the right dose. Too much and you have diarrhea and you don't want that. You can acutally cause a magnesium induced magnesium deficiency ( there's a mouthful). SO you keep upping the dose until you find the right amount . For me it is 500 milligrams a day.
Also, try drinkin Dasani bottled water. It is purified water which is recommended to me by candida specialist plus it has added sodium and magnesium , both of which are alkaline.
If you do anything, do me a favor and get some cal/mag in you. Check out the website
http://www.mgwater.com Most of the US is magnesium deficient and it is so dangerous. I could rant on more about it because I have done some much research into it. But bascially Americans consume far too much dairy and or calcium and not enough magnesium . Humans need a 1:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium. We fall very short on magnesium part which causes osteoporosis, heart disease and all kinds of problems. Now I come to find it is a big part of being alkaline. Back in the early summer when I had the burning I thought it ws all over for me. But after taking the sups , it slow went away and has not retunred. Not I have mild cold sensation ( exept when I get my haircut lol), or that bengay feeling. BUt it really is no where near waht it was. I was so deficient from candida related malabsorbtion, leaky gut, whatever you want to call it. But we are getting what we need from our food.
I am having so much die off tonight I can barely lift my arm to type this. This is good to me. I know I should back off, but I can't. I am so sick of this I want it gone. Back in 1992 I had die off for almost a year. But when I came out the other side, I felt great. Tremendous mental clarity, focus, strenth, energy. My body felt light. No effort to get up out chair. I could have rans form miles and not gotten tired. That is what we should feel like everyday.
As Valerie Saxon said yesterday on her show. We all get used to living everyday feeling sick and we think that is how life should be. But ther eis so much more out there. And that healthy , light , strong feeling I had years ago is more addictive than any drug I know of ( not that I have tried any). But in any event I want feeling again. I have family that needs me that I have neglected, I want to have children , I run a business that I oculd make very successful , but without the focus and energy I cannot do it. I know I could be a powerhouse like I was years ago and then thee is nothing I cannot do. I am fighting to get back there.
I never really did buy into that whole belief of one should not feel die off. I think it is inevitable if you do things right. years ago all I did to get rid of candida was diet, nothing else. i did not even know to drink water. I knew nothing. I am sure that is why it went on so long. But my die off was tremendous. How could I have possibly slowed it down? It was only diet. I am happy to have it now as long as I can tolerate it.
Now if it starts making the burning come back or that horrible disorientation then that will be too much. But this heavy feeling and tiredness is not unbareable. I jsut need to drink extra water and rest.
Michelle