Migraine meds NONE?! Migraines NONE?! YAY JACKIE! +info Re: Very Bloated

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Bloating...the bane of ALL people that cleanse & restore their body - first, a few pictures (below).  Note: it's VERY difficult to find realistic images of our internal organs.  They're always drawing/placing the organs WAY too far apart (so we can see them clearly).  In reality, everything in our body is completely and tightly squished together...so even the most minor swelling or displacement of one organ can impact the structural integrity of several organs that surround it.

Here's a couple of decent images (the liver can extend a couple of inches below the rib cage and the gallbladder can drop that low/lower, too):

Here's various stages of diverticulitis:

(above is autopsy photo - white arrows are pointing

at diverticuli pockets that look like black grapes)

(above shows cross sections of the diverticuli pockets with fecal matter/impaction)

(close up image of one pocket)

Sooooooo, the first thing to know about how to "unbloat" is to know WHY there's bloating in the first place.

First, go back and look at the first two images, paying close attention to where the liver/gallbladder are located in relationship to the large (transverse) colon.  Even in a normal, healthy adult, the transverse colon is pushed firmly against part of the liver.  "Normal healthy" would be if someone that's had 3-5 bms daily for most of their life...but most of us never did.  Many times people have several DAYS WORTH of food in there, rather than just a meal or two...and the putrefying food gives off LOTS of gas (not to mention stretching and engorging the colon by food weight & mass alone).  This shoves the transverse colon further into the liver/stomach and causes all kinds of 'lack of flow' throughout these organs.  The gas and putrefying masses of food also cause the diverticular pockets (which also stretch and cause the colon to be wider/thicker)...pushing even more into the liver/gallbladder.  It is common that when surgeons go in to remove a gallbladder that they run into complications because the gallbladder has become ATTACHED to the transverse colon!  So just how in the world can the liver release bile if the very gallbladder it releases into is squished/smooshed SO harshly that it must be sliced off the transverse colon?.  That's right, very little bile (and certainly not stones) can get out of the gallbladder (or liver) when there's a huge, inflated tube pressing and squishing all the tubing closed.

So, basically (with most people) there are 3 common reasons for bloating when we start cleansing:

1.  By ensuring 3 bms daily and starting to reduce the size of our stretched/inflated intestines, we are taking substantial pressure OFF the liver and gallbladder.  This in turn, results in the release of VERY stale bile and biliary sludge & debris...and this stale/toxic bile definitely causes gas, which causes bloating.

2. The psyllium in the IF#2 can give off gas as it ferments and travels through the intestines (typically, once good 'flow' is achieved, this is eliminated)

3. Even allopathic medicine knows (from their "bible", the Merck Manual), that ALL adults now develop some level of diverticulitis before they die; we know that you have had all kinds of complications with it.  All those pockets, strictures, and stretched tissue are filled with rotting/putrefying fecal matter, yeast/candida, likely infectionus pathogens & parasites.  When you start cleansing, you start disturbing the layers on the lining of your intestines AND pulling out and disturbing all the "yuck" within those pockets.  This is typically a very rubbery substance and when you start breaking it up, it definitely starts giving off a LOT of gas...which causes bloating.

There are other reasons - but that's a good overview.

Also, many people experience gas, bloating and various 'urps & burps' when they start using the various natural probiotics.  This is typical, and it's part of the 'cure' as the good guys start killing off the bad guys and rebalancing...and doing their massive clean-up work (check out the images at the end).

As far as the weight fluctuations, I wouldn't be too concerned about it (although I realize it's annoying).  My weight (like that of many) has always fluctuated 3-5 pounds from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep (depending upon hormones, water retention, salt intake, what I eat...and even how long I sit in a chair). As  we take pressure off the liver (and off the ovaries, too, via cleansing) our hormonal balance is going to vary a bit until everything gets back to healthy and normal...and of course, the fluid intake and action (or inaction) of the kidneys comes into play.

So what can you DO about it?  The first thing is to understand this IS totally normal, and it took decades for our bodies to become this compromised (and know that it is truly a miracle that our bodies are so self-healing and resilient that we can undo decades of damage in just a few months).  YAY.  So while 'digging in deeper and faster' (being more aggressive) will result in everything getting back to normal sooner, one has to decide for themselves how they want to go about it...more aggressive (with likely an increase in symptoms, but getting done sooner), or less aggressive (which may or may not lessen symptoms, but always takes longer).  For me, the answer is "get it over with"...but I always understand if folks don't choose to be even more aggressive...especially when they're first getting their head around all this.  Also, this next 5 days of gentle liver-cleansing and prepping (leading up to your first flush of many) may cause an increase in symptoms because there'll be even more stale bile and biliary sludge coming out...that's why Dr. Schulze added the Liver/Digestion/Detox Tea - it's very beneficial for all types of gastric 'urps & burps' that are caused by unsquishing and cleansing the liver & gallbladder.  So that is very relieving for some people (and it's YUMMY!)

Options:

--Some people do get relief (surprisingly) by increasing the dosage of IF#2. Yes, the psyllium can give off gas, but the bentonite & charcoal help to 'sponge up' all the toxins and debris giving off the gas, so that's something you can experiment with.  I always taking heaping tablespoon doses of the IF#2 rather than heaping teaspoons - I'm usually gassy the first 2 days and then it pretty much goes away.

--Coffee enemas do induce peristalsis and help move things through the intestinal tract quicker.  So, if you're doing a back-to-back CE in the morning, you might want to consider doing 1/2 in the morning and the other 1/2 in the evening...or doing the back-to-back in the morning and then another partial CE in the evening.

--Because of past complications, I think we were 'starting slowly', so you may not have yet added any extra activated charcoal to your IF#2 doses.  But activated charcoal is a very well known remedy for gas & bloating - and that may just 'do the trick'.

--Castor oil pack and foot reflexogy...the MOST overlooked and underestimated therapies in our arsenal.  Castor oil = Palma Christa/Christi (the palm of Christ).  Put it wherever you want to be healed (in this case, likely on your torso beneath your rib cage).

--Herbal tea options...ginger, peppermint, spearmint, fennel seed and wild yam are all options (in whatever combination/strength you prefer),

I know the bloating is uncomfortable and frustrating, but it IS a symptom of you successfully undoing years/decades worth of compromise.  It WILL go away all by itself when the cause is eliminated, I promise! 

I'm thrilled you're having such great success so quickly...you certainly deserve it!!!  You have researched, read, questioned and learned a LOT - and you're diligence, efforts and tenacity are certainly paying off!    It's not often that folks can get their heads around all this as quickly and effectively as you have, and I know you deserve a big ole pat on the back and major kudos for all your effort and hard work!

Blessings,

Uny