Re: Questions before I try again- Thank you!

Wow, I can't believe 5 months has already passed since that first flush.

In the past few months I have weaned the baby and taken the herbs as recommended on sensiblehealth.com. I finally did a second flush a couple of weeks ago and I only saw what might have possibly been about 3 small stones. I didn't notice a huge improvement in my general well being, or my emotional well being like I did with the first flush.

As Julia Chang suggests on sensiblehealth.com, I took a mixture of the four liver/gb herbs one hour before drinking the olive oil/ grapefruit mixture. Within minutes of taking the herbs I have very very severe pain in my (I believe it was the left) shoulder and in my abdomen (I think it was my liver). I had no idea what was going on (and still don't). It only lasted about 30 minutes. The shoulder pain is the same pain I used to have when I drank too much in my younger (and wilder) days. I have been trying to help my body heal and detox by eating only fruits and veggies (with a few off days) for the past few weeks. I have been more strict about eating this week especially and I am also working out every day I possibly can. This morning while doing some cardio work, the left shoulder pain returned as I got to a difficult interval of the workout. I would take a break, pace the room, and drink water and the pain would subside. As I got to another difficult interval, the pain returned. This happened 3 or four times this morning. I can't find anything when I google left shoulder pain/detox, but I am assuming that it could be a detox symptom. ??

Also in the meantime, I spent a couple of months visiting an acupuncturist. I had a hard time communicating with him, so that didn't go so well, but he did have me send for a hair analysis that indicated a very high level of toxins in my body. (He said it was the highest ratio he had seen in a very long time.) Now I am wondering if the toxins might be what caused all the nausea with the first flush. ?

I am undecided about which cleanse method I prefer. And I have no idea how to know which worked better since I'm not sure if I passed stones or not. I might keep alternating the two every 3 weeks or so.

Anyway, I just wanted to follow up, thank you again for your help, and also see if anyone is familiar with this left shoulder pain issue. Thanks all!