Re: I just found a great link for you!

The reason that I wanted you to read that thread was to give you a overview of the healing protocal, as presented by Lapis. Here is an important point:

"This will get you started. There are no quick fixes. One must work on balancing core health at the biological terrain level. Then you literally rebuild your cellular matrix to a balanced state. Healing happens from the inside out, not by throwing "quick fixes" at it."

The BASICS that he describes apply to everyone. The particulars? I don't know. I think that you have been given some really good advice in this thread. Also some very good advice from all the other posters.

The main thing that you have to focus on now is to get your bowels moving, naturally.

I used to experience constipation while travelling. I just would not have the urge to go. When i got back home, or to a comfortable place, I normalized. I'm not sure why this happened, probably related to early toilet training and a discomfort with my bodily functions at a very deep level. This is more common in women than in men. "Goodness gracious, THAT came out of sweet lil' ole me?" Now this was not as severe as your situation, but you did say it started 2 weeks before you were sent to Qatar.

Are you actively serving right now or are you on sick leave? Are you living on base? Do you have a private bath? To what extent are you able to control your diet and your environment? How do you feel about being there?

Did you join because you agree with the policies of the U.S.? Unfortunately, joining the military is sold to our young people as a way to better their lives, as in help with college tuition and medical benefits.

I think that you need to ponder this. I think that we can surmise that being in the military has not been good for your health.

How much longer do you have to serve? I am sure that there are great pressures on you to finish your term of enlistment, societal, family & peer. Can you do that AND regain your health?

Please reread that thread and focus on the general and not the particulars. You have gotten many good suggestions here. Juice. Raw, living foods, etc. No meat, dairy, grains, processed foods...

The okra pepsin is discussed at length in the link I gave you in the Liver Flush Forum and yes, it does sound like a good thing for you to take. It sounds as though you are not absorbing nutrients. I don't know though if the okra pepsin is laxative in it's function, so maybe it would not be a good thing for you to take. You could post a question to Lapis & others, in this forum, on that issue. Anti-candida diet? I don't know anything about that.

The main thing though is you've GOT to get to a place where you can move those bowels! I'm sure that your problem is being made even worse by stressing over it. You need to get to a place, mentally & physically, where you can relax & let go :)

If I were you, I would resist the urge to "dig it out". You are only stressing yourself with that move. It IS gonna come out.

Hang in there, sweetie! :)