hi Onwards, Thank you for this. Reassuring :) And a bit scary :) but better to know and be prepared..
It's very difficult to explain to the people in my life, namely my mum and dad and some friends, who are far away from where I live, that it can take so long.. They are so worried and keep urging me to go back to the doctors. I'm worried too, obviously, but i know that taking more
Antibiotics is not going to solve anything.
I was found to have blastocistis hominis, a 1,5 years ago, that's the only thing the 'regular' labs could find, and was made to take
Antibiotics which i regret now. Then, right after the
Antibiotics i tested negative , but now i know that the tests (at least the general infectious disease doctor tests) are highly unreliable + antibiotics only kill some of the alive
parasites (+ apparently there are different antibiotics for the different variety of parasites!), but not the lavrae, eggs etc. This summer when i got very sick my stool was tested again,but i think in a very general sort of way, so they didn't find anything. By the time i found my naturopath, i had been on several different antibiotics as the doctors were trying to desperately fight in the blind (but not against parasites), so when i got to the herbalist, she tested me with the kinesthetic type of approach (which is the muscular response of your pinky and thumb in a circle when asked to touch all your organs with the other hand) and said right there and then you are, undernourished, heavily infested, have candida problem (they are related obviously) and your liver is super tired. So she put me right away on
Clarkia and Artemisia, without further tests (as
Clarkia /Artemisia apparently kills all types) + many other herbal supplements and special diet. I have been doing the drops/cleanse for 3 months now, can see some good results, but there are still bad days and when they are bad, oh man, they are really BAD, but i'm sure you know exactly what i mean...
I haven't been able to notice passing any special organisms in my stool yet, but i do go to the bathroom often, especially after heavy detox days, up to 4 times in 1 morning, so that's a good sign (+ my anus itches). I'm testing my saliva and urine next week to see the levels of hormones and other things. but apparently to test again for
parasites I need to stop
Clarkia etc. for at least 2 weeks and right now I don't want to do that.
it's so good to be able to speak about this with people who are going through a similar thing! It doesn't seem to be recognized as a 'special' chronic disease as cancer, or HIV or some of the others are.. So it has this mystical weird quality to it and people don't take your pain that serious.
Thank you for replying!
D.