Midwestchick
I'm one week into a P&B
Bowel Cleanse and feeling really icky today.
I started the cleanse right after I got over a nasty cold/cough illness on March 1st.
Now one week later, I'm fighting a UTI (urinary tract infection) and feeling very bloated and just a general 'icky' feeling. I've worked up to about 3-4 shakes a day and was doing fine with that until yesterday when I started feeling a bit 'stopped up.' I have an herbal laxative with senna, so I took some yesterday and since then have had 4 BM's with definite mucoid plaque. I still feel pretty bad though - I have a slightly raised temperature and still feel backed up. I feel crampy, bloated, and very tired too.
Could this be a result of toxins released from the cleanse?
I've been eating very healthy - lots and lots of fruits and veggies...
Also for my UTI, my doctor wanted to put me on
Antibiotics , but I said no and have been treating it myself with cranberry tablets and lots of fluids. It's almost cleared up, but not completely. This is my first
Bowel Cleanse and so I'm new to this.
Any advice?
TIA!
-Erika
Edited to add- After doing some reading on the forums, I'm thinking maybe I should try an enema and also stop the P&B for a day or so. I think I probably went too much too soon and that made me constipated. Oops! Newbie mistake, I guess! Oh well - you live you learn! Any tips would be much appreciated - thanks!