(Right place, Liz?) SIBO sucks

[JackieOnLine]

looking back, I didn't say how sorry I am to hear this - you've been through enough!! does vaping help?

Me. I had two with c. Diff and they were miracles. I don't know if the doctor is there yet.

I hope you can get this again, if that's what you need.

medical issues are bad enough and then there is the "care".

 

[bearmom]

I don't have other bad stuff as diagnosed via stool tests.

But I have SIBO, small intestine bacterial overgrowth, as diagnosed via breath test...and maybe I have IBS-D, too.

This is one of those things you want to "blame" on tbe DS...because it presents with similar stuff. But too large a percentage of the population suffers from this...a good number had gastroenteritis first. (Several years ago, my sister, BIL, Mr. Sue and I visited Mom at the Home for the Perpetually Bewildered and we--and numerous other fools--all ended up with gastroenteritis. Health Department was all over the place. I'm just sayin'.)

Also, old people get this. And I think that although the DS probably made me a more likely target, I could be having all these symptoms just because our guts work slower as we age. And. 70.

Also, we get potentially bad advice...like..."eat several small meals per day." Nope. It seems our guts do one song and dance when they process the food we eat and a whole different trick--a "housekeeping" activity--when that food moves out of the small intestine. If we keep adding food, the housekeeping thing doesn't happen and the processed food sits around feeding the bacteria, which in turn create LOTS of gas and bloating/distention and pain. And diarrhea.

Also, no bedtime snacks. The time while you sleep is the time your gut is most likely to do its housekeeping thing, unless you put food in there and just feed the bacteria.

And meds that cost about $2500/mo to treat. And only work for about 40% of the population. Damn.

Curiously, someome who has SIBO might also malabsorb oil-based vitamins, might lose weight, and can move into malnutrition. Sound familiar? Oh, add in joint pain and fatigue.

And, even more fun, all the SIBO experts have different diets. Right now, I'm liking the Cedars-Sinai plan...they want us to be happy.

I think I'd try cannabis rectally. It is more available than smoked or ingested, and works fast. You supposedly don't get the high either (may be a drawback to most). The suppositories are coconut oil based, so no issue absorbing when it goes in the back end, unlike edibles that use butter or coconut oil and are inconsistent even for normal digesters. I hope you get some relief from this, and it's the easiest fix possible.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

I think I'd try cannabis rectally. It is more available than smoked or ingested, and works fast. You supposedly don't get the high either (may be a drawback to most). The suppositories are coconut oil based, so no issue absorbing when it goes in the back end, unlike edibles that use butter or coconut oil and are inconsistent even for normal digesters. I hope you get some relief from this, and it's the easiest fix possible.

Well, my high from that suggestion just crashed. Darn. (And I really liked it.)

Apparently, from what I've read so far, just as opioids slow GI motility, cannabis does, too. Which is the problem. SIBO people need to speed up transit time to deprive the bacteria of a feeding ground in the small intestine.

But keep working on it!

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Well, my high from that suggestion just crashed. Darn. (And I really liked it.)

Apparently, from what I've read so far, just as opioids slow GI motility, cannabis does, too. Which is the problem. SIBO people need to speed up transit time to deprive the bacteria of a feeding ground in the small intestine.

But keep working on it!

For the record, fasting increases motility. But fasting has never been my part of my skill set.

 

[Jbandmmomma]

damn. i hate that you're dealing with this. the thread is informative though. but damn.

which bacteria are the overgrowers? do they know?

 

[JackieOnLine]

I'm learning things, too.