My eyes have been tired from reading and researching this new found diet, The Specific Carbohydrate Diet. which we shall call SCD.
If that is the only thing I have to suffer to gain further insight into this fascinating work by the late, Elaine Gottschall then I will suffer it gladly. for I am beginning to have some flower of hope bloom in my mind, and with luck and dedication (which I am sure will be a quality I shall have to nurture) a flowering of the correct or perhaps better to say primal pro biotic flora in my gut!.If you are not familiar with this diet, then go check out 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle'
Started diet Sun 25th January.
Its been difficult to keep this record, as it seems like many others, I have been feeling quite a lot worse. The usual symptoms, but somewhat severe. The first couple of days especially where if I didn't know better I would have sworn to having the flu.(I did have a flu jab this winter). Sun/Mon were awful: chills, nausea, night sweats, aching joints, and terrible fatigue, Tues/Wed not much better, but hopefully the chills & night sweats have receded. The generalised bloating seems to have gone down and is much improved, however I still have this nagging/dragging feeling in R/S hip and can feel bowel(?) thereabouts still swollen and painful into hip joint. Last night (Wed) this travelled into my lower RS back accompanied with sharp stabbing pains. General malaise and my eye/face felt weak and have the fluttery feeling in vision again on waking this morning. BM were really good at the start of the week 3 -5 a day, which is now down to about 1-2 small BM. more formed. Trying not to get to state of constipation ever again!
Anyway from what my tired eyes can gleam this is quite normal and to be expected, it is I hope a state of, 'true' die-off as is explained and exampled all over the web. It should improve soon and I do hope so as its not funny feeling this poorly most of the time, its a dreadful drain on my already weak system, and I am really hoping for some BIG improvements soon.
Should have seen the Dr this morning but have cancelled as its a bit of a blizzard out there!
