August 2, 2012

I'm boiling brown rice, because I've decided to go crazy and have some carbs.  More of that chicken teriyaki I made yesterday will go on top.  While I wait for it to cook, though...

I had my appointment with Dr. Jones today.  I liked him.  He's about my age and really laid-back.  Easy to talk to.  I told him all my problems and my greatest fear was that he'd say, "Huh. I dunno.  Nothing we can do.  Sorry, kid."  Thankfully that didn't come to pass.  He has ideas.  And had terminology.  I am not some crazy, rare thing that can't be explained or fixed.  Or so I hope.  We're gonna try, at least.

First step is cutting out dairy completely and going on a big ole round of serious antibiotics.  He thinks it is likely that I am both lactose-intolerant AND dealing with SIBO.  SIBO.  See!  I even have an acronym, that's how common this is.  It stands for Small Intestines Bacteria Overgrowth.  Just means I have too much bad bacteria growing in my small intestines and so it makes doing it's job harder and well....creates all those symptoms I have.

Or, again, so we hope.

I'm on a 10 day regimen.  If I am all better and free and clear and fart-free at that point, then we are done and we know.  If not.  Well, if not then it's something else and we gotta break out the scopes to figure out what it is.  Notice I said scopes.  Yup.  Both ends.  He thinks the next step would be to consider celiacs, colitis, IBS, or a number of other things he said that I've now forgotten.  It kinda makes me tired to think about it.

So what do I do in the meantime about running?
Mostly I think I give myself a break and just stop until the 10 days is up.  But part of me thinks that's a cop out and if I know it's a problem then go to the Rec and use the track or the elliptical where I know I can quickly get to a bathroom.

I dunno.

I'll take it day by day maybe.
And yoga is full on, of course.

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Most of an hour of yoga this morning.  The bloating was making my stomach hurt, and I had to go sit in the ladies room for awhile.

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1 Larabar Uber Cherry Cobbler

1.5 cups Fiber One with almond milk and dried fruit
1 scrambled egg

1 piece of bread with cashew butter
small salad with lettuce, tomato, carrots, olives, almonds and Thousand Island

1 bowl of oatmeal at Starbucks with fruit and nuts

2 chicken sausage links

2 pieces of Peanut Butter Ginger candy (I checked, no milk!)

Now awaiting the brown rice with chicken teriyaki.  Then I'm going to bed early.