Today I’m finishing up round two of the three round Mullen Protocol and get to take a break next week again. This time around I’m only doing one single S.boulardii capsule a day instead of two in case that caused my reaction last break week. Only one more round to go on this treatment protocol and then I retest in 3 weeks. Overall my gut has been pretty stable this past week and I’m eating somewhat high on the FODMAP chart. The only things I’m really avoiding at the moment are onions and garlic, I’m eating most other non-nightshade veggies and quite a bit of fruits even trying some apple which seemed OK in small amounts.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Hunting deer???
After I decided take up hunting again this year for birds the next thing that I had thought about was moving up to big mammals. I got quite a bit of venison and antelope from my friend Tom and it was excellent to say the least, made me want more. I also have to purchase a quarter beef and then some each year, a lamb and a whole pig to get me through the year in meat, it would be great to replace some of that with a deer, an antelope or even better an elk. Shooting birds, however, is much easier than shooting a large mammal and the prospect of taking a deer has forced me to do some reading and soul searching on the matter. The deadline is coming soon, if I want to try and hunt deer this fall I need to get my name in the draws next month in just a few weeks then I need to get myself geared up and ready to go.
Halfway through the Mullen Protocol
Today I finish up another week of the Mullen protocol which means I’m half done with the second round and half done with the entire 8 week protocol. I definitely have improved since last Saturday when I was having issues with the S.boulardii but I’m not 100% over this yet. I am starting to think that my issues may not be the SIBO as much as either the blasto or some other basic colon imbalance at this point since I don’t start having any discomfort until about 2.5-4 hours after eating dinner at night which makes me think things are lower down. Every night when I’m about ready to go to bed some churning starts down deep and bugs me into the night, last night I woke up at 12:30 and my gut was still going. Maybe all these antimicrobials have finally just done in the flora I need but I’m still afraid to add in probiotics to see if that makes a difference, at least not until I get a clear test. I was hoping to get in a call to Dr. Keller to discuss this next week but there are no openings until May 1st and I’ll be almost past my next break week by then.
Is S.boulardii the devil?
Finishing up break week this week and it hasn’t been as easy as my last break week was. This time I took S.boulardii 2x a day and as the week has gone on I’ve had an increasing amount of gut distress. It started out a few hours after dinner mid-week, I figured it was the sweet potatoes I ate for dinner that night since the are a bit on the risky side. Next day same thing even though I stuck to true low FODMAP AIP. By yesterday it started after lunch and by an hour after dinner I was not feeling well at all and the gut churn continued until I fell asleep and was still going strong at about 1 a.m. when I woke up. I’m stopping the little yeastie beasties today in hopes that they will start to clear out of my system in over the next few days.
Starting a break week, neuropathy, sleep and chili recipes
Two weeks of the Mullen Protocol done today, now I get to take a break from the giant handful of pills with each meal. For this week I’ll just be doing two capsules of Saccharomyces Boulardii a day, assuming I can tolerate it. This is a yeast that is not a typical gut flora component and will just build up while taking it and then go away after a few days stopping but it will keep bad stuff from overgrowing while I’m not on the antibiotic herbs. We’ll see what happens. I am still doing my basic prokiinetic regime too with Iberogast at each meal and then at night MotilPro and 4.5mg of LDN. I’m down to 250mg of Mag at night which seems to be plenty these days to keep things moving. After the week break I’m onto Round 2 starting on the 12th. I’ve still got just about 6 weeks until I re-do my SIBO test in May.