Learning From "Our" Mistakes

Okay. I've got it now.

The pain that Liberty was in yesterday, was not necessarily from a larger-than-normal amount of die-off; it was from killing yeast and then blocking the exit for the toxins to leave the body.

Yes, in a child with chronic constipation issues, anyway, why would you prescribe a strong anti-fungal and not a laxative, or suggestions for moving the child's bowels besides glycerin suppositories?

For the record, charcoal IS VERY constipating, at least in this child who suffered from it to begin with. It might be great at moving the toxins through the body faster and that is a blessing, but you have to get this stuff out as many times as possible. Most children will have diarrhea from the die-off and Liberty had some of that in previous days, but we were told to increase the charcoal and that was not a good suggestion.

I stopped the Diflucan yesterday. Did you hear the angels sing? Lib slept from 7 PM to 7 AM, and awoke feeling much better. Unfortunately, he still is passing the charcoal which was like concrete in his little body.

When I think of it, this situation could have turned into something really bad like a blockage and I would have had to take the child to the ER. Thankfully, that did not happen. I realize now that the two-hour writhing in pain was from his intestines hurting, God I hope we did not create pockets in his intestines. The last thing we need is to mess up his bowels, where I believe his issues started to begin with.

I want to thank my readers who emailed me about the issues with charcoal and ways to detox the body. I am very appreciative.

I hope that others can now learn from this mistake we made and be better prepared when deciding to try an antifungal. Even Stan Kurtz mentioned on his site that they put charcoal in applesauce and started the antifungal/antiviral gradually at a reduced dose. Now, this makes so much more sense, doesn't it?

Tomorrow I will call Dr. Bock's office and come up with a new strategy. One of my readers reminded me that recovery is not a sprint, it's a marathon, and there's no emergency, no rushing that we need to do. We just need to take it one step at a time in good faith.

Today, on this beautiful Sunday on the Gulf Coast, we are counting our blessings for the restorative sleep we got, and for the peace of mind that comes when we realize we don't have to keep pushing the river - we can step back and regroup.

I am sure the wonderful Dr. Bock will come up with a new plan for us.