![]() The plan from here is simply to get that last bacterial overgrowth in check. That means that, finally, nothing in my diet is causing inflammation! Besides that one bacterial overgrowth, my gut flora in general is very robust, so I’m proud of it. It was pretty much all clear, and my inflammation markers are lower than ever. Other than that, my stool test results look better than they ever had before. ![]() I know my symptoms right now would be things that most other people wouldn’t even notice, but I’ve come so far that I want everything to be exactly on track. I definitely feel better than I ever have in my whole life. There are certain times when I still struggle with bloating, undigested food, a really aggressive appetite, and small bouts of constipation if my diet deviates from my norm. I do still have a few symptoms, but those should be cleared up once I address this last bacterial overgrowth. In my eyes, the bacterial overgrowth isn’t too big a deal. The Candida was the one that wouldn’t go away, and I finally got it! It’s pretty common for other bacterial imbalances to pop up when dealing with things like this, so I’m not surprised. While most people would consider this to be not that successful, it’s a huge success to me. I can’t even believe it. I do, however, still have a small bit of yeast overgrowth (not Candida, though) and a bacterial overgrowth. It’s been a very long road, but last week I finally got my retesting results back, and it showed that my Candida overgrowth was finally gone. That tends to happen when addressing these types of gut issues, but it usually doesn’t drag out for this long. It seemed like every time I got rid of one problem, another one popped up. All at the same time as the carbohydrate intolerance, insulin resistance, yada yada. First Candida overgrowth, then malabsorption and general leaky gut, then SIBO, then new bacterial overgrowths, and then candida overgrowth again. From then on, I’ve been on some kind of “protocol” to address different problems. While I struggled with digestive issues my whole life, it wasn’t until the end of my sophomore year in college that things took a turn for the worse and I started actually addressing it. If you’ve been a longtime reader, I’m sure you know that I’ve been on a protocol to heal my gut for almost a year now, but that I’ve been on other protocols on and off for the last three years for my gut issues. I hoped I would, but a small part of me also didn’t really know.Īfter almost a year, I have finally gotten rid of my incredibly stubborn Candida overgrowth! Part of me thought I would never actually write a post like this. Please remember that this post is not current – it was just a documentation of my experiences at the time.** I am grateful for these experiences as they inspired me to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and health coach myself. **This post was written at the beginning of 2018 (I used to write posts about my health protocols as I went through them, so those posts are more time-dependent), and since writing this, these health issues have been resolved.
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