Thank you @Bernadette_Abraham !

Very useful.

At the time this test was taken I had the streptococcus B urinary infection. That was thankfully taken care of.

I’m waiting for this last blood test (2days ago) to be emailed to me, so during this time I had the food poisoning. I’m waiting for the stool test to see what exactly happened there..

The doctor would like to repeat the blood test on Friday. Is that not too early? Can my markers recover somewhat within such a short time? I will as for some additional tests you suggested. I had B12 checked in September and that showed normal.

Thank you

Hi @Bernadette Abraham

I’m afraid I didn’t have a lot of luck with the gastroenterologist regards to trying to ask for referral for GI map. (Is actually a new doc because my old one moved back to Germany) However I was told that I was tested for H Pylori a few times negative including when I had my colonoscopy and endoscopy in late 2022. I’m doin better, I’m told – by eliminating spring onion and increasing water and small meals. However, the occasional and still unexplained right side discomfort is still occurring.

Regards to contraception, I have not tried yet. I’m a bit worried how reliable that would be, but maybe I’m wrong. If you could please give some suggestions about fertility devices that would be great. I’m actually using an app Clue but the free version just to track my period. Is it something like that you are referring to?

Thank you

Thank you so much! Very helpful ☺️

Hi @Bernadette Abraham ,

I did the baking soda test and no burps whatsoever. I also just tried around 11 am (had early breakfast but now totally empty stomach and hungry – and I was warned of the bad breath). No burps. Could it be that because I’m having low stomach acid? But how would the smell come up, could it be something wrong with the esophagus or LES? My husband has actually GERD and he rarely has bad breath.

Regards to iron, I think is because of the copper coil I have. I couldn’t find any better option so far for birth control so I’m unfortunately paying this price for having heavy periods and needing to supplement with iron. I’m just not very comfortable with hormonal contraceptives. Perhaps it is accompanied by poor absorption. That I’m not sure about but my levels adjust after 3-6 months of supplements. But then again would go down.

Thank you @Bernadette Abraham.

I’m almost always on iron supplements.. unfortunately and I do like spring onion (that I often incorporated into breakfast) which I recently started reducing.

I’m curious now to try and see if the test could help shed light to anything else so will look into it. I have Bupa so let’s see. Hopefully I’ll manage to claim it somehow.

Thank you

Hi @Bernadette Abraham

Thank you so much, this is very informative.
Regards to the smell, my husband says is metallic acidic smell. Last time it actually got better after having a meal and drinking apparently. He says I had it even when he met me but is worst and more common. These days. 🙁 I have even got rid of some wisdom teeth recently as they grew sideways and thought they might have caused this. But it seems no.

I think I would be interested in a GI map testing. I’ll email regards to this. Maybe I could check with my insurance if they could cover it.

I have Gilbert syndrome so my bilirubin is always above the normal mark but apparently there is little I could do about it. However, after my parasite cleaning and liver support supplementation (together) last year the levels improved. Although I’m not sure whether that could just be coincidence or could have slightly different figures depending on the time of the day or month I do the test.

Thank you.

Unfortunately I sometimes have bad breath also and tried all sorts of things but I assume that also could be gastro related.

Thank you @Bernadette Abraham, what kids of functional tests could I run for the following? It is still an ongoing issue not new. I used to panic about it I think I better manage it now but still I want to know how I could improve or get rid of it.

Occasional chest pain on left hand side (behind left breast close to middle). It gets worst before and first days of period. Evenings, sometimes in bed and gets better when I elevate myself. I assume this is acidity related issue.. I did a colonoscopy and endoscopy last year and that had no findings (thankfully) but maybe I should repeat a colonoscopy. I went to a cardiologist and is super unlikely it is anything to do with heart.

I just did my annual health check and everything looked ok, except I’m taking iron and vit D and my WBC was a little low so I’ll go for a check again in a few months to compare.

Thank you

Thank you very much Daniel, this is so formative. I’ll be doing some research and learning based on your and Bernadette’s suggestions and resources shared this weekend.

Thank you!!

Hello @Daniel Schepers and @Bernadette Abraham ,

So yesterday unexpectedly I had a strange night, going to bed a bit unsettled and waking up with a shivering and little shaky, with some stiffness under arm on my left side.. felt a little like a few years ago when I had some panic attacks in the night.
I managed to fall asleep again after adding some extra pillows and sitting/sleeping for a while. I had a date and some water as it felt like maybe blood pressure dropped or similar. I also had some pain in my left palm waking up but it went after a little while..

I didn’t feel this for a long time but is not new to me, I used to have similar feelings back a few years ago.

I just finished my detox and not I’m eating normal again (for the last 5 days)

Do you think is some sort of deficiency? I’m going for my annual health check up next week. Anything specific you would suggest to check out?

I feel like this keeps coming back but don’t know why… or what it is.

Thank you
Szilvia

Hi Daniel,

Thank you so much for asking. It was good, it’s just very satisfying so see how strong we can be, saying no to so many things (like grains, sugar, diary etc…) and feel good about it. So for me is a great psychological achievement.

This time(second time) my digestion was not as great as the first time (more constipation) but I also had my period during the detox this year. Maybe I should have allowed more olive oil and add in more fiber. But overall it was still ok I hope to think.

Generally I felt very happy with less food and relatively well fed with liquid meals like soups and smoothies. I also had lots of energy and continue to have so.

I hope my body appreciates it. I’ll be doing my annual health check up in 2-3 weeks time. Let’s hope all is in order. Not that I had a lot of concerns (apart from iron), but just to keep everything healthy.

As I’m adding back the eliminated items, I don’t feel any side effects so far.