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From: "mikej253" <mikej253@yahoo.com> Date: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:31 pm Subject: Re: Gastroparesis: Mike-What the Professor said... mikej253 Offline Send Emailhello Adam,here was yesterday's routinegot up 5am downed one extremely powerful pro-biotic from www.healthfree.com -callediFlora with one glass+ of room temp spring waterdrove to beach and went surfing.took one 20strenght OTC pepcid antacid with a little waterpulled out 1 flask of strong coffee, cooled a little, half-and-half instead ofpure milkadded - helps lower gut motility - with that i consumed 2 capsules of enzymesGNC brand, multi-enzyme, vegetarian blend - contains amongst its ingredientslactase,amylase, protease, lipase. - seems to work best with liquid BEFORE eating.www.gnc.comate my cereal mix, crunched 3 GNC brand papaya enzyme tabs - taste ok.finished eating then ate 2 Q-zyme brand by www.gardenoflife.com - these areunusual inthat they seem to work well AFTER meal and can even be taken as a correctivetypemeasure when getting acid reflux hrs after eating, don't irritate semi emptystomach.drove to work and prgrammed puter. for lunch cooled tea with same GNC multienzyme,little milk and sugar in tea with 2 small squares of milk chocolate (choc hasmelting pt ofbody temp - mainly fat/carb - an ok combo).then ate 2 beano tabs - help with peanut butter/beans type carb combos - gotalphagalactase enz. then followed up with bagel with peanut butter during which icrunched 3papaya tabs. also 1 scone. peanut butter about 2 tablespoons max - breaks thefoodcombining rule but not too much - body thinks its mainly dealing with carbs andgoes intocarbs mode. More Q-zyme afterwards. i need the protein -hence the peanut butterhome in evening - a little wine ( 1/2 glass ) witth intestinal cleanse #1capsule - fromhealthfree.com again. notable ingredients - cascara, senna, cayenne pepper - forlow gutmotility.then 2 GNC brand bromelain enzyme - target protein this time - not heat stable,makesure protein meal not too hot - it was the blended chicken puree i mentioned.also 1 GNC "digestive enzyme" containing acid (bad for carbs good for protein).tidied up relaxed, went skateboarding on motility device known as carvestik -littleurethane wheels, carveboard with pneumatic wheels only good for steep hills. ihave lowbone density from being thin, but so far not hurt myselfwww.carveboard.comback home prepared supper with same enzyme mix as morning but don't bother withmult-enzyme.sleep.today - sort of similar, but bike ride instead of surf. 2/3 (can't eat wholeone) lowishprotein bean/rice burrito for lunch - downloaded all the nutrition info that themanymexican fast food places in cali provide to decide which one i could tolerate.then home and my secret herb today - NO ONE else i know takes this for gp butits great -turn on some reggae music on my XBOX and chill out - its quite strong and getsmestoned. Legal in US fromwww.kickbackwithkava.comrelaxes muscles, but not the smooth muscles of the stomach wall - gets thatoperating for2-3 days witth one strong dose.feel quite under the influence now, but surprisingly unlike alchohol doesn'taffect balancefor skateboarding or surfing. Only on empty stomach before evening meal for maxeffect.- rest of evening will be a bit like yesterday, going to take my carvestik intothe streets inabout 1hr...NB i am just giving info on what works for me - i am not advising what i wrote -there issome evidence (but quite flaky) that herb damages the liver - even if it does ijust want tolead a comfortable life now - one day at a time is the motto i learned from thisforum.FWIW - i believe i can make myself comfortable with a c%$#$tail of supplementsand multi-angle management, so seeing as your brother can eat a bit, my take is that heis notbeing pro-active enough at doing the things that help - like him i have beenfrightened offood during the day, underate to be on the safe side, then lost control andoccassionalypigged out and overate at night - then felt bad next day - thats the prob witheating lotslate. so instead find out what works/i can tolerate, weight it on electronicscales - eat withreduced fear coz i know i'm doing everything to a precise tested formula - thendon't needto eat so much in evening.the docs i have seen are hopeless at this sort of thing, one said to me "youhave whitestuff on your tongue" - yes i said "that's candida". Blank look from doc -doesn't know itcan attack intestines and digestive tract! (thats what i take the pro-biotics toctrl) no morechronic fatigue IBS type symptoms now :-)i still am glad i got all the tests done though - know what is right and some ofwhat iswrong with me - but for gp management i have to find the answers myself.despite what i'm saying i'm thin and at times don't feel good, but at least ican lead a fairlyactive life - for now at leastregards,MikePS i reject the idea that wind is caused by swallowing air - wind production isreal - itsimproperly digesting food.--- In gastroparesis@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Samuels" <mrm050@h...> wrote:> May I please ask what herbs and enzymes you found useful?>> Thank you again and I wish you the very best.>> Take Care, Adam