I have been researching digestive function. And concluded it’s far too late for
me to be normal.
http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/gut-feeling/
The crux of it is; the human immune system is intrinsically linked
with certain bacteria, and bacterial dysbiosis may be a cause of
inflammatory bowel disease:
“A new study just published shows that symbiotic bacteria residing in
the mammalian gastrointestinal tract produce molecules that mediate
healthy immune responses and protect the host from inflammatory
disease. The authors propose that the mammalian genome does not encode
for all functions required for immunological development but rather
that mammals depend on critical interactions with their microbiome
(the collective genomes of the microbiota) for health.”
So I have my hookworms now, reducing my inflammation down to almost
zero. I only have 0.1 to go to reach normalicy. So why am I still
having diarrhea? Perhaps my flora is so unbalanced, that I am unable
to properly absorb certain foods. And as probiotics are shown not to
implant, what the hell can I do? I could carefully manipulate my
diet, take $500 of VSL a month, and it would barely alter my flora. It
seems impossible that one can ever return to a state of natural
balance, once that balance has been blasted by antibiotics,
longstanding disease, surgery, etc.
I’m realizing that despite hookworm’s efficacy, I may never be well.
How can a colon that’s had 1/4 of it cut out, with flora that’s been
permanently altered recover? No amount of diet or bacterial
intervention is going to recreate the appropriate mammalian microbiome.
Our outer biome and inner biome are permanently disfigured. I am
going to try to enjoy my time left, not knowing if my current health
(as it is) will last months or a few years. As microbrial balance is
fruitless, I am bringing the joys of chocolate and toast back into my
life. It’s like the patient dying of lung cancer. Should you offer
her the last cigarette?
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