I’m going to take a break from blogging for the summer. I just want to have some time away from thinking about worm therapy, and need to give the new things I’m doing some time to assess before writing about them. I’ll still take comments and answer questions, so keep ‘em coming. My action plan: [...]
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I did another egg count; my old way (which I now realize is wrong) was to count all the eggs I saw, whether in the grid or not. This egg count = 1300 epg, which is similar to what I’ve been getting since reinfecting with 10 hookworms last September. The bad news, is the egg [...]
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It has been brought to my attention that this blog is not encouraging helminthic therapy, but instead is harming people in posting my experience and the studies I come across. My intention was to blog my failure or success with helminthic therapy, as I was one of the first Crohn’s patients to try it. It [...]
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So, my symptoms have been worsening for a while; a month ago, I had a slightly elevated CRP, but now it’s shot up to 12.8 (<5 being normal). I’m having pain now daily in the ilea-cecal valve, a lot of mucus, night sweats, and loose bowel movements. I did an egg count yesterday, and got [...]
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So, two weeks of twice weekly magnesium intermuscular shots, and my RBC magnesium is a point LOWER! And I started to show signs of calcium definciency; tingly lips, numb hands and feet. My twitching seems slightly better though. Two of the 6 seemed to give me a day of relief. I went to an endocronologist, [...]
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