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CRP up; very disappointing

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 [...]

Entrenched Mineral Deficincies

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, since [...]

Finally, some Answers!

I have extremely low magnesium.  Yeah!  I say yeah because FINALLY I have answers to what has been plaguing me for over a year and a half; I suspected low minerals, but didn’t pursue either testing or suppementation aggressivly enough, so now, perhaps I will finally start to improve!

Who are you and where do you come from?

This blogging software allows me to see how many pages are visited each day, and what search terms people use to find it.  There’s been a steady increase of traffic over the year, with some days peaking at almost 200 views!  At first the Radio Lab piece got the most traffic, now the celiac trials [...]

Happy New Year!!

It’s now been 2 years I’ve been trying helminthic therapy.  I realize this blog is sort of disorganized and my response has been all over the place, so let me just sum things up.  I’m working on a FAQ page which will make it all easier.
I tried 10 hookworms Dec. 17, 2007 for the first [...]