Where do I get me some of them Bifidobacterium????

This is my report from the American Gut Project.  They are a pain in the behind.  Since it's donation based it seems like they aren't really concerned much about person sending in the sample.  They are sloooooooowwww!  Here is my preliminary findings.  It's all greek to me :) but shouldn't I have more Bifidobacterium???  Also, I think it's helpful to see that there are no M. Smithii in my colon (they are the methane producers).  This seems to indicate that I don't have a problem with my colon bacteria moving up into my small intestine but rather a lack of stomach acid/sweeping motion to keep the small intestine clean from top down.  Right??

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	This is
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	Bacteroidaceae	Bacteroides	25.68
Bacteria	Verrucomicrobia	Verrucomicrobiae	Verrucomicrobiales	Verrucomicrobiaceae	Akkermansia	12.56
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	---	10.03
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Ruminococcaceae	Oscillospira	7.61
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Bacilli	Bacillales	Bacillaceae	Bacillus	7.44
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Ruminococcaceae	---	6.15
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	---	---	5.08
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	---	---	4.32
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	Porphyromonadaceae	Parabacteroides	3.21
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Burkholderiales	Alcaligenaceae	Sutterella	3.12
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	Rikenellaceae	---	2.70
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Blautia	1.32
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	[Ruminococcus]	1.00
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Erysipelotrichi	Erysipelotrichales	Erysipelotrichaceae	---	1.00
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	S24-7	---	0.91
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Enterobacteriales	Enterobacteriaceae	---	0.77
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Coprococcus	0.74
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Dorea	0.74
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Clostridiaceae	---	0.65
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Ruminococcaceae	Ruminococcus	0.64
Bacteria	Tenericutes	Mollicutes	RF39	---	---	0.60
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Clostridiaceae	Clostridium	0.41
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Desulfovibrionaceae	Bilophila	0.39
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	[Paraprevotellaceae]	YRC22	0.32
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Roseburia	0.31
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Veillonellaceae	---	0.25
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Erysipelotrichi	Erysipelotrichales	Erysipelotrichaceae	[Eubacterium]	0.24
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	[Odoribacteraceae]	Butyricimonas	0.20
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Anaerostipes	0.18
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	4C0d-2	YS2	---	---	0.11
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Bacilli	Bacillales	Listeriaceae	Listeria	0.10
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Veillonellaceae	Megamonas	0.10
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Veillonellaceae	Megasphaera	0.09
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Erysipelotrichi	Erysipelotrichales	Erysipelotrichaceae	Holdemania	0.09
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	[Mogibacteriaceae]	---	0.09
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Christensenellaceae	---	0.09
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	Coriobacteriia	Coriobacteriales	Coriobacteriaceae	Eggerthella	0.08
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	Prevotellaceae	Prevotella	0.08
Bacteria	Synergistetes	Synergistia	Synergistales	Synergistaceae	---	0.07
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Burkholderiales	Oxalobacteraceae	Oxalobacter	0.04
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Clostridiaceae	02d06	0.04
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Alphaproteobacteria	RF32	---	---	0.03
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Thiohalorhabdales	---	---	0.03
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Lachnobacterium	0.03
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	Actinobacteria	Actinomycetales	Corynebacteriaceae	Corynebacterium	0.03
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	Coriobacteriia	Coriobacteriales	Coriobacteriaceae	---	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Enterobacteriales	Enterobacteriaceae	Pantoea	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Rhodocyclales	Rhodocyclaceae	Uliginosibacterium	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Burkholderiales	Oxalobacteraceae	---	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Enterobacteriales	Enterobacteriaceae	Serratia	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Burkholderiales	---	---	0.02
Bacteria	Lentisphaerae	[Lentisphaeria]	Victivallales	Victivallaceae	---	0.02
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	Actinobacteria	Bifidobacteriales	Bifidobacteriaceae	Bifidobacterium	0.02
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	Actinobacteria	Actinomycetales	Actinomycetaceae	Actinomyces	0.02
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Methylophilales	---	---	0.01
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Erysipelotrichi	Erysipelotrichales	Erysipelotrichaceae	cc_115	0.01
Bacteria	Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidia	Bacteroidales	Rikenellaceae	Alistipes	0.01
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Veillonellaceae	Dialister	0.01
Bacteria	Tenericutes	RF3	ML615J-28	---	---	0.01
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Xanthomonadales	Xanthomonadaceae	Stenotrophomonas	0.01
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Pseudomonadales	Pseudomonadaceae	Pseudomonas	0.01
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	Enterobacteriales	Enterobacteriaceae	Erwinia	0.01
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Gammaproteobacteria	---	---	---	0.01
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	Betaproteobacteria	Burkholderiales	Comamonadaceae	Leptothrix	0.01
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	SHA-98	---	---	0.01
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Ruminococcaceae	Anaerotruncus	0.01
Bacteria	Firmicutes	Clostridia	Clostridiales	Lachnospiraceae	Lachnospira	0.01

Dr. Siebecker with Dr. Ruscio

A must listen all about SIBO.  Best comment from Dr. Siebecker, "there's no one diet and there's no one treatment, you just have to keep tailoring to find what works."  It's also the worst news because for those of us who struggle to keep symptoms in check while we chip away at killing the SIBO we just want that one answer that will fix everything.

http://drruscio.libsyn.com/rss

I'm like, almost dead or something

As part of the nutrition certification program I am doing we had to run a Biohealth 205 (adrenal hormone test) on ourselves.  I'm feeling pretty okay most of the time these days but when I spit in my tubes for the 205 I was in a pretty good low, feeling really incredibly beat.  My assumption was it would impact the results.  I  received them via email this morning and it basically said I have barely enough cortisol to keep me upright.  I exaggerate of course but it was shockingly low (morning, noon and afternoon) and that's after months and months of supplementing and taking it easy.  WTF!  I have a 2 hour meeting with my mentor on Friday to go over a plan but she already emailed me a draft and it's everything I'm already doing and to be honest she knows nothing about SIBO so not sure how beneficial it will be.  One recommendation was BioMatrix Support Mucosa, no way in hell I'm taking anything that is going to increase mucus production until my bugs are long gone.  We ran the Biohealth 101 as well which looks at Urinary Indican and a couple of liver measures.  My Indican was positive, don't need a test to tell you that would be the case, since positive = gut dysfunction.  My Urinary Bile Acid sulfates were elevated.  Again, duh, gut dysfunction + 18 months of on and off (mostly on) various kill protocols.  Poor liver just can't keep up.  Recommend testing for intestinal permeability.  Ya, no thanks, I can tell you my gut is permeable without testing based on multiple food reactions and occasional itchiness still if I get into something I shouldn't.  She is also recommending another stool test and breath test.  Um, had 2 stool tests, last one clean so I'm not sure that's necessary and as for the breath test I'm trying to get my hands on one.  I think it may be pricier to do it through my nutrition program because I have to go through the medical director and I don't think they use Quintron which is what all my other tests have been through.

Oh, and my husband's vehicle was stolen from the front of our house Sunday night.  Interesting to wake up to a missing car on Monday morning.  What a way to start the week!  We had to laugh because really what else can you do, and it was just a falling apart 20 year old vehicle.  Everyone in the neighborhood have been really apologetic.  I'm thinking, jeez it's not like we were carjacked.  That would be terrible and scary.  But to sleep peacefully through a crime.  That's a blessing really.  Truly bad things happen to truly good people all the time, just tune into the world news.  This was nothing in comparison to what others are going through.

All this typing to avoid taking my guar and bedtime supps.  I increased again, so I'm now at 3/4 tsp in 8 oz of water.  It's really going to be hard to get down.  A straw makes it easier but damn it's thick.  I thought for the morning I would mix it in my hot chocolate but I think it would be pretty undrinkable at the thickness it would make it.  Still might give it a try.  Haven't noticed any bloating or other SIBO weirdness yet.

Guar Gum is disgusting!

Just took my second round of Guar Gum, Rifaximin and Allicin.  Holy crap the guar is so disgusting.  It doesn't have much of a taste it's just really hard to drink gel.  Blech!  I'm up to 1/2 tsp after starting with a 1/4 tsp this morning and having no reaction.  Probably didn't need the guar since I just devoured a burger patty with cheese (first dairy in prob 3 years) and avocado with a huge plate of sweet potato fries.  I usually don't go out to eat but my dad is in town so I decided "F" it, I'm going and I don't care what I eat (within reason).  The additional 7 lbs I'm lugging around these days doesn't make me any more rational!  I tried really hard to stay away from my Array 10 foods but my step-mom was going to let them toss her salmon nuggets so I ate them.  Salmon is a no-no.  Wanted the fish tacos really bad but I'm scared to death of the whole tomato/aquaporin thing and how the heck do you eat a taco without salsa or tomatoes???  (Obviously easy to do at home, harder to improvise in a restaurant and still get the flavor).

Received Biocidin and Olivirex in the mail today, 10 days worth.  I will start them when I run out of Rifaximin.  Ordered Candibactin-BR to add.  I'm too scared to do the AR because of the thyme and gelatin (both positive on Array 10).  I'm probably going to mess around with some essential oils as well.  Try to hit it from every angle possible.  We'll see how it goes!

A handful of Betaine...

We arrived on Friday night after dark to our campsite so we had to set up in the dark.  When I finally climbed into the tent I took my nighttime (mostly prokinetic) supplements by dim headlight.  Imagine my surprise the next morning at breakfast when I discover that I took all the Betaine HCL I had packed and not my prokinetics.  That plus french fries was not a good combination on my poor sluggish digestion.  I can tell you for certain that I do need my prokinetics and Betaine doesn't function as a prokinetic at all :)  Ha!

Planning to start killing tomorrow.  A bit nervous...

Hmmm, the pain is back

My journey (soooo tired of that word!) into SIBO started with pain, bloating and constipation. The pain was resolved with visceral manipulation. It's been eeking it's way back into my days as of late, at first infrequently but now more often than not.  It's not the crushing double over pain or the long term in bed all day pain that you hear some people with SIBO complain about.  It's just a small transient pain that comes before bowel movements.  Like my body saying, "hello, you will need to find a bathroom in the next few minutes!".  If I can't heed the call for some reason, the pain sometimes becomes bad, pale in the face, doubled over bad.  It's funny cause the pain is the same whether the bowel movement is small or large.  You would think there would be some correlation with size but there hasn't been that I have noticed.  So I think it's bowel and I think it's scar related from my c-section, given the timing and location.  I have an appointment with my ND for visceral manipulation on Wednesday.  I'm also going to ask him his thoughts on the Candibactin protocol since both Gelatin and Thyme came up on my Array 10 and they are both in the AR formula.  I recently went through all my supplements and was quite surprised how few actually were gelatin caps.  I purchased some vcaps that should be here today so I can transfer the supplements that are in gelatin.

I'm really glad we have this trip planned this weekend, otherwise I fear I may have hastily plunged into ordering the Candibactin formulas and started taking the Rifaximin :)  Can't tell you how much money I have wasted on supplements by buying while feeling a bit on the irrational side :)

Bloat

Poor planning led to me to eating too much nuts and chocolate for lunch which of course led to bloating and now itching.  I think I'm going to take the remainder of my Rifaximin (5 days) with guar gum and then switch over to Candibactin AR/BR and take those until they are gone.  Clearly I'm not done yet.

This should be fun.  A friend of mine tried it and ended up puking her guts out.  If you are going to try this, start slow, don't down a full tsp of guar gum the first go around.

Breakfast, 3pm, Bedtime (from Mona Morstein in the SIBO Symposium Clinical Pearls)

1 tsp guar gum in 8 oz of water

Rifaximin

Allicin (I don't have Neomycin and don't want to acquire any)

I'll start this Monday since we are going camping this weekend, likely in rain.  Stay tuned!