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After 2 years of treatment with Matia and a break from the diet, I decided to seek treatment with a local practitioner who focuses more on digestive issues. My bladder feels pretty good on a daily basis, but I’m still having problems with my digestion and bloating. At this point, I wanted to do some testing to see what’s really going on inside of me.

I had the full CDSA (Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis) 2.0 test by Genova Labs done. The results were not actually all that surprising to me, though I did rule out some things I had been curious about and confirm that some of what I’ve been doing is working. The good news is that my basic digestive function is fine and I came up negative for parasites. I also had good levels of healthy bacteria (those Natren probiotics have been working) but came up positive for yeast. Surprise, surprise…after 2 years I still haven’t gotten rid of the nasty little bastards.

So, with the help of the new doctor, I have a new treatment plan that addresses not only the bacterial imbalance in my gut, but also incorporates a plan to heal my intestines with supplements and by eliminating foods to which I’m allergic.

With my previous diet, I was still allowed to eat spelt, kamut, and bread occasionally as well as yogurt and cheese. Through muscle testing, my new doctor has established that all gluten and dairy products are allergens for me, at least for now. So perhaps part of the reason my intestines weren’t healing was because I was still irritating them no matter how strict my diet was otherwise.

In addition to eliminating those foods (as well as alcohol, other fermented foods, and of course limiting sugar), I’m taking quercetin for inflammation, l-glutamine to help heal the small intestine, and a pharmaceutical grade IgG supplement (similar to colostrum) also to promote healing. To kill the yeast, we’re using garlic, which tested as a “high inhibitor” on the CDSA sensitivity panel, and is also something I haven’t tried yet. Don’t ask me how much this all cost. Ugh. I’ve got my fingers crossed that it works.