Month 1, Day 13

Bloody Stools!

Really intense too.  So, I'm either thinking that I've been eating too many Goji berries and that is coloring everything, the goji berries are putting too much fiber in my diet and causing bleeding, the INH is causing the bleeding, or my probiotic has stopped working.

I'll need to try:

1. A new probiotic.  Just not satisfied with the one I have (New Chapter Dairy free)
2. Reducing the amount of Goji berries I take every day (Right now about 1 cup per day)
3. Cleaning up the diet a bit.  I've been eating fake cheeses (soy and almond), fake milks, rice flour breads, etc.  I think I'll go back to whole grains, fruits, veges and nuts.

I know that Bloody stools are possibly one of the side effects of INH.  If it continues, or gets worse, I'll want probably call public health.

Month 1, Day 11

I wanted a Beer last night so bad...Hard to remember when you're in the midst of good music, dancing and love that I'm trying to avoid alcohol. 

Either way - got home so tired, took my pill then crawled into bed.  I could have sworn that as I was dropping off to sleep my lips went numb.  Since I didn't really have a good handle on reality at that point, I am not going to put it down as a symptom...but I'll try to make sure I look for that again!

My probiotic isn't working that well.  I bought a dairy-free version that doesn't list how many live cultures are in it.  I may need to go back and purchase one that has some dairy just to get a higher strength.  By the way, if you don't know how I know they aren't working, um, well, it's because I have more diarrhea than usual.  I'm not going to go into a whole poop diagnosis, but antibiotics tend to kill your friendly bacteria in the intestines.  Symptoms of this can include cramping, diarrhea and gas.  One way to offset this is to replace the friendly bacteria through supplementation - probiotics!

Month 1 - Day 4

Felt great this morning. 1 side-effect, diarrhea - ick. Luckily, I just bought from the store yesterday a hardy probiotic (acidopholis/lactobacillus friendly bacteria mix). Antibiotics usually kill friendly bacteria in your colon leading to symptoms like gas, diarrhea, etc. So this morning I took my probiotic 20 min before breakfast.

Drank 32 oz of water first thing.

B - Cut up banana, raw almonds, dried strawberries, hemp seed and coconut milk
S - Carrots and hummus
L - Salad and dressing
S - Banana chips (a lot)
D -Butternut squash soup with cauliflower, chocolate brittle

By the way, I love chocolate, so need to make a healthy, yummy alternative to the chocolate you usually buy...

So, here's what I do:

1/2c Coconut oil
1/2c maple syrup
1/2c cocoa powder
dash of vanilla
1/2c chopped almonds

Blend the top 4 ingredients until smooth, then add in almonds. Smooth it onto some plastic wrap and let it harden in the freezer.

It tastes like fudge, is raw and healthy!

Pill:
Totally forgot - woke up at 5am and remembered...will talk about on next post.