I am now on a radical new diet: paleo. Basically I'm now eating what cave men did: lots of meat, salads, veggies, and fruit. What I'm not eating is basically everything else: dairy, bread, processed foods, peanuts, grains, and potatoes. It's been a challenge to say the least, but I'm pretty motivated to start feeling better.
The pain is still an issue. I think there was about a 20% pain reduction after my treatment. So now the really bad pain is only like a 6, instead of a 10. I will receive another treatment in 2 weeks and am hopeful for another reduction in pain.
The frequency of my bowl movements continue to be a problem. The new diet was supposed to help, but hasn't slowed things down to the point that its comfortable. It is also very unpredictable when a bathroom trip will be 5 minutes or 2 hours. Or when exactly a long bathroom trip will hit. For example, last weekend I was great on Friday and most of Saturday. But then Monday and Tuesday of this week, I spent almost 4 hours each day in the bathroom. Hard to plan a life when I feel chained to a bathroom for the better part of a day.
So that's where things are today. There is improvement, but I'm not 100%. While having coffee at Starbucks this morning, I had to potty 3 times in 40 minutes. Then nothing for several hours. Then another hour in the bathroom this afternoon. Not much pain, but it seems there is always always always a feeling of needing to poop. Sometimes I'll go 10, 12, maybe 24 hours without any problems. Then for a day or two it's a train wreck. Repeat.
Thanks for reading through all of that. I like to try and keep my readers and prayer warriors updated on how things are. Look for another update in a few weeks after my next treatment.
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