Mum's back is getting better! She's showing no signs of taking it easy though so I hope it doesn't go again.

This morning Susan went over my OAT with me. She taught me all about the oxidative stress/glutathione/b6 pattern. I will have to look over my notes and try to decipher it another time, right now I am too tired to wrap my brain around it..not to mention I am dumping pretty hard right now. 

I have to take reduced glutathione, B6 in the forms pyridoxine and P5P to a total of about 580mg a day (10mg per kg of body weight) in order to 'get out' of oxidative stress, allithiamine (Vit B1- to assist in the proper metabolism of a higher meat diet and prevent protein/meat(?) from being converted to oxalate, a lot of biotin (probably around 20mg a day), enzyme CoQ10 and maybe some msm sulfur but I am a bit scared of that one just yet. 

I have no idea how I am going to increase to that amount of B6. Right now..I'm taking 50mg and dumping with minor rashes, GI distress, insomnia, ravenous hunger, mood swings, depression etc.. I have a feeling though, that I am not getting myself out of oxidative stress enough. What I think might be happening is that the B6 is helping me to dump some but I am continuing to make endogenous oxalate, so I have oxalate production coupled with oxalate dumping and it's making me feel even more lousy. 

Although, when I stop making endogenous oxalate I know I will dump a tonne of stored stuff from all this time in oxidative stress. And that in itself is going to put me in more oxidative stress and will be counterproductive. Step in biotin. This is meant to be the lifesaver..along with all the other antioxidants that will be helping me reduce the oxidative stress caused by dumping. Phew!

In other news, I LOVE yoga. I've have done 20 mins of hatha every day for about a week and my body is feeling so much stronger now that I am doing it regularly instead of once a week (which I've been doing for about a year). Why didn't I do this sooner? I also go for 20 minute brisk walks every 2nd day or so. I won't brisk walk if I don't feel up to it, which has been lately with the dumping...I'll just go for a steady 15 minute walk.

The past 3 days have been pretty good. I have started exercising a lot more. I go for a dog walk (brisk pace) for about 20 minutes, and do about 15 minutes of yoga most days. In addition to being on my feet all day unless I'm at work, which is 3 days a week on average.
I feel better when I exercise, and I noticed something different about how my body responds now. I feel BETTER now, not tired and unbalanced. Oh and the weird ticks in my muscles have gone too- I use to get them even after a 20 minute walk in my legs like little muscles twitching.

Today I am quite tired. I woke up at 2.30am with insomnia and ravenous hunger from dumping. I probably also didn't eat enough yesterday. I didn't get back to sleep..wasn't tired. It was from dumping, so my gut has been a bit of a mess today and my head a bit foggy.

My mum tore a disc in her back so I have been running around like a madman accomplishing her duties (pets, household chores, food shopping, taking her to appointments). I made her a smoothie this morning because she was too nauseous to eat her muesli with milk, yoghurt, chia seeds, banana, coconut oil and dates. Without thinking I licked the spatula I used..I must have been feeling pretty normal to forget that I can't tolerate most of those things (I even gave up ghee over 6 months ago). Well..no reaction that I can sense so far and that was 8 hours ago! I have been giving her cod liver oil, calcium, magnesium and b-vitamins to take. Last night I gave her some MSM powder and gulcosamine. She woke up with a splitting migraine and excruciating back pain.
I actually think the MSM caused the migraine. It's such a strong detoxifier and my mum shows signs of candida/less than optimal health (doesn't everyone?!).
Regardless, at 4pm she is feeling much better and can laugh without it hurting! Yay! I think she will be fine. I *know* the supplements are helping her. She felt a lot better after the smoothie too. Coconut oil magic.  

Well hooray, basmati rice went down a lot better than medium-grain. In fact I don't think I had much trouble with it at all. I still only want to have it on occasion though, maybe once a week. I also didn't have any supplements yesterday when I tested it..maybe that has something to do with it?
I'm just getting over the remnants of my cat encounter. This house is very allergenic though, so when I walk in my nostrils get tight and I get a parched throat. All things I'm hoping will heal.
Summer is finally approaching. Last night and this morning it was hot. Today I have some study to do, uni tomorow and work the next day.
Yesterday I had work and came home feeling a bit low, the customers were rough and I was dumping all day. It was one of those 'why am I still working here again?' days.. Only 2 shifts next week though! I have been applying elsewhere..kind of.