This will be a short post.... but again, this has been a glorious week! I'm still having solid stools, and almost not cramping, mucus, or urgency. The only difference between my current bowel movements and what I remember them to be before I got sick is that when I have to go, I have to go soon (like within 1 or 2 minutes -- which is a great improvement over the 5 second dash to the toilet I was doing a couple weeks ago). And, I have a little bit of mucus and a little bit of cramping sometimes, but not always.
I'm down to 10mg daily of prednisone. Each time I drop my dose, I get a little blood in my stool for a couple of days, but then it goes away.
I'm doing GREAT!
My little friends are helminths! Helminthic therapy is the controlled introduction of small doses therapeutic intestinal parasites for the purpose of modulating the human autoimmune system. This blog tracks my progress, starting with my inoculation on May 18, 2011 at the Worm Therapy Clinic in Tijuana, Mexico.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Week 2
June 1, 2011
This is the end of Week 2 and what a wonderful week this has been! I have been having solid stools, and almost non-existent cramping, AND over the last two weeks I have been able to drop my prednisone from 25mg per day, down to 15mg per day!
I've had a couple small episodes of gasiness or bloating, but otherwise, I'm doing better than I have in 6 months.
I'm told by other helminthic users that this is called the "worm bump" and that it is temporary. The "worm bump" is a temporary decrease in disease symptoms while the little baby wormies are getting settled in. At about 30 days, I should expect the "worm flu." That would be when the worms are maturing and my body starts to be unhappy about that....
However, some people turn out to be what we call "super responders." They are people who just get well quickly and easily on this therapy. I'm hoping to be one of those. :-)
If not, I'm told to expect a slow improvement over about 6 months from the time "worm flu" hits.
This is the end of Week 2 and what a wonderful week this has been! I have been having solid stools, and almost non-existent cramping, AND over the last two weeks I have been able to drop my prednisone from 25mg per day, down to 15mg per day!
I've had a couple small episodes of gasiness or bloating, but otherwise, I'm doing better than I have in 6 months.
I'm told by other helminthic users that this is called the "worm bump" and that it is temporary. The "worm bump" is a temporary decrease in disease symptoms while the little baby wormies are getting settled in. At about 30 days, I should expect the "worm flu." That would be when the worms are maturing and my body starts to be unhappy about that....
However, some people turn out to be what we call "super responders." They are people who just get well quickly and easily on this therapy. I'm hoping to be one of those. :-)
If not, I'm told to expect a slow improvement over about 6 months from the time "worm flu" hits.
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