End of Week 3

 Title : Update : Week #

Protocol Stage & Name
Bill Thompsom's Candida Protocol - Week 3.
I swear i thought i was on week 2, but I'll attribute the confusion to the brainfog.

• Sunday - rest, but still take lugols
• Monday - gum turpentine with honey, followed with chlorella. I prefer this over the castor oil + gum turps, honestly. I also take lugol's iodine, and alkalize, but as for which drinks I use, that's still a mess unto itself.
• Tuesdays, Thursday, and Saturday - I take lugol's iodine, castor oil + gum turpentine, chlorella, alkalize
• Wednesday and Friday - are my borax water days. Lugols as usual and alkalize

I've been really weak with alkalizing, but that's not without effort on my part. When I alkalize, I feel worse, so I'm alkalizing when I can stomach it. On that note, I'm not taking any of the "add baking soda till it stops fizzing" because .. no. I thought I disliked the castor oil, but no, its the "add baking soda till it stops fizzing" drink that I hate most out of the entire system. There is no way I can do that, not even in small increments. It's just revolting, and I have yet to find any other person mention taking this particular drink to alkalize in this specific way. Imagine 9.5 teaspoons of baking soda in a glass of water to drink?!

Right. Moving on


Physical Symptoms Endured:
The usual cramping during the turpentine days, but more when its accompanied with the castor oil. I also tend to deposit in the toilet 3-4x an hour after eating. It's all liquid though. Sometimes purely liquid with some solids afterward. That's the norm for me. Sometimes, I get cold and or fall asleep for 1-3 hours if I had difficulty digesting a meal. Not much to complain about on my right leg though (the one with the tenderness / itchiness on the back of my knee and inner thigh - and no , its not a rash.)


Emotional Symptoms Endured:
Arousal state. I think this is because I'm PMSing. I've been told that I can be really mean when I am PMSing and not on iodine. So far I don't seem overly aggressive. Thank you, iodine? I guess roomate will let me know soon.


Assorted Details:
I need to reorder some supplies. My first re-order of the year. I'll list them out after roomie helps me sort it.


Hardest Parts: 

• Thinking. Seriously, sometimes the brain fog is just exhausting as well as frustrating. 
• Squeezing all the drinks together
• Bloat - but the good news is that I have been heating earlier (before 7 is where I'm at vs 9pm at night) and I want to try to aim for 5:30-6:00pm. I already tend to not eat till 8-9am. I'd like to make that 9-10am but I dont think that will work on the schedule. Maybe I can do it once a week at least? I read that this puts our body into healing mode at night vs struggling to digest. I have found that it works and has lessened the bloat, so I want to keep at it. This is a new deviation for me. In the book example, she eats dinner at 8:30pm at night - which is what I used to do too,

Week # End : Current Symptoms

• Leg issue returned - right leg, again.
  • Occasional itchiness on the inner thigh
  • itchiness behind the knee, left side of it then right side today. Still feels 'congested' around and inside the knee. Inflammation maybe?

I should mention that i still have normal candida symptoms like bitter taste, vaginal discharge, brain fog, so I'm not jotting these down atm as current symptoms. Maybe I should? I'll think about it. Today is a castor oil/ turpentine day and they're always the most taxing on me. I had been wanting to update for a while and I think this might be all i can manage today.

I feel like I want to do more dotox and liver/kidney support. I wonder what else I can do?

Note to Self

Find local chicken feet. Seriously.