And medicine finds nothing

[oroight]

[QUOTE=RoadRaven]

Welcome to the forums, oroight
You road race?

Thanks RoadRaven
Nah l dont race,
but l wish l had the road skills to try it!! l bet its a buzz Whats it like??

[Irulan]

Hi, ladies! my friend went to see the same the "naturopath" for a treatment and they talked about me some. my friend told her how I'd stopped on the ginger tea and that I think I may be allergic. when the lady heard it burns, she thought....maybe I'm forming an ulcer.
~T~

a medical "professional" is discussion your condition with someone else?
shocking.

~irulan

[RoadRaven]

[QUOTE=oroight]

Thanks RoadRaven
Nah l dont race,
but l wish l had the road skills to try it!! l bet its a buzz Whats it like??

Ah... I thought you must do some racing cause you said you had dropped out of two... did you mean mountain bike events?

I have only been in fun rides as far as organised events go. Its a lot of fun, and the most recent one was a real rush cause I was aiming to do a resonable time.
I'm currently aiming for a place in the 50km event near the end of the year but that may be ambitious. There are also some local time trials I want to do well in around the same time. I love going fast on the road - its best when I am hitting near the speed limit in town - car drivers look surprised!

[LBTC]

a medical "professional" is discussion your condition with someone else?
shocking.

yeah, it could be considered that. I'm not that worried about that stuff, and my friend asked me if it was okay to talk about it, first....
In fairness, the "naturopath" suggested I call her, which I"m actually not going to do. I have another touch for health treatment scheduled with her, but the cranial sacral treatment I just had was soooooooooo much better, that I am thinking of cancelling that. On the other hand the "naturopath" also does colonics....I'm thinking I might try that. Have any of you had that done before? I don't know what to expect, but I think it might be good for me....

the word my massage / cranial sacral therapist used for my digestion was "sluggish". From my perspective that seems pretty accurate. A colonic might be just the ticket, no? Hey, what the heck, Madonna swears by them!

Namaste,
~T~

[oroight]

[QUOTE=RoadRaven]

Ah... I thought you must do some racing cause you said you had dropped out of two... did you mean mountain bike events?

R/R me thinks youve mixed me up with someone else!!

I have only been in fun rides as far as organised events go. Its a lot of fun, and the most recent one was a real rush cause I was aiming to do a resonable time.
Yeah lve onlydone "fun"rides,but somehow they end up competative too,the wannabe racer in me surfaces!

I'm currently aiming for a place in the 50km event near the end of the year but that may be ambitious.
Good luck, what sort of speed will you have to maintain to come in placed? Is that a speed or endurance race ?
There are also some local time trials I want to do well in around the same time. I love going fast on the road - its best when I am hitting near the speed limit in town - car drivers look surprised!

Watch out you may get a speeding ticket!!!!
ciao J

[RoadRaven]

Um, oroight... I haven't mixed you up... this is what you wrote on Page 2 of this thread...

06-04-2005 08:44 PM
Well, I've had very few rides in the last few weeks. I've dropped out of the two races I was going to do.

Sry if I confused us over misunderstanding somehow...

To come in placed for my category I will have to average at least 34km per hour... at the moment I do an average of somewhere between 28 and 30km per hour over a distance of 30km. So have to keep lifting the pace a little...

[oroight]

Thats cool Road raven, no worries,
Arrh........ l see what lve done,lve quoted LBTC accidently!!

28 -30km over 30kms is a good speed from what l can tell.
lm hoping to be able to do that.

lve only just purchased my own odometer for road bike and am just now getting an idea what speeds lve been travelling!!
Now l can keep a constant speed when lm at the front!!!

Will you have to keep something for the sprint home?

[trigurl]

LBTC, one thing I found out I have troubles with - maybe/maybe not allergic to - is flour! For several years after I ate I would feel really bloated, I was either taking immodium, gas-x or some type of laxative (after the immodium ) When I went on Atkins ALL that went away after a couple of weeks! I felt better than I had in years, I have since added wheat flour back and occasionally white- but not much, and I don't have the problem anymore. Atkins says that the yeast in breads can give you a yeast infection in your stomach (I believe that was where), I haven't read that part of the book in a while, but I am quite sure that the bread is what did it to me, I since am having problems after eating meats, not bad, but enough to notice, but dang if I am giving up my meats.

And that euphoric feeling you get could be the MSG! I can't handle that it makes me feel really funny and my jaws hurt

How is it going w/o ginger?

[LBTC]

Hey, trigurl. Thanks for the ideas. Actually, my diet is pretty low in flour, especially white flour. I haven't eaten white bread in I-don't-know-how-long, my famous banana bread is very low in unbleached flour, has more whole wheat flour in it, I very rarely eat bread, the wraps I buy use sprouted wheat, etc, etc, if I have a problem with flour, it probably would not be showing! heehee.

Without ginger is going very well! Aside from the usual work issues bringing me down a bit, I haven't felt this good in ages!! I admit, though, that I haven't done a serious training ride yet...that will really be telling, I'm sure!

Interesting idea about the MSG. However, Chinese food never makes me feel euphoric. Only Thai. And I've eaten packaged and canned soups that had MSG, and never had that euphoric feeling. heehee. I kind of like, it, so I hope it's not the MSG!

As for your difficulty with digestion, maybe take a look at the symptoms of peptic ulcer. I was quite surprised. I've also integrated chewable DGL (extract of licorice root) and am very impressed with my digestive abilities!!! I've only used the stuff sporadically (I haven't remembered at every meal) since Saturday and I'm amazed at how much difference it has made!! Licorice is very calming for the digestive system, so it doesn't surprise me me much that it works, just that it works so well!! Maybe it would be a good thing for you to try, so you can continue to enjoy your meat!!

Thanks again for the tips and the concern,

Namaste,
~T~

[trigurl]

I will ahve to look at DGL, I love licorice!

[LBTC]

wow, thank you Road Raven! So far, everyone I talk to says the same thing "I've never heard of that" and a few others comment on the irony of it! hahahaha

another's experience would be interesting to hear about! thank you!

btw, still feeling grand! horrible day at work, poor food, not well timed. the "ulcer" (if that's what it was) is not bothering me, even without regularly taking the DGL. The DGL does seem helpful, but it almost seemed like I just needed it for a couple of days. I'll probably take it before a few more meals before I try a day without it, too.

Hey, I *am* tired, but I still have better energy than I have in a long time! yahoo!!

too bad we had that massive downpour and the extra 45 minutes at work. I missed the ride with the gang. ah, well, there will be more opportunities to ride.

thanks again and Namaste,
~T~

[oroight]

Glad to hear your still feeling good LBTC,If you get bored with licorice tea then peppermint tea is also a good calming digestive aid,and it smells great too!

[oroight]

Road raven my sprint home is usually dictated by a toiletry need !!.Its all that water! Is 'go the distance' Is this a road bike movie ? would it be for for rent at video shop? We've lizzies birthday long weekend public hol here,and l could do with a good dvd.
Have you seen "Hell on 2 wheels"? Gee those TDF guys work hard, and the french public going nuts esp up alp d"huez !!
ALLEZ ALLEZ !!

[bouncybouncy]

LBTC...My cousins little boy and my boss both have celiac...my boss (like Corsair) seems to be allergic to everything (rice, potatoes, soy, garlic, onions....) She & my cousin have severe reactions to gluten and you would not believe how many products it is in...carmel and even carmel coloring!!! Like yellow says...it does take alot of patience but recognition of food allergies seems to be getting better...we have several restaurants in our area that will make gluten free meals (italian ones for that matter)!!! My boss even makes her own "un-cheese" cause she doesn't digest lactose very well...

http://www.veganessentials.com/catal...-stepaniak.htm

and they both subscribe to a food-allergy type magazine...

http://www.livingwithout.com/

I am not sure about all of this concerning your active lifestyle (my boss is older and not active and my cousins kid is 4 with diabetes {a whole 'nother issue}) I have learned ALOT about food sensitivities because of these two and I know there is more info out there than you can shake a stick at!!!

Good Luck and remember...your body is your engine...take care of it!!!

[wabisabi]

I have a kind of colitis where the villi in the gut are compromised and don't work the way they are supposed to. This can make me really tired periodically and I just have to crash for a while.

One of the likely causes please note, is ibuprophen and other NSAIDS that can cause this to happen, so, everyone, be judicious in you use of I. I am allergic to so many things--soy, wheat, other grains, eggs--and actually have a dr. visit today to probably go to drugs. I am disappointed, as I have been hoping to deal with it with alternative treatments, which help for a while, but ultimately don't seem to heal the underlyingproblem.