It IS SIBO.......

"Go gently through this day,

keeping your eyes on Me. 

I will open up the way before you,

as you take steps of trust along your path."

From Jesus Calling

by Sarah Young

So, this was in my devotional reading this morning.  I am so loving this devotional.  So intimate and so on the money so often. 

I guess "so" is the word of the hour.  :-)

Well, my appointment in Portland today was amazing.  Dr. Allison Siebecker, who specializes in and devotes her practice to SIBO, confirmed that it IS SIBO.  She considers the test results accurate and classifies my case as moderate to severe.

We spent an hour together, and the Lord so totally empowered me to communicate a ton of information clearly and concisely and in rapid fire order.  Yesterday I could hardly think or articulate at all.  She listened well, is a delightfully interactive person, respectful of the work I've done on my own health, is compassionate and available.

She was able to work through a treatment plan/protocol with me.  There are a few different ways to treat it, and she was so helpful in determining the best one for who I am and how my body reacts to everything that goes into it.  A course of natural antibiotics comes first, with follow up in a month or so.  She was also able to help me understand the diet I need to follow.  There is a lot of information out there that doesn't always agree.  Her research has been instrumental in determining a more complete picture of what works and what doesn't.  She was also able to recommend some things to help get calories into me and hopefully stop the weight loss.  It will take a few days for things I've ordered to arrive and enable me to get started, but I am hopeful in a way that has been a long time in coming.

My hope is always in the Lord, and at the same time He, in His mercy and grace, has also given me some hope through the work and research of Dr. Siebecker, which seems to be about to help at least some of this long-standing problem I've had.  And I am grateful.

Thanks for praying.  I'll be updating as I go through the treatment phase.  It can be pretty brutal.  The die-off of the bacterial overgrowth will make me sick and tired, but at least I know that there will be purpose in it.

Bless each one of you.  I so felt your prayers today.  It was amazing.