My test results

Seems like you got a lot of really good information, PK!! Congrats on that!

You may need to start digestive enzymes - there's lots of choices, and some work for some people, but not for others.

Digestive enzymes can also help with digesting fats better too.

Looks like you may need to either add in another probiotic or switch to a different brand to get more strains of beneficial bacteria into your gut. I prefer kefir, but there are lots of probiotics to choose from.

I'll be interested to find out what changes your doctor has you make!

Kefir will continue, along with a digestive enzymes Creon, as a trial, and then to try theragest (lipase 9000 USP, protease 60,000 USP and amylase 60,000) and 2 probiotics TruBifidopro and probiophage df

I was very surprised at the adrenal test. Well at least I know they are working 😏

Adrenal results sound pretty good PK! Protect them and love them. ;)

Good luck on the GI issues… it can be a maze. I echo PeteZa's suggestion of bone broth… do everything you can to soothe, heal, repair. I had to stop treatment for a couple months to make any progress but I had considerable damage.

-p

Well, the good thing is your adrenals look like they're functioning good!


Is this a Lyme Literate Dr. who tested you for these?

Diet for repair is so hard because you're challenged three times a day, every day, to plan ahead, to be specific, strict, creative, appetizing. I failed most of the time and just didn't eat - I don't recommend that.

I generally dumbed everything down:
- I stopped taking probiotics and enzymes and fermented foods (only because I didn't know what was/wasn't working and couldn't get y/f identified and didn't want to risk anything complicating the goal)
- I stopped binders at first, too, but they generally kept me regular, which became pretty important to healing gut so I switched from charcoal to bentonite clay with lots of water
- reduced meals to grazing throughout the day - this was weird at first but helped limit the struggle with digesting.
- no grains, no fruits, obviously no sugars or simple carbs, nothing that was hard to digest or compatible w/ y/f
- Salads were too much roughage - too rough on the raw GI, also stopped eating legumes, hummus (my main diet staples)
- stuck to broths, pureed veggie soups you can buy in the cartons, small simple meals.
- And to boost calories and nutrients I also got some medicated food powder from my gastroenterologist and I alternated between almond milk or coconut milk. It also had healing properties I probably can't articulate. He gave me a couple other powders to add to it but I don't remember what they were - healing stuff.
- Then I slowly would eat 2-3 oz of chicken or salmon, but not much in the beginning.
- Go as organic and GMO-free as you can.
- I drank aloe vera juice.

All-in-all, it just took time and patience.

-p

"My adrenal function is middle of the high range in the morning, then around noon a very steady, sharp decline to near normal at 10pm. Don't have the actual numbers yet but I saw the diagram."

Sorry - I misinterpreted them...I was thinking middle of range (not 'high' range)...so you are high in the morning - higher than they should be in the morning.

So, they do need to be 'calmed' down some.