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Posted 12/31/2013 12:05 AM (GMT 0)
Did the WOO help with urgency and D? Just would like to know if those taking it are continuing to do well, how much they are taking and what symptoms are being helped.
Posted 12/31/2013 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
I wasn't having d or urgency when I started WOO so I can't answer your question. I took it for five weeks, working my way up to 10 drops a day. I came off of it without any issues at all, although I took a couple of drops tonight, my children and husbands have a cold and don't need any more of those this year!
Posted 12/31/2013 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
i've only noticed oregano oil helping with gas and bloating. it had no effect on my other symptoms.
Posted 12/31/2013 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
I'm taking it oregano oil by capsule daily but did not have D, urgency was just a sometime thing. But...it really seems to have eliminated my last symptoms and makes my gut more normal than in the last 13 years. Keeping a low carb, gluten-free diet is also important for my guts happiness.

I started a while back trying the liquid drops of wild oregano 89% carvacrol in a tsp of olive oil. This was good to start but every 5 days or so my gut would go into IBS-mode of multiple BM's (perfect looking stools!) which was exhausting. Kept trying different doses but couldn't get it right so I ordered the Orega-Supreme pills that someone here takes (CanadaMark). Supplement is only available from Canada haha. I take one liquid capsule a day usually around dinner. Tried 2 a day and had the gut meltdown again. (CMark takes 3 a day)

Along with the Orega-Supreme I also take a morning probiotic L. reuterii "Pearls" (Amazon). I figure the reuterii adds good biotics and the Orega-Supreme acts as a natural antibiotic (but I think I read research that it doesn't kill some of the good guys).

I'll continue taking them both.

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 1/1/2014 2:38:37 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/31/2013 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
Well for me I still take it - 3 capsules a day of Orega-Supreme. I have to update my signature though. I was just trying to decide what to do because I have been taking it for quite some time now.

Once I tapered all the way off pred I did see the return of minor blood (very, very minor) and a bit of mucus. This resolved by going gluten free all the time and SCD as much as possible. This plus the WOO/Thyme and Imuran (150mg/Day) seem to keep me in pretty darn good shape.

So for me the WOO/Thyme got rid of the blood, and reduced urgency. It didn't always make for perfect stool though.

Also the other day I added resistant starch (bob's potato starch) from the health store. 1 teaspoon in the am and one in the evening. So far this plus the above has made some serious positive changes. No mucus or blood and always formed stool for the last two days. Hopefully it will continue. Oh and minimal to zero urgency as well. I think the resistant starch had the biggest influence on urgency so far - even though it's been a short time but the change was quick.

Just trying to figure out when I should drop/reduce the WOO/Thyme.

Also I take Reuteri as well which seems to help.

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 12/30/2013 7:27:04 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/1/2014 6:52 PM (GMT 0)
I'm on saloalk tablets, but it seems to be making the bleeding worse. I did try a couple of months ago (before I went on meds) taking WOO and primadolphilus reuteri, but man did that combination have me running to the washroom, LOTS of B, and Mucus… Im thinking it was the reuteri. Im debating trying out the WOO again for a couple of days but without the Reuteri… the thing is I am on salofalk tablets right now.. anybody have any idea if this is safe to do while on meds?
Posted 1/1/2014 8:24 PM (GMT 0)
For Canada Mark How. Do you eat 1 teaspoon of Bobs Potato starch?
I have a bag not sure how to use it .thanks
Posted 1/2/2014 2:09 AM (GMT 0)
@Maria - I think in some Reuteri can cause that... I know I had the umm runs for a bit for the first few days and I considered stopping but stuck it through - then all of a sudden they stopped. Always hard though to decide to stop or start something or try something again but with a little change. Can be so frustrating sometimes.

@Charlie - I was like you... in fact I still am. I just literally opened the bag and stuck a measuring scoop in there and dropped the contents into a small glass of water. Stirred it up for a few seconds and drank it. Wasn't to bad at all - it has no real taste. This morning I mixed in half gape juice/half water. Was good as well.

@anyone lol... How the heck to you guys eat these green banana's???????? Man i could barely peel mine, then I bit into it which was quite hard to do and wow... talk about a nasty taste. I consider myself quite liberal when it comes to food and tastes - but I tell ya... Green banana's suck.. like seriously suck. Anyone have a better idea for this?
Posted 1/2/2014 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
I put my green bananas in a smoothie with the potato starch (and yogurt, kefir, wheat grass powder and brown rice protein powder along with some blueberries to make it taste better). Sometimes I also add some almond milk if it looks too thick.
Posted 1/2/2014 4:00 AM (GMT 0)
@ Canada Mark- when you first started the WOO/Reuteri combo, was there a lot of blood/mucus? This is what I had alooooooot of and it scared me so I stopped it right away, but Im so desperate to have this bleeding DONE. :(
Posted 1/2/2014 1:15 PM (GMT 0)
Because I am never sure how my body will react, I started reuteri pearls two weeks before the WOO just so I could know how my body was responding to each thing. I had some issues with reuteri at first but once a week passed I was fine.
Posted 1/2/2014 5:42 PM (GMT 0)

momto2boys said...
Because I am never sure how my body will react, I started reuteri pearls two weeks before the WOO just so I could know how my body was responding to each thing. I had some issues with reuteri at first but once a week passed I was fine.

Momto2boys, what kind of issues were u having? Sorry Im just trying to get as much info as I can from people who had reactions to it, but stuck with it so that it'll help me better decide if its something I want to try again. When I was runnig to the washroom and letting out a lot of B and M, it just brought me so down feeling that I had just taken 10 steps back in my recovery…
Posted 1/2/2014 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
@Maria - No I started WOO and Reuteri when I was on both Prednisone and Imuran so there was only very minor blood/mucus. When I added the WOO/Thyme Oil and Reuteri at this point all blood went away very fast and the mucus as well but took a few days.

Do you have Ulcertive Colitis? or more something like Crohns-Colitis or one of these type versions. It's just that I have noticed that people with diagnosed Ulcerative Colitis don't seem to have a lot of luck with the WOO/Reuteri. I know quite a few have tried, but I have not read of a lot of success unfortunately which really sucks.

Hopefully someone with UC that has tried this can speak up and say if they found success (or didn't have success).
Posted 1/2/2014 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
@maria - Have you tried adding potato starch or resistant starch? It seems a few with Ulcerative Colitis have had some success with this - usually combined with meds I think as well. Perhaps you could try this along with WOO.
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