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To all my fellow dry eye sufferers. I wish you good eye health. I am back after maybe three or four years since my last post. A lot of things have happened in my life during this time. Some of them actually very difficult. Fortunately, I have been able to overcome once more and again I would like to share the wisdom that I found in this experience.
For those friends that do not know my story, I had LASIK surgery back in 1997. I did not develop dry eye syndrome until 2004. Then for about 9 years this went into remission because I went on a quest to control a terrible yeast infection that was contributing to chronic inflammation and therefore, dry eyes.
Well a lot of things I came to understand these last two years. By December 2013, again I developed the WORST episode of dry eye in my life!! Coupled with that, I started developing dry mouth too. I figured that I had Sjogrens. But after test, after test, and more test, everything was inconclusive! The only symptom: CHRONIC INFLAMMATION!! The interesting thing was I started noticing that the inflammation would get worse after eating certain foods.
Everyday the food intolerances got worse, no allergy markers, no definite inflammation markers other than an inverted relationship of the white blood cell count, biopsies indicating chronic inflammation and just a sense of tiredness, discomfort, and general pain. I couldn´t explain what was going on, in fact some doctors started saying that it was all in my head. Nevertheless my dry eyes got worse and worse and my digestive issues and food intolerances got to the point that I couldn't eat ANYTHING!!! as I also developed histamine intolerance. I got to the point that I could only drink essential shakes.
At my wits end and thinking I was going to loose my mind and/or die, I found a doctor that did a test on me and explained how autoimmune diseases function. They begin in your gut, with high porosity of the small intestine (leaky gut) as molecules of partially digested food make it to your blood stream, your immune system believes it is a pathogen and attacks it with INFLAMMATION!! This is the first step into a fully declared autoimmune disease. So even though I did not have a diagnose for Sjogrens I had all of the symptoms.
First step into my recovery: Fecal microbiota transplants. I sounds grouse but it was necessary since I had a profound gut dysbiosis contributing to my inflammation. I was fortunate to be able to get a donor here in Panama, Central America. I got twelve transplants.
Second: once my gut flora was better; low dose naltrexone to be able to cope with the inflammation.
Third: once I overcame histamine intolerance; massive loads of fermented foods and probiotics!
Fourth: helminthic therapy (this is experimental--you have to judge for yourself).
I share this experience now after proving that it really worked for me and after recovering enough health to be able to regain my normal activities. I hope this helps anyone that is reading this and is desperate to regain their live back.
Big hugs and kisses
Jessica
For those friends that do not know my story, I had LASIK surgery back in 1997. I did not develop dry eye syndrome until 2004. Then for about 9 years this went into remission because I went on a quest to control a terrible yeast infection that was contributing to chronic inflammation and therefore, dry eyes.
Well a lot of things I came to understand these last two years. By December 2013, again I developed the WORST episode of dry eye in my life!! Coupled with that, I started developing dry mouth too. I figured that I had Sjogrens. But after test, after test, and more test, everything was inconclusive! The only symptom: CHRONIC INFLAMMATION!! The interesting thing was I started noticing that the inflammation would get worse after eating certain foods.
Everyday the food intolerances got worse, no allergy markers, no definite inflammation markers other than an inverted relationship of the white blood cell count, biopsies indicating chronic inflammation and just a sense of tiredness, discomfort, and general pain. I couldn´t explain what was going on, in fact some doctors started saying that it was all in my head. Nevertheless my dry eyes got worse and worse and my digestive issues and food intolerances got to the point that I couldn't eat ANYTHING!!! as I also developed histamine intolerance. I got to the point that I could only drink essential shakes.
At my wits end and thinking I was going to loose my mind and/or die, I found a doctor that did a test on me and explained how autoimmune diseases function. They begin in your gut, with high porosity of the small intestine (leaky gut) as molecules of partially digested food make it to your blood stream, your immune system believes it is a pathogen and attacks it with INFLAMMATION!! This is the first step into a fully declared autoimmune disease. So even though I did not have a diagnose for Sjogrens I had all of the symptoms.
First step into my recovery: Fecal microbiota transplants. I sounds grouse but it was necessary since I had a profound gut dysbiosis contributing to my inflammation. I was fortunate to be able to get a donor here in Panama, Central America. I got twelve transplants.
Second: once my gut flora was better; low dose naltrexone to be able to cope with the inflammation.
Third: once I overcame histamine intolerance; massive loads of fermented foods and probiotics!
Fourth: helminthic therapy (this is experimental--you have to judge for yourself).
I share this experience now after proving that it really worked for me and after recovering enough health to be able to regain my normal activities. I hope this helps anyone that is reading this and is desperate to regain their live back.
Big hugs and kisses
Jessica
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