Bowel Transit Test

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As many of you know,  I have been having lots of problem with my stomach again. Finding a gastro doctor was the hardest part. Now that I have found a great gastro doctor its time to get nasty tests done.  The doctor I am seeing is at the Henry Ford Hospital.  We leave 3 hours away.  My gastro doctor ordered a bowel transit test. This test measures how long it takes for food to travel through the digestive tract.  She is doing tests I have never gotten done in my life.

This test requires you to swallow a capsule filled with 24 rubber band markers looking markers that show up on an x-ray.

Two weeks before Thanksgiving on a Wednesday I went to the hospital to swallow the capsule.  I instructed not to take any laxatives a week before and during the test. The doctor wants to see how your system works naturally. In five days you will return to get the x-ray.  If all twenty-four markers are still in your system they will you come back two days later.

Monday I received my first x-ray.  The nurse told me all 24 markers are in my system. Eighteen of them are still in my stomach and five of them just entered my small bowel. Because none of them passed I had to go back on Wednesday (Day before Thanksgiving).

Got up traveled three hours to get my second x-ray. The nurse they still see twenty-two rubberbands. Two are still seen in the stomach and eighteen are in a cluster in the small bowel and two are seen entering the colon. Two of them they can't find, but they don't think I passed it. They just think it just not showing up or hiding behind stool.  Colon Transit test was an easy test to do. There was no discomfort.

It will be interesting to hear what the diagnose is.

Now the next test I have to get done is Endoscopy with Camera Capsule placement and a colonoscopy

Energy Touch Healing

Healing is something I always need. I am a very spiritually opened person. Having died in 2007 which allowed me to see Heaven, my spirit guide and an angel,  I know where our souls go. You can believe what you want to believe, but I have seen it.

A friend of mine told me about this school called EnergyTouch Healing

"EnergyTouch® is an off-the-body multidimensional healing process that allows the EnergyTouch® Practitioner to access outer levels of the human energy field. It is based on the understanding that the human energy field is a dynamic system of powerful influences, in unique relationship to physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. This system consists of the field (aura), chakras (energy centers) and the energy of the organs and systems of the body.

We readily accept the many ways that our body functions and is powered by energy. Our heart beats using energy pulses. Our brain and nervous system communicates with our entire body through complex energetic pathways. Our human energy field is constantly reacting in response to the physical and emotional and spiritual needs of our body.

EnergyTouch® is distinctive in the field of energy healing in that the work takes place in a more expanded energy field allowing the practitioner to work on a cellular level. Our work includes accessing an energetic hologram of the physical body, which is a unique and vital aspect of EnergyTouch® Healing. This energetic hologram acts as a matrix connecting the energies of the outer levels of the field precisely with the physical body on a cellular level. EnergyTouch® practitioners are skillfully capable of moving fluently throughout the levels of the human energy field, to access and utilize outer level energies to clear blocks and restore function at the most basic cellular level.

Another significant focus of EnergyTouch® Healing is on the emotional and spiritual influences that may contribute to the client’s illness and subsequent recovery. EnergyTouch® healings help reveal the energetic interrelatedness of all aspects of health and wellbeing.

Facilitating the client’s connection to guidance is another essential tool to help them achieve balance and access to the personal power necessary to implement life changes and gain access to their vast healing capacity. 

EnergyTouch® has been used to support and manage conditions that are extremely challenging to the medical world. It is effective as an independent therapy and is also extremely successful as an adjunct therapy to traditional healthcare. EnergyTouch® healing is very supportive for clients in all phases of traditional medical care and treatment. Areas of particular success include, but are not limited to: Surgical Support (Pre, Intra, Post-op); Cancer Treatment and Recovery; Autoimmune Conditions; Emotional and Psychological Conditions; Infectious Disease; Pregnancy and Fertility Issues; Respiratory, Digestive, and Endocrine Conditions; and much more."

When you sign up to receive their email newsletter you get their upcoming events, such as the free healings. Free healings are for their current senior students to have a person to work on for practice.
A year ago I decided to try it out. It won't hurt to try anything to make me feel better.  The nice thing about the free healings is you are saving over $100. Practitioners can charge anywhere from $75 or more. I learned they can do the healings over the phone.

I have now done the feel healing sessions three times now.

I went in for a free healing and the student I was suppose to have work on me couldn't make it in, so I ended up with the owner of the school, Tricia Eldridge, working on me.  

Tricia Eldridge

Your EnergyTouch® practitioner requires no physical contact with you during a session. Private sessions are performed in a quiet, comfortable setting, with the client fully clothed. You will be asked to set a clear intention for your healing. Oftentimes your practitioner will talk with you while the session is in progress to explore underlying issues that may be influencing your physical or emotional health. At other times you may drift off to sleep. All work is done off the body, and yet clients often report an awareness of the work that is being performed and its location. A typical session will last approximately one hour with time available before the session to review health history, answer questions, and afterward to talk about the experience and findings of both your practitioner and yourself. The primary goal is to create an energetic and physical improved state of being on a personal level, and to begin to manifest long-standing physical results. Sessions can be done in person, or at a distance.

What to expect? 

You are given a release form to sign. The students (practitioners) come out to get you. You are taken into a quiet, comfortable setting. Usually its a large room with 12 message tables covered with comfortable clean blankets. The student practitioner discusses your medical history and what conditions you would like them to work on. For me, I asked for her to work on my Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Celiac Disease.  They turn on some very peaceful music and you crawl underneath the blankets. All of the work is done off the body and you are fully clothed. You may fall asleep during the healing session. I usually don't. I spend most of my time trying to tell myself to not think about anything.
A typical session will last approximately one hour with time available before the session to review health history, answer questions, and afterward to talk about your experiences and findings of both your practitioner and yourself.

During the session, for me, I felt a tingling sensation throughout my body. There are even times when my body felt numb. This time I even felt like I was being lifted up off from the table. Sometimes my heart sped up. I always see bright lights and colors flashing. Everyone experience the healing session differently. This session with Tricia Eldridge, I had a lot more intense feelings than from previous session with the students.

Once they are finished they give you a couple of minutes to wake up and sit up. They bring you a glass of water. While you drink the water they discuss what they worked on and answer any questions you have.

"The primary goal is to creat an energetic and physical improved state of being on a personal level, and to begin to manifest long-standing physical results." 

I haven't gotten a "long-standing physical results" because I only do the free sessions, which is two to three times a year.

If you really want to see results, like with anything, you will need to go to more than one sessions a month. At least every other week for three months and then once every three weeks. Something like that.

Usually, I feel lighter and have a lot more energy. If I could afford it I would go every other week or at least once a month, but  I can't afford it so I only do it when they have the free training session healings. 

What did I learn from Tricia Eldridge session? 

For me, she worked on my circulation. My spirit guide told her to focus on nervous system before anything else.  She was also shown I have three life contracts.  Normally a person enters into life with only one contract. Well, not me. I have three.  My first contract, should have been the only one, went into a second contract when I decided to come back after dying in 2007.  As we speak, my spirit guide told her they changing my second contract. I have a feeling I know why. I have been begging and praying I want to be done with this life. I was stupid for coming back and have learned my lesson. 

They also mentioned to her a book. I have seen 3 mediums and 2 healers and they all mention a book. I think they are telling me I should write my life experience in a book. I have started writing it, but now I am thinking I should finish it.

After your EnergyTouch session
You may experience some if not all of the following:

• A decrease or elimination of pain and other physical symptoms
• An increase in your energy level
• A deeper connection with your intuitive nature or guidance
• An increased sense of peace and ability to manage your life with greater ease. 
• An increased awareness of the emotional and spiritual components of your physical issues
• An increased ability to stay grounded and meditate
• A decrease in feeling of stress
• A decrease in symptoms of viruses bacteria and allergens. 

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This morning, the blood vampires took 15 vails of my blood. Tuesday I saw an Endocrinologist to figure out the possible reasons why I keep lose weight and irregular menstrual cycle.  She ordered blood tests to check my:

• Vitamin B12  

• Methylmalonic Acid:  This can help diagnose an early or mild vitamin b12 deficient. MMA is a substance produced in very small amounts in the body. It is necessary for metabolism and energy production.

• Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy: Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and maintain strong bones throughout your entire life.This test is the best way to monitor vitamin D levels. People who suffer from diseases  that affects the intestines such as,  Celiac Disease and Chrons Disease,  are prone to having a Vitamin D deficiency. 

• Prolactin: This is produced by the pituitary gland in the brain.Symptoms of prolactinoma in women include; unexplained headaches, visual impairment, galactorrhea, or lactation outside of childbirth or nursing, pain or discomfort during sex, abnormal growth of body and facial hair, abnormal acne. 

• Lh+FSH (FSH): Test for follicle-stimulating hormone, a hormone associated with reproduction and the development of eggs in women and sperm in men. The test may be used with other hormone tests such as luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone, estradiol, and/or progesterone to help: Determine the cause of infertility, diagnose conditions associated with dysfunctions of the ovaries aid in the diagnosis of pituitary or hypothalamus disorders, which can affect FSH production. In women, FSH levels are also useful in the investigation of menstrual irregularities, predicting onset or confirmation of menopause.

• Estradiol: It plays a role in; growth of the womb, fallopian tubes, and vagina, breast development, changes of the outer genitals, distribution of body fat. This test can check: 1. How well your ovaries, placenta, or adrenal glands work. 2. Signs of ovarian tumor. 3.  If male or female body characteristics are not developing normally. 4. If your periods have stopped.

• CBC- Complete Blood Count

• Testosterone: Testosterone is the main sex hormone in men. Although it is considered to be a “male” sex hormone, it is present in the blood of both males and females. Testosterone test may be used to help evaluate conditions such as: Delayed puberty in boys. Decreased sex drive in men and women. Erectile dysfunction in men, infertility in men and women. Hypothalamus or pituitary disorders, hirsutism and virilization in girls and women.

• Dhea-sulfate: evaluate adrenal gland function, help diagnose tumors in the outer layer of the adrenal gland and adrenal cancer.

• 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, Quantitative:  measures the amount of 17-OH progesterone. This is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands and sex glands.

• Acth, Plasma- measures the level of adrenocorticotropic hormone in the blood. It’s a hormone released from the pituitary gland in the brain. The main function of ACTH is to regulate the steroid hormone cortisol. Cortisol is released by the adrenal gland. It regulates blood pressure and blood sugar. This can help find the causes of certain hormone problems.

• Cortisol, Am:  Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands. Whenever you experience something your body perceives as a threat, like a large dog barking at you, a chemical known as ACTH is released in your brain. This triggers your adrenal glands to release cortisol and adrenalin. It is the main hormone involved in stress and the fight-or-flight response. This is a natural and protective response. There are certain diseases, which affect the amount of cortisol your adrenal gland produces. This test is used in the diagnosis of these diseases and as a way to assess the functioning of the adrenal and pituitary glands. Addison’s disease and Cushings disease.

• TSH:  a thyroid-stimulating hormones is used to check for thyroid gland problems. TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a substance called thyrotropin-releasing hormone. TRH then triggers the pituitary gland to release TSH.

• T3:  a free or total triiodothyronine test is used to assess thyroid function. Used to diagnose hyperthyroidism and may be ordered to help monitor treatment of a person with known thyroid disease.

• T4:  is a hormone that plays a role in several body functions, including growth and metabolism. This helps in diagnosing hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), hypopituitarism (underactive pituitary gland), thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (occasional muscle weakness caused by high levels of thyroid hormone).

• CMP: Comprehensive metabolic panel is a blood test that measures your sugar (glucose) level, electrolyte and fluid balance, kidney function, and liver function.

• Ferritin: is a protein that stores iron, releasing it when your body needs it.  The greatest concentrations of ferritin are typically in the cells of the liver (known as hepatocytes) and immune system (known as reticuloendothelial cells). 

• Celiac Disease Comprehensive Panel

These are all the things my doctor is checking. I will keep you posted on results. She diagnosed me with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Pituitary and  Adrenal Failure. 

Almost Killed a Nurse

My stomach is getting worse. After my appendix was removed a couple of months later I started having problems around my lower stomach area. It now has spread all over my stomach, but the worse area is the sides and lower part of my stomach.  

Once school ended I decided I should get it looked at. I went to my Gastro doctor where I live. It has been ten years since my last Endoscopy and Colonoscopy. To my surprise, she didn't even want to do the basic testing to figure out what is going on. She decided to send me to the University of Michigan Hospital's Gastro department. I was hot because she kept saying things like, "Graduating from college adds a lot of stress to your life." Basically, she told me its just stress and IBS. IBS is a catch-all. It is when a doctor doesn't want to deal with figuring out what is going on or has no clue what is going on they will diagnose it as IBS.  I wasn't happy at all.
        Saturday I drove from Grand Rapids, Michigan to the University of Michigan. I had a horrid nurse experience.  Please pardon my language. She poked me 8 times and I finally said, "I want someone else." She then goes on saying "If you don't have me do it then you won't be getting your CT Scan today." I replied crying and pissed off at the same time. I said to her, "I am not leaving this F**ing spot and I am getting this F** x-ray done right now. I didn't suffer for two days with the steroid prep for and drank the nasty shit to have to come back and do it all over again because you f**ing suck as a nurse and who won't call in someone else to do. If you leave this eighth needle in my arm and its not fully in the vein, which it isn't, and the contrast causes damages to my arm I will sue your ass. Not the hospital. YOU." She then pulls out the eighth needle, which was hanging out of my arm bleeding all over the place, and goes to get someone else. The CT Scan nurse cames in and gets in one try. Asshole nurse you should have called her in sooner after the third try when I asked you nicely. I am not a person that has a temper. I feel like I am such an evil person for getting so upset, but when you have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy it can be scary especially when I started feeling the RSD pain spreading into my arms. 

Have you ever had a bad nurse experience? Let me know make a comment.