Mistake in the Blog

Sorry, the scale was 1-100 not 1-10.

Meridian Assessment Test

Well after two hours at the doctor's office, we have discovered valuable information about Paul's condition through the Meridian Assessment Test. There were 40 different points the doctor tested to check energy flow through Paul's body. He was able to check all organs, lungs, heart, circulatory, etc., and found out Paul failed 37 out of 40. Paul's throat and lungs were especially low. Normal is anywhere between 45-55 on a scale of 1-10. Most everything fell in the 30's and some in the 20's. The doctor believes a parasite is playing the role for all of his complications. He put him on a parasitic cleanse four times per day for one month along with a few other things for his sinus infection. He told me to take him off the antibiotics immediately, because they will tear up his stomach. Paul will continue with the probotics too. Dr. Yu ordered blood work to find out exactly what foods Paul can tolerate and if there are specific food allergies. I am thankful we decided to persevere and dig deeper but sad Paul has had to endure all of this for so many months. Apparently, parasites can be very hard to detect through the bowels, but I am frustrated that we tried three times and all of the labs came back normal. They have caused a lot of neurological, circulatory, bronchial, intestinal, throat and sinus issues for Paul. I hope they haven't traveled too far and that this cleanse works. It is so disheartening to see him so miserable some days. It is easy for me to get irritated about the situation, but the Lord is in control. God used me to help someone whose sister-in-law was diagnosed with glucose intolerance, and I was able to encourage her to look for more answers and shared about specific enzymes that could help her today. I know nothing is wasted in the sight of the Lord, and he uses every second wisely. Paul's follow-up is in two weeks to find out about the food panel test.

Experimenting

I gave him fruit alone at lunch (mostly Clementines) and he seemed fine. Again, after school he ate fruit alone (grapes for the first time in about 4 months) and some more Clementines. He is doing pretty good. Tonight is the real test. I made a brown rice with shallots, peppers, peas, tomatoes, garlic, and vegetable broth. Most of those are taboos according to the Dietician. Hopefully, he won't be miserable later. I found out not to mix chicken and rice (which was the original plan for dinner). The chicken will now go over a bed of lettuce instead and be eaten separately. It would be just awesome if this works.

Food Combining

Paul ordered a few books online on acidity and alkaline food combining. People who have suffered tremendous amounts of pain have given personal testimonies of their success by following a few simple guidelines. We thought we would give it a whirl since we have already tried just about everything else under the sun. One main helpful hint in this book said to eat fruit in abundance, but just do it alone. Fruit is mostly water and moves pretty fast through the body. The problem is when people eat fruit with other foods. The fruit gets stuck and starts putrefying in the gut causing symptoms. These symptoms can be eliminated by eating fruit alone. I know it won't be life threatening for Paul to try it. He didn't get relief eliminating the fruits that had more fructose anyway. I may give him a glucose pill and go for it today at lunch. It said wait 20 minutes before introducing another food. The book also stated not to mix meats with starches, so forget the meat and potatoes (which is exactly what he was told to eat). His whole diet is pretty acidic right now. Getting the food panel testing will also be beneficial to find out if he is actually "allergic" to anything in particular. He has been feeling better on the antibiotics and probotics, however, the symptoms always return after the he is off the meds. Hopefully, the advice in these books really works.