Salty Zebra

     Yesterday I completed my Trio Smart Breath Test for SIBO. I was sent home with it by the ARNP I saw at the new GI office last month. We had some comically bad back and forth a over the phone where I was trying to get information about prepping for the test that delayed my being able to take it before my Palm Springs trip, but it's finally done. When I tested for SIBO in the past I used Genova Diagnostics, the same company I did my stool test with on Monday. I guess they are the preferred company by naturopaths, but this GI office had a different company they used.       Having done them both now, I can definitely say I prefer the Genova Diagnostics version from the patient end of things. Their instructions and user support are far more informative. The manual that came with this test was so oversimplified that made it difficult to know what to do.       The day before the test I had to observe a strict diet with only meat, eggs, rice, potatoes, oil, salt, and peppe

  When life gives you limes...     If you've stumbled across this post, then you likely have Chronic Lyme Disease, think you might, or know someone who does.  For an excellent, in-depth explanation of Lyme Disease, I will refer you to  LymeDisease.org , but here's the basics.  You get Lyme Disease from a biting insect, usually a tick.  You may not even know you've been bit by a tick like a significant percentage of those diagnosed, including myself.  You don't have to live in or visit the Northeastern part of the US. Lyme disease has been found in every state, and most countries worldwide.  I don't know when I got it. I grew up playing in the woods right alongside lots of deer.  We had cats, dogs, goats, rabbits, chickens, and a horse. There were plenty of opportunities for me to contract it, but the local doctors believe that Lyme Disease doesn't exist in the Pacific Northwest, so it was easier for them to believe I contracted it on a trip to West Africa in 200