Constipation & Inflammation _{Page 4 of 11}

Hi Dr.,
The other things I forgot to mention was the fact he wakes up and feels lethargic and kind of dreads all the things he needs to do in each day. So he says he feels as if it is part physical and part mental. I think he is somewhat depressed, has been since I have known him. He just doesn't get happy over much of anything.
Okay will give him the doses of bryonia 30. He skin does crack some, like his thumbs sometimes. He says it seems like it comes when he eats alot of carbs (bread) or high fats like nuts.

The skin appears to be cracked but not like cuts or sores. Would it help to have a picture? Not sure how good of a close up we can get with our camera but I can try if it would help.
Thanks!

Hi Dr., Not sure how I should send the posts about me and my husband. Should I create a separate entry for him? Just wanted to update on my status. I have ordered the rememdy you suggested, Causticium and also trying to get the Thula 1M. Both should arrive this Thurs. but may or may not get the Thula, we will see. I still having the off and on constipation issues, off and on itching. I started itching last night when my son was itching, on my thighs, tops and inner and also around my belly, middle to belly button but the itching was out from both sides of belly and wrapped around the back. It seems to be the area that I still feel the stuck vertebra, also this morning itchy around groin, by lymph nodes and in area where I suspect I have hemmoroid (the hemmoroid had not happened for quite sometime). I did self medicate the other day. Was just feeling achy, constipated and it seems like the byronia always helps so I took one dose and later had a bowel movement and felt much better. I know I shouldn't be taking remedies without guidance but I guess sometimes I get anxious especially about feeling crappy and knowing I have to take clients and I think what can I do to feel better. Most times I do yoga poses, drink lemon tea, eat less, hot shower, infrared sauna and these things all help but sometimes I think it calls for something else. I am still getting the spinning of the room when I first wake up and turn my head. The extreme tension in neck is gone and feels much better but there is still a little pulling going on in right shoulder blade and into the neck. But I am pacing myself with the massages, trying not to overdo it in any given day and feel more balanced this week in regards to my work.
Thanks!

Hi Dr.,
Just wanted to give you an update. For awhile there I was getting up and having a bowel movement first thing in am...well that has stopped. Usually if I did 30 minutes on treadmill in the morning I would always go right after or have to stop during the session to go. I have done the treadmill twice this week and that hasn't happened.
The remedies are suppose to come in tomorrow or Friday. Am I to take the Causticum first?

Hi Dr.,
I just picked up both remedies, thuja 1m and causticum 200. I know you said take causticum 200 once a week for a month so can I begin it tomorrow? Is it best to do first thing in am on empty stomach? I haven't had as much itching but I did just have it occur again, right as I was going to the bathroom to have a bowel movement and the itching continued some 10 minutes later, mainly on top of thigh and also inner thigh and a little midway of belly, out by the belly button, almost always same location.
I do know I am getting better though. I am doing anywhere from 3 - 10 massages in a week, which would have been unheard of 6 months to a year ago. Also I went to a free workout class today to try it out, we were doing squats, jumping jacks, bicep curls, etc. and I have to say for someone who hasn't worked out in that way for over 5 years I think I did pretty good. But now my thighs are very tired feeling and I just want a good night's rest. So the main symptoms now are the itching that happens off and on, the constipation and the nagging restriction in low back, the somewhat numbness, not quite functioning of Right hip and lower abdomen and the locked up feeling in Left hip and thigh. But I feel like things are moving in the right direction which makes me so happy. Thanks, thanks and more thanks!

Hi Dr.,
Sometime ago I wrote in about my father who had a stroke a little over a year ago. Someone on the site, kadwa, recommended Nux vomica and you wrote and said you agreed. It took sometime to get my father to be okay with taking it but he finally did, last Monday. So today it has been a week. My family who is in NC said that the next day he said I think those little pills helped me feel a little better. Other than that I don't know changes they noticied. I will be calling my Mom soon and see what she noticied. One thing my niece says that is happening alot is that he has coughing fits, they get worried he will choke but it eventually passes. He was a smoker all his life but quite about 6 months or so ago, said it got to where it burned his throat, after he had taken some medication.

Anyway I am very hopeful that him taking them is a good sign he wants help and is willing to try this path. I don't know what you need to know at this point but if you are willing to help out with this case I would be most grateful. Please let me know what things you need to know.
Thanks!

Hi Dr.,
I took the remedies on Friday. I was having very sharp internal pains on Sunday, in the area that felt numb, on the Right side above C-section scar. They came and went for a little while and then they stopped. This morning I woke up and felt like I had a urinary tract infection. I urinated first thing in am, was very yellow and kept having the feeling I needed to urinate more but couldn't. I drank 4 glasses of water and the feeling is kind of subsiding. It really brought back memories of the days in my 20's that I would have urinary tract issues all the day, not a good feeling.
I currently have a very stiff neck, on Right side and feel like I need to have a bowel movement but can't. However, on a good note things seemed to have loosened up a bit in my lower back, around the vertebra I always mentioned seemed stuck. Wouldn't say it is feeling 100% unstuck but feels like it has some movement.
Just thought I would update you. Thanks!

Hi Dr., This is for my husband and son.

My husband is doing some very physical work and he is just starting to feel pure exhaustion. He is sleeping well but feels overall physical tiredness and weakness. Anything that we can do to help? Hopefully he will be finished with this job in a week.

My son has been coughing for a couple of days now with a little wheezing going on. Last night he felt a little feverish and said he eye hurt and wanted a cold cloth and same thing this morning, deep coughing in chest, sounds thick, asked for cloth for his eye. Not sure if he will be able to go to school today or not. The other night he sat up in the bed about 3 times and said his throat hurt and was just constantly moving around, very restless sleep. He did seem to sleep better last night. Food may have been the culprit. He wanted a taste of a soup I had and it had some pesto in it that had cheese in it (which we later found out).

Any assistance appreciated!

Hi Dr.,

Husband - has been taking the byronia off and on. He drinks coffee first thing in am so doesn't take it and then I remind him in evening and if he didn't just eat he takes it. So probably has taken 3 or 4 days total. He hasn't complained about the dry skin but he hasn't done any of the stretching he was doing when he felt it so badly. He hasn't had the leg cramps but sometime ago he told me he almost woke me up to work on his leg, the outside TB band was tight and hurting him but he finally fell back asleep. I think this physically draining job is just taking its toll on him and he is working 6 days a week.

He put arnica gel all over his back this morning since he just feels achy and tired.

Son: Yes, I see the strength. I always notice a few days following the Tub remedy that he seems so vibrant and full of life. He did go to school today. I have not given him anything. I picked him up from school and he seems fine. So this is good. I don't think I can totally go back to the strict, strict diet at this time but I think we are at a good place and will just do the best we can and see how it goes.
Thanks!

Hi Dr., Regarding Father. Thank you much for your advice. I didn't know with all the posts I do on behalf of others if they are getting to you, confusing you or what. So that is when I decided to make separate post. I will do as you suggested with my father. I posted another post on behalf of my friend who was paralyzed after getting a shot. I would love your input on that also if you have the time. If you are willing to take the case I would like to get her set up to communicate with you herself. I think it will be a good experience for her.
Please let me know if you are willing to take her case on.
Okay, in meantime I will try to get the answers to questions about my father and his cough, tongue, etc. and do nothing in the meantime but wait for 15 days.
Thanks!

Hi Dr.,

My son is not feeling well. He pointed to his throat and tummy, said they hurt. Then he had a hugh belch. He hasn't had a bowel movement today and as you know from other posts this has been something going on the last few days. He is crying and he really doesn't do that unless he feels pretty bad.
No wheezing, no coughing but tummy and throat. The other night he was coughing some and sitting up in bed because he said it helped.
Please advise....thanks!

Hi Dr.,

He pointed to entire belly and chest and says it just hurts all over and his throat. I asked about his throat when I put my hands on his lymph nodes and he said they hurt also and pointed to his Left ear, said this one hurts. Ears are a little red. He is dosing a little but keeps waking up and crying out.

Hi Dr., My son made it throught the night. I don't have Nux vomica in liquid but have the pellets. I crushed them and added to water (is this okay to do?). But he was asleep by that time then woke up and tried to get him to do a spoonful and he took a sip and ended up blowing away the spoonful of water. So then he went back to sleep and slept okay. This morning he is saying his Left eye hurts. One thing I noticied last night was that he had a little bit of googy stuff coming out of his Right eye. I have never seen any discharge from my sons eye. Things just always seem to show up on Right side of face and that is the side that has the swollen lymph node...so just something I noticied different. He is staying home from school, mainly because he still has a little cough and says his eyes hurt but overall he is energetic and feeling fine.
Thanks!

Husband: So is it okay for him to take some doses of arnica internally. He says this morning he is feeling all achy. He is coughing alot, but doesn't feel sick just tired so he thinks it is all the stuff he is inhaling while working on the sheetrock. You ask about his reactions to other things. He has been fairly calm and not showing lots of anxiety. I know right before he started this job he was very anxious and even said so. It is a big project, doing it alone and he is worried about how long it will take him to do. But once he got there the first couple of days he was more relaxed about it. That is how he gets, anxious and worked up over things, thinking about them, dreading them and then the reality isn't usually as bad or not bad at all compared to what he was imaging. We really haven't had any major discussions or issues that we have talked about and that is when I see the defensive attitude pop up. The last discussion we had was about the lying of his current situation in real estate to his Mom and I basically left it that I wasn't going to lie about it if someone asked me. I didn't approve of him lying but I can't control that but wouldn't do it for him. And then on Christmas I heard a family member ask how was the properties going and he said fine. Maybe not a lie exactly since he doesn't go into any details and just kind of leaves it like that, fine, but I didn't comfront him on that. He even came in to snuggle with me this morning and I think if he wasn't so tired it could have led to something intimate so there is so closeness between us so that is a good thing.

Me: I was very tempted to write to you about me yesterday but I tried working through it. My head was getting that pressure feeling and my body was just tense and tight. I did a 3 hour chair massage event and overall I felt more confident and relaxed than a year ago when I did it. But next morning my neck was stiff. I had a bowel movement in am, which was in pieces and floating, had about 3 of those in the last week. Then later on I was constipated. Then I spent some time doing a bunch of yoga poses and felt some tension release in hips, thighs, etc. But still my neck is stiff and head a little achy and nasal cavities and sinus seem more dry than usual. So I am drinking more water. My stomach muscles, along the side were just all knotted up and my entire Right side seemed extremely tense, also had alot of pent up gas release when doing yoga. I had eaten a bunch of snap peas yesterday and I haven't eaten those in ages, not sure if they were cause of gas. But I think I can work through this and tomorrow I take my next dose of Causticum.

Hi Dr., Okay think I need something. I am having the stiff shoulder and neck on Left side and tense around and above eye. I don't know if I mention this in past but I have 3 moles, one about the size of a pencil eraser going up the Left side of my neck. Also I get an ache in one of my upper teeth on Left side when this happens with my Left neck/head. I used to have alot of issues with my neck, after I was subswiped by a car back in 1998. It happened for a few years, would go to chiropractor, etc. But once the all over body aches happened after childbirth I guess there was so much else going on didn't think as much about the neck pain. It just feels like my neck is stuck right at base of occiput and if I lean my neck to Right it is very tense/tight and pulls into shoulder joint as well. Still somewhat constipated. After doing some belly massage had a small bowel movement and it was green, felt a little better afterwards.
Any help appreciated!

Hi Dr.,
I made it through the night, but my shoulder and neck was very stiff and achy but worst part was the pain above eyebrown. But I woke up at 5am, took the Causticium and within 30 min. or so started feeling better. The stiffness in my neck loosen up, I had a bowel movement. And now while doing yoga poses things are popping and just feeling better. What I noticed is that my sacrum is feeling tilted to one side, just feel it sticking out more on Left side while on my back and in turn everything on Right side feel are twisted and tight. When I tried to do some ab work, just simple bicycle moves the abs where they attach to public bone, on Right side I got a sharp pain and couldn't continue. Same thing goes with the neck. I realized it was one of my vertebra sticking out that was causing all the shoulder/neck/head pain and this one as that popped back it felt much better.

As far as the other symptoms things seem to be at a standstill, I think. The other night I got some itching on my legs but then also got an intense itching in my vagina (which hasn't happened in a very long time). I also have what I guess you would call a boil at the base of my sacrum, it came up about 4 or 5 days ago and is almost gone.

I will hold off on Rhus since I am feeling better and see how things go. I haven't been massaging this week but have a couple clients this weekend.
Thanks!