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Thanks for the info. on organon. I will read and process.

I hope you are still on because I'd like to get this question answered.

I just thought of some social obligations that I can't get out of (week of early July and 14 and it wouldn't be easy to control what I eat).

How much would this weigh in?

I am wondering if I ought to wait until I start this or could I proceed and see how I do?
[message edited by Hahneman2 on Sun, 26 Jun 2016 03:04:05 UTC]

Tried to edit but not successfully. I am also away late July into early August.

Hadn't heard you as of 40 minutes ago and decided to go forward and deal with it. I had been praying on it and the feeling was I needed to go forward now.

Your response to my question isn't clear to me. It is moot now but could you clarify so in case something similar comes along, I might be able to interpret your words better.

it (meaning the foods I eat after I take the medicine) weighs in for sure --yet ...better to do what you do (this line isn't clear) --and keep attentive to what triggers (worsenings/betterings)...
and we access accordingly...(this line isn't clear either)

Took the single dose of sulfur.
NEW: Felt a burn in my throat as I drank it and afterwards for about 5 minutes.

Will continue to monitor and use precautions given.
[message edited by Hahneman2 on Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:01:51 UTC]

Thank you for the clarification. I won't shy away from asking questions if I don't understand.

So here I go.....jtbc (just to be clear, if I eat something that is spicier or has onions, note if I experience any effect, good or bad.

Burning in throat is in my history, but this was a little different. Not like GERD, more fiery but short lived whereas GERD symptoms would remain for longer period. Never had before symptom.

Will try to remember to indicate whether symptom is new or when experienced before.

I understood your original message as such and won't deliberately eat foods in the "avoid list". Will pay attention to if I am having withdrawals from not using a particular seasoning.

It was different eating blander food today but I did fine. With God's Grace, I usually adapt easily to change. A good time to challenge my culinary skills to see how creative I can get with limited ingredients.

Will allow day to finish and send update tomorrow on how I progressed today.

Update, 6/26/16 - Day 1, after using sulfur remedy:

NOTE: I made a huge blunder yesterday and didn’t think about it until this morning. I used a spice (common Indian name is hing but I think it is asafoetida); rack has a lot of spices and there is one set that the Ayurvedic doctor had designated as better suited to me and have used those with no big issues in comparison to others. It is strange that I know the properties of many of these spices but this is one that I never researched maybe because it is used such a small quantity plus it is one that helped me digest some foods more easily (a pinhead amount but I know that doesn’t matter in the scheme of what Hahnemann was saying. Of course, going forward, I am going to be extra careful.

NEW: Stomach made rumbling noises about 1 hour before lunch but no pangs of hunger at all as I had been feeling before. The rumbling stopped but the hunger pangs did not occur. Passed some odorless gas when I woke up and it felt good.

OLD & NEW: Mucous was reduced as the day progressed, especially after shower and no nasal congestion for several hours in early afternoon (new). An observation is whenever the nasal congestion is lessened, I seem to have much better clarity in thinking and my head doesn’t feel “stuffed up”. My perception: The stuffed up feeling seems to interfere with how clearly I am able to think.

NEW: I felt more energetic than I had been feeling for a few days (a really good sense of well being). I am an upbeat person but when my energy level is lower, “my light is a little dimmer”. It was an extremely hot day (actually higher temperatures each day since Friday) but the heat doesn’t seem to affect me except I seem to sweat more in my neck and upper chest area, but not under arms. I haven’t been able to sweat for a few years now and it usually takes a lot of exertion (and if I have a few layers of clothing on) for me to sweat.

OLD: As evening came on (seems after dinner), mucous level seem to increase and nasal congestion increased. I have had a lot of trouble with sleep in years past but in the last two years, I have changed much in my sleep habits and while it is not great, it is a huge improvement. In the last month, I have been making a concerted effort to get to bed by a certain time because I am a night owl and being an early riser, this doesn’t help. Last night, I actually felt like when I was a child, I felt tired and my brain send the thought “it is bed time” and I went with it instead of trying to finish what I was doing. I had a very structured sleep schedule when I was a child.

OLD: Some neck and shoulder pain as I got closer to bed; didn’t do any icing yesterday since I was feeling better. Overall, it was a relatively pain free day in these areas.

NEW: I got into bed and then forgot to put my mouth guard in so got up and hurried back into bed because I felt so tired; in the the process, I might have "scrunched" myself up getting under covers and the abdominal muscles (closer to sternum area) were affected and I started to get spasmic pain. Also, I started to feel more gassiness and it felt as if it were moving. I rubbed the area with the pain, breathe through it and as I rubbed the area, I burped; continued to do this and the gas would stop and the spasm calm down and then start again; didn’t look at the time but it did last a bit because it was “stop” and “start”. I rubbed the back too and the gassiness resulted in burping. It eventually stopped and I was able to fall asleep.

As soon as I got off the bed, I passed odorless gas.

OLD: Woke up dehydrated and had spasm in left calf. Was able to get it off bed soon enough and drank some water so didn’t go into the full “spasm”.

OLD: Didn’t sleep restfully. Woke up with a headache and “full feeling in head”.

OLD: Lots of mucous when I brushed teeth but no yellow pieces of phlegm. Tongue had some creamy white stuff but not as much as days before. Less crusty matter at the corner of eyes than days before. Nasal congestion lessened as morning progressed.

OLD: Left hand is less rough than right hand. Right hand hasn’t worsened but about the same but the palm area is smoother and the webbing area looks better.

OLD: Didn’t mention these before but have a small callous on right palm about ¼ inch from space between little and fourth fingers. Also have lots of corns and callouses on bottom of feet (podiatrist says it is the structure of my feet in relationship to my spine that causes that).

OLD: Burning under soles of feet. Has happened on and off but yesterday last longer into when I went to bed. I think when I am on my feet more, it happens more.

I also get the burning sensation on the palm of my hands or on different parts of the body but that is less frequent. Feet more much often.

OLD: Also did experience a little of light headedness when I got up after sitting for a while (was also really tired), but happens if I am working in the garden and bending down too long so I have modified how I work and sit on a stool and do things instead of squatting on my legs.

Blood pressure has always run on the low side but (below 90/60). Stayed 100/70 for a long time but hard started to get lower a few years ago. I think there is a connection to dehydration because I usually do fine after I've drunk. The tricky part is the dehydration sneaks up on me sometimes because I only drink when I am thirsty because I started to have issues with edema in ankles if I just drink when I am not thirsty.

corns--sensations envolved?
burning. Unsure if I am answering your questions correctly.

size ? exact location(s)?
Right foot: about 1/4 inch size near right toe, almost 1 inch size under ball of foot, 2, about 1/4 inch size just below 3rd and 4th toe and area in the middle near heel.

Left foot: about 1/4 inch size near right toe, almost 1 inch size under ball of foot, 1/4 inch size near 3rd toe.

Also have these hardened skin and if I were to take a pin and pick at it, the skin that comes out from inside feels calcified.
[message edited by Hahneman2 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:33:22 UTC]

Hardened skin in near one of the calluses on both feet (3rd & 4th toe).

Corns on both small toes and 4th toe on left foot (very old).

6/27/16
OLD: feel very lethargic, but more sleepy (usually if I didn’t sleep well, I’d feel this way); will take a nap after lunch. This lethargic feeling sometimes triggers a feeling as if my blood sugar dipped a little (no cravings for sugars or any particular food). No gnawing hunger feeling in stomach, but sternum area has the “gnawing kind of feeling” of hunger and thought registers as food. Not thirsty. Haven’t had this set of symptoms in a few years.

Bit of a headache (feel some pressure on top of head) but no other part of head is affected right now.

Adden. to lethargic feeling....better description I thought of is: feel a bit funky and for me that is usually a state of "not sure what to make of this" but it feels strange.

Appetite: It isn't a case of no hunger, but not eating with the same relish. The taste isn't bad at all, and it isn't a case of my taste buds aren't used to eating food prepared this way, but food in general doesn't seem as appealing, but yet I feel some degree of hunger. Or it it false hunger? This is what I mean about false state.

It has been a long time since I looked at the rubrics of sulfur, and did glance at some of it after you decided on this one. However, I deliberately decided to not read more. I have issues with control and have been working on that for a while now and this is part of my process.

Thirst...not as much as before, especially since it has been so hot, but I've also been staying indoors and only going on very early when it is just a little cooler or later in the day when it cools down.

OLD: The feeling on top of head of 6/27 continued into the night.

OLD: Some gassiness that started out feeling like lumbar pain and when I rubbed it, I started to burp. Did this for a bit and then felt relief. No issues with muscles like night before.

OLD & NEW: Had a little burning in throat and sternum area after I drank some water close to bed time, but unlike burning in past, it was for a very short time (quicker burn but not fiery like when I drank the remedy on Sunday).

NEW: A large piece (about 1/2 inch x 1/8 inch) of dried mucous (darkened yellow color) came out of nose last night when I was doing nightly ablutions.

Slept much better but awoke with feeling on top of the head still there. Head feels full of something and thoughts are fuzzy.

OLD: Nose started to "run" (feels involuntary) when I leaned over to get out of bed today. Has happened before and continued to happen. whenever I leaned forward.

No crusty matter near corner of eyes or yellow phlegm when brushing teeth. A bit of paler yellow mucous and a small amount of yellow in some nasal mucous when I blew my nose.

NEW: Felt a "sticking sensation" (discomfort and not pain) in left eye about 10 minutes after I awoke. Was sporadic for about 5 minutes and then gone. Have not felt this before, but had a the thought of conjunctivitis over 20 years ago; had used OTC med so symptoms were suppressed. I believe I had the problems with both eyes in the past so I'll see if I experience the same thing with the right eye.

Hope this is what you're looking for.

6/26-28/16
NEW - LINGERING: Stomach made rumbling noises about 1 hour before lunch but no pangs of hunger at all as I had been feeling before. The rumbling stopped but the hunger pangs did not occur. Sometimes the rumbling gets very loud.

OLD - LINGERING: Mucous & Congestion is lessened after shower but stays same as day progresses. Still affecting clarity in thinking and my head feels “stuffed up”.

NEW - LINGERING: the heat doesn’t seem to affect me except I seem to sweat more in my neck and upper chest area, but not under arms. Also can feel cold and then start to sweat shortly after.

OLD - LINGERING: Some neck and shoulder pain as I got closer to bed; didn’t do any icing yesterday since I was feeling better. Overall,a portion of day is pain free but still have some issues with pain.

OLD - LINGERING: Some gassiness that started out feeling like lumbar pain and when I rubbed it, I started to burp.

NEW - PASSED: I might have "scrunched" myself up getting under covers and the abdominal muscles (closer to sternum area) were affected and I started to get spasmic pain.

OLD - LINGERING: Woke up dehydrated and had spasm in left calf. Was able to get it off bed soon enough and drank some water so didn’t go into the full “spasm”. The spasms in the calf muscles still there. Also had a bit of pins and needles in a few of my left fingers yesterday. Happens on and off.

OLD - LINGERING: Didn’t sleep restfully. Woke up with a headache and “full feeling in head”.

OLD - LINGERING: Left hand is less rough than right hand. Right hand hasn’t worsened but about the same but the palm area is smoother and the webbing area looks better.

OLD - LINGERING: Didn’t mention these before but have a small callous on right palm about ¼ inch from space between little and fourth fingers. Also have lots of corns and callouses on bottom of feet (podiatrist says it is the structure of my feet in relationship to my spine that causes that).

OLD - PASSED: feel very lethargic (funky feeling), but more sleepy (usually if I didn’t sleep well, I’d feel this way).

LINGERING - Bit of a headache (feel some pressure on top of head) but no other part of head is affected usually a state of "not sure what to make of this" but it feels strange.

Appetite - LINGERING: It isn't a case of no hunger, but not eating with the same relish.

LINGERING: Thirst...not as much as before, especially since it has been so hot.

OLD & NEW - LINGERING: Had a little burning in throat and sternum area after I drank some water close to bed time, but unlike burning in past, it was for a very short time (quicker burn but not fiery like when I drank the remedy on Sunday).

OLD, LINGERING: Soles of feet still burn a lot.

NEW - JUST HAPPENED: A large piece (about 1/2 inch x 1/8 inch) of dried mucous (darkened yellow color) came out of nose last night when I was doing nightly ablutions.

OLD, SPORADIC- LINGERING: Nose started to "run" (feels involuntary) when I leaned over to get out of bed today. Has happened before and continued to happen. whenever I leaned forward. Yellow is the key word; not used to seeing this since sinus infection issues many years ago.

LINGERING - No crusty matter near corner of eyes or yellow phlegm when brushing teeth. A bit of paler yellow mucous and a small amount of yellow in some nasal mucous when I blew my nose.

NEW - just happened: Felt a "sticking sensation" (discomfort and not pain)in left eye about 10 minutes after I awoke. Was sporadic for about 5 minutes and then gone. Have not felt this before, but had a the thought of conjunctivitis over 20 years ago; had used OTC med so symptoms were suppressed. I believe I had the problems with both eyes in the past so I'll see if I experience the same thing with the right eye.

No, but unsure whether the hing is a culprit (although there are times I've cooked without it and still had the problem, but could have been another offender). Won't be using that again so can't know for sure.

Seasonings are basic with no spiciness.

Vegetables are limited to okra, eggplant, carrots and have been using this for a long time with no major issues except I've had the gassiness for a long time and tried a lot of elimination and haven't been able to pin point a food.

Is artichoke OK or does that fall in the asparagus category?

I also eat the same thing for lunch and dinner so I don't have too many changes.

Haven't eliminated meat (not an easy one), but I use very little of it.

Will do.

I only used grass-fed meat from a smaller butcher. I've been eating mostly chicken since Sunday (make broth with primarily bony stuff - taste better) with rice.

quality lamb,beef,goat is ok--again --use small amounts and see..one thing at a time though. JTBC, if I am wrong, please clarify: one thing at a time...does that mean only eat goat for a few days and see, don't have lamb 1 day and another meat on the other?