Okay 2 things, I started Atkins on Monday, and today I noticed when I drag my fingers across my back or stomach skin drags along with it. I don’t know if this is normal since I’m a pretty large dude. All I have been doing is what I’m supposed to be along with some working out, not much like 6 minutes of step ups 40 push ups/ sit ups, mountain climbers, and jogging in place for 10 minutes. I do that maybe 2 times a day. With a less intense version in the middle of the day. And today I feel bloated, like I’m fatter. Please help?
By the way, please no answers telling me they don’t trust the diet. I’m doing it regardless.
And I asked my doctor weeks ago, they said it should be fine as long as I don’t continue on with it forever because it might lead to colon trouble, so I won’t continue with it. Don’t worry.

so i am about to start this master cleanse tomorrow im doing it because i want to rid my body and colon of impurities and to lose weight i work out for about 1-2 hours a day ( just starting) will this help me get back in to shape as well as cleanse my body???? opinions anyone =)

Do Laxatives tablets work? can they cleanse the wall of the colon like a colonic? if i did this for five days would this work for a bowl detox?

I just read that Julia from Channel 6News did this diet and she loved it. So I want to try it. The thing is, I’m nursing my son. He’s 11 months so hopefully will be weaning soon (hes going in for tubes in his ears, and possibly his adnoids and tonsils out, so I wont be forcing the weaning till after hes better)

I want to know tho, is the acai trim and colon healing safe for me to take when Im nursing. Ive heard that because the acai is natural, its okay for him, but any additives they put in it (for weight loss) may effect him.

I def don’t want to be using something that can effect/hurt him. But we’re going on vacation this summer and I REALLY want to loose some weight. Ive tried eating healthy and exercise, but its just not cutting it. Plus I cant seem to get in enough time to exercise with my kids. 5 min here and there isn’t enough, and if I try for more, then my son cries and wants me.

I know I should talk to his dr to make sure. But I wsa wondering if anyone on here knows the answer.
thanks.
btw I’m going to post this in a few areas since Im not sure where it should go.

Has anyone tried any colon cleanses?
how did it work?
and wich colon cleanse program is considered the best

is it too much of a strain on the body to undergo a month long detox, during the winter?

it’s meant to cleanse the colon, liver, and kidneys.

We have a female horse who is about 21-25 years old. Thursday we realized that she was sick, and called the vet who said she had the flu. We gave her medicine as instructed (banamine) and walked her that night, but she was no better on Friday. We took her to the vet Friday afternoon, and the vet determined she had colic instead of the flu. He gave her oil to help her bowels move, but still even by today (Monday) nothing has changed. He has told us that she will either use the bathroom, or something inside her will rupture. He has taken X-rays and said that she is blocked up beyond her colon so doing an enema on her won’t help anything. Her intestines are NOT twisted, and the vet is unable to determine why nothing is passing through. Does anyone know ANYTHING we can do to help relieve her or fix this problem without putting her to sleep. It seems that there has to be another way of cleaning out her system than just using oil as a laxative. PLEASE HELP!
The vet who cares for her treats ONLY large animals like horses. She has been in his care since Friday in a barn where he treats his patients. He put her on IV for the first time this morning, but gave her water with her oil prior to today. Also, our horse exhibits NO pain. She isn’t pawing, biting, or anything like that. She just stands around with her head dropped. She won’t eat or drink. Does this not sound like colic?
I realize I’ve asked this question ONE other time. I’m trying to find out as much information as possible to help my horse. Please try to show a little compassion.

i ate junk all week. should i fast for ONE day to cleanse myself/colon/body?
just drink water or green tea and nothing else fore just ONE day?
Will it help to cleanse my body and get my ready for my diet starting the following day?
thanks!

I drink this herbal dieters tea once in a while. It helps flush out pretty much everything from your colon. I was wondering how often I should drink this tea, to benefit from it?
Should I only drink it for two weeks or a month?

I have no family history of cancers at all except an aunt who died from breast cancer. But, I have had ulcerative colitis for around 5-6 years in the entire colon (and 1 yrbefore that on the left side only). I am going to start my yearly screenings in a week..(full colonoscopy with biopsies) apparently because my risk of cancer increases after living with UC for that long.. should i be worried or are the chances still very slim? I ve been in remission for 5 years now but i read that the period in which the disease is in remission has no connection to the chances of getting cancer.. any thoughts?

I’m looking to try a colon cleanse and heavy metal detox for the first time, and I want to make sure I don’t get taken. I also want to ensure I use a legitimate product.

I know for the past few years I have bnot been eating healthy. (A lot of Junk Food). I want to change my lifestyle now that I am 22. I hear that eating Oatmeal in the morning is he best because it will clean my colon and take away cholestorol.

Besides that, I cannot focus that much on my studies. I believe my poor diet for the past few years is a big factor in this.

How do i make oatmeal in the morning? Can you tell me step by step how to make a good tasting oatmeal in the morning?

Plus tell me the benefits?

I am going to get my first colonoscopy tomorrow (technically today). I have to be there at 7am. My procedure is at 8 am. I feel as if I didn’t go to the bathroom as much as I should have. I followed the exact instructions as they were given. So I guess my question is how do i know if my colon is cleansed enough for it. I am very nervous about the whole ordeal as it is. I am pooping semi solid turds and tons of liquidy green and it is 2 in the morning! I started drinking the stuff at 930 i took my laxative pills at 4pm like they told me and never had a bowel movement so i waited the 5 hours and started drinking. Any advice?? would help greatly.

I’ve cleansed my colon with hydrotherapy now I need to do my small intestines

Starting tomorrow I will begin this diet:
Day 1 and 2: eat nothing but fruits and and water/lemon water
Day 3 and 4: add vegetables to your fruit menu and nothing but water/lemon water
Day 5 and 6: do the same thing with days 1-4
Day 7: add meat and bread into your menu include a light desert.
Water/lemon water only
I’ll do this everyday but alternate it.
I’m not eating more than 1,200 calories a day.
I’m also taking a colon cleanse everyday.
For my exercise:
I have this book where it gives me exercises to do. I’ll also be running/walking.

Will I lose weight? If so how much?

Ever since the 6th grade (im now in my mid 20′s) Ive been getting such a severe nervous stomach making me have to go home from school constantly and having to miss out on many social events. Ive also suffered from anxiety for most of my life due to this nervous stomach. I can’t even now do anything(job interviews, social outings,school,etc..) without feeling so sick to my stomach FEELING like im going to have a bowel movement (often times i actually do, sorry this is kinda gross)…It makes me so self concious that I came to the point where i dont even want to go anywhere anymore in the event im going to feel like this, it has severely damaged my professional and social life. It also gets really bad when i ride in cars for some reason. I know its normal to feel nervous at job interviews but its just not normal to feel the way i do,its almost so bad that i just dont go to them. Does anyone know what I could do to sure this? any doctor opinions? people that have the same symptoms?…Ive already tried changes in diets and anxiety medication which didnt seem to work at all (zoloft),massage,reflexology,fiber supliments, and various vitamins and colon cleanses. Im out of ideas.

I found out I have FAP when I was 12 and I was just wondering if anybody has had kids when they have had it, but not passed it on to their kids. I already have pre-cancerous cells in my stomach and colon, and I have to have surgury during winter break this year, and I’m so worried. I told my boyfriend about it and he wants to be at the hospital when i have my surgury. Do you think I’m going in the right direction? Or should I just adopt so I can’t take a risk?

My cat has problems with his lower colon and gets constipated to the point where he needs an enema about twice a year. Long story short-his doctor recommends lactalose and prescription diet w/d, and I am fine with administering the lactalose but HATE prescription diet foods-god awful foods and way too expensive for what you get. Is there anything that anyone can recommend that I supplement that will help keep his poop flowing well without recommending terrible dog foods (ie grocery store foods). He is currently on EVO.

Is it crucial to do a colon and kidney detox before undergoing the liver detox? Thanks!

I had my daughter 2 years ago got up to 211 from 125lbs never had a problem with my weight could eat anthing my heart desired and never gained weight now that i haven’t been able to loose weight with any diet pill, program, exercise, not to mention every test that could be ran by my primary dr has been ran and all normal, I was recommende to go see a homeapathic dr that told me my liver was backed up, my colon was backed up there was something going on with my small instestine- lrg intestine "parasites" ewww! my kiddneys were dehydrated and so on i have recently stoped eating meat i never really cared for it and just decided to stop eating it all together so i eat subs with all veges i love pasta and she tells me im eating stuff that i shouldn’t that i need to go on a blood type diet im 0+
that consist of eating meat no bread no strawberrys no pasta all ther things i love except the meat the type o diet is rediculus wxspecially when my husband is a+ and i have a 2year old! So what im really trying to get at is do you think that the blood type diet works or if i just eat the right things at portion control would be just as good?

First off, I prefer inexpensive suggestions since I don’t have the means of paying for anything extra. What I do have at home is colon cleanse, lots of oatmeal, water, herbal tea, and a few fruits and veggies lying around (apple, mango, bananas, and carrots). Will these help me detox and what else can I do? Thanks!

I’m 23 years old, and I’m very much in need of help. I’ve been dealing with endometriosis, but I didn’t know what it was until I diagnosed after a laparoscopy last April. I also have aspergers syndome, so this entire experience has left me very near wanting to kill myself in pain and frustration.

For the past two years, I had been dealing with debilitating rectal pain during my periods. It it absolutely earth-shattering. I cannot sit, move, walk, or even go to the bathroom without screaming in pain. My flow was so heavy that I had to wear adult diapers just to catch the flow, and I missed so much work and school. My last gyn put me on birth control, and that lightened my flow and the pain wasn’t as bad, but it was still there and extremely uncomfortable. I cried myself to sleep at night because of the pain. A colonoscopy in Oct 2010 ruled out anything wrong with my colon or intestines, and I’ve had five or six in-office rectal exams with that same colorectal surgeon. My last OBGYN gave me two laparoscopies, one in Feb 2010 and another in Jan 2011. Both times he said he didn’t find anything wrong, even though obviously there was something wrong. Then in February 2011, the pain started occuring even when I wasn’t on my period. I told my doctor, and finally in March he refused to see me again and told me to find another doctor because he didn’t know what was wrong with me. Safe to say I was in tears and depressed for a very long time.

I went to see a new OBGYN in April 2011. He is a very young doctor, graduated in 2006, and I like him a lot. The attention and understanding he gives me is like day compared to the night of my last doctor. He did a pelvic exam and a pap smear, and I was leaping off the table in pain, trying to keep from screaming, but it didn’t really work. He could tell I was in excrutiating pain. He put me on the Depo shot to stop my periods, and I’ve been spotting ever since. I’m due for my second injection this month (June 2011). We decided to do another laparoscopy (April 2011), because my last doctor never sent over my other medical records for him to see. After I woke up, he told me that I had stage 2 endo with the majority of it on my colon. I was shocked, because twice my last doctor had checked for just that condition, and hadn’t found anything. This was just mere months before this last procedure. I felt absolutely cheated and dumbfounded. The new doc burned off everything that he could see, and said that should take care of my pain, and that after the Depo started kicking in, I should start to feel better.

It has been a month since my procedure, and I am still in pain. It’s worse during my period, obviously, but every minute of every single day, I have trouble sitting, walking, or doing any kind of physical activity. There is pain and pressurein my rectum all the time. If I have any kind of hard stool coming out, or if I haven’t had a bowel movement yet that day, it’s extremely irritating and uncomfortale. It hurts to have a bowel movement at all. It feels like my anal muscles are constantly straining to do their duty. I’m trying to become sexually active, and every time my boyfriend tries to penetrate, I feel like something is being pushed out of my rectum, like I need to have a bowel movement, and it hurts like h***. I can hardly have a bowel movement by myself, I always have to use laxatives or something to soften it up, but the frequent soft stools are making my hemorrhoids flare up again, and that causes even more pain.

The majority of the endo was on my rectum, or at least that was where most of the scare tissue was. Why am I still in this much pain a month after my procedure? The pain never went away at all. He told me it was just that I was hurting because of having the endo removed, but certainly it shouldn’t take this long to heal? And it’s the exact same pain, only now I’m having trouble going to the bathroom by myself. I use laxatives and suppositories to help me have a bowel movement, but I can hardly stick one in my rectum because I feel so swollen inside there. I want to have a hysterectomy, at least have my uterus removed, but my doctor doesn’t want to do that. I am very young, but I do not want children. I have aspergers, a mental disorder, and a very bad history of breast cancer and heart disease in my family, so in my opinion, it would be irresponsible of me to have children in the first place. My doctor knows this, but he is still hesitant. He wants me to see a pain specialist, but I’m sick of covering up the pain. I want to know how to fix it as much as I can! I don’t expect a cure, but certainly there is something else going on that’s still causing me these problems!

I’m sorry if this was TMI. I’ve just been down this road so many times and reiterated this story to so many people that I’m at my wit’s end. I just want to have some som

I have heard of the supposed awesome powers of the acai, a substance (I think a fruit….?) found deep in the rain forest. Well my scam alert sure went off at that cliche sales pitch. But supposedly it works like a charm.
Is this a safe dependable diet?
Does it really have the health effects it advertises?
Where is a SAFE AND DEPENDABLE dealer of this substance?
Is it a fruit ?
Is best to take in powder, pill or juice form?
I heard that it works extra well when a colon cleanse supplement is used in addition to the acai? If so where is a SAFE AND DEPENDABLE dealer of a colon cleanse supplement?

Thanks soooo much! Any links would be very much aappreciated

I have been having persistent diarrhea for months. I have been to doctor, and she wanted me to try some diet things, fiber and such. Then if that didn’t help was going to refer me to gastroenterologist.

Well, in between those 2 visits, I had my yearly mammo and was diagnosed with stage IIb invasive ductal carcinoma. I had a bilateral mastectomy and I am currently in chemo. I am also HER2+++ so, I am being treated for that as well.

Still having serious diarrhea issues, though and oncologist sent me to GI doc and I had a colonoscopy yesterday. No polyps, but he said my sigmoid was very inflammed and he sent off biopsies.

Obviously, I am worried. Is it possible to still have colon canacer without him finding any poyps or growths?

I am savvy enough to use Google, I was just hoping for some personal experience. Thank you for any answers.

Question stimulated by the book "Living With Lung and Colon Endometriosis: Catamenial Pneumothorax by Glynis D. Wallace.