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Had my CRA today with Dr. Schill. I went to the prompt care by Rollins yesterday because my GP didn't have any available appointments. I tested negative for the flu but they did see some fluid behind my ears so the doctor just treated me for sinuses giving me an antibiotic and Nasonex (which Jared already had and was recently taken off by his allergist.) I asked if allergies could have caused the amount of vomiting that occurred on Friday night and he said he supposed if the fluid reached my stomach it'd be enough to throw off the pH balance enough. But I wasn't convinced. I thought the two events were separate. I figured I got food poisoning. And while I don't feel nauseous any more, I am extremely exhausted. So I drove down to the end of my street to Dr. Schill's office instead of walking like I normally do, which is just as well because driving wore me out.
Body fat is up slightly, which makes sense due to the holidays and taking a break (19.2% instead of 18.8%.) But due to my drop in weight (from 126 to 120) my BMI is actually slightly lower now, too.
Dr. Schill's initial round of muscle testing showed nothing until he made some adjustments. Turns out my body is so unable to produce energy right now I can't even be muscle tested with out help. So he ran through a second series of muscle testing and found that I did indeed have food poisoning. Gallbladder, kidney, lower intestine, etc were all shot. Adrenals were shot. Sinuses, allergies, and viruses did not show up. When I asked him if I should still take the Nasonex then, he said he would not go against what another doctor told me and would leave that up to me. I sensed he felt better about me being on the Zyrtec (which is what my GP told me to try before she prescribed me any antibiotics) than the Nasonex.
He put me on some new supplements and told me to stay off gluten completely until I see him again and I am looking forward to feeling better. But he says even after I start feeling better I have to rest. While he said the rest time depends from person to person, he said a good range would be 10 days before I can row again. It's disappointing because I just came back from injury leave and before that most of the rowers were taking a break from rowing. I was looking forward to starting to row and go to CrossFit with Laura W again.
I have another follow up in 3 weeks to see how I am doing and I have to be weighed again. If my weight's not coming back he's going to put me on a supplement to help with that. I also need to go get blood work done at the Florida Hospital (comprehensive metabolic and Hemogram, Platelet, & DIFF.) Dr. Schill's office has arranged a deal with the where the price is much cheaper and I can just pay through Dr. Schill and then the hospital will send the test results (and their bill) right to him. I'd like to do that asap since I don't need an appointment. I need to fast for 12 hours, but that won't be too hard since I don't eat much right now.
It sucks being exhausted all the time. We had to switch arms part of the way through the muscle testing because I was so tired. And then I had to sit down. And after I write this I need to lay down. But luckily Dr. Schill says when you start off with someone that's in good shape you tend to get better quicker. I said it was a good thing I had the CRA scheduled before the food poisoning.
I know a lot of people think Dr. Schill is a quack and muscle testing doesn't work. To them I say it's fine, but I'm getting better in areas no one else has been able to improve. I went to two other chiropractors, my GP, sports physicians, and an acupuncturist and no one has made the head way he has on my hamstring injury and lower back. Some doctors just put me on pain pills. I hate that treating the symptoms not the cause bull crap. I used to cry after rowing and now I don't even feel it any more. I spent four years of college and three in highschool rowing in pain, I couldn't even row port side with out instant shooting pain and now I think I probably could (it would look like someone drawing a picture with their left hand, but it wouldn't be painful.)
And as far as the supplements go, again, I have seen the results, especially with the E, Tri- B- Plex, and Organically Bound Minerals. Plus, we know it's not just a money thing for him because he has muscle tested me and said, "Oh, that's surprising, you actually don't need this." Also, Jared has brought in supplements from Whole Foods or Chamberlain's and he has tested those. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. I know there's some people that will say all vitamins are fake and they don't work. Well, I think they are partly right. Just like you will get more nutrients out of an organic steak than a McDonald's Big Mac the same can be said for the vitamins you buy. There are a lot of companies out there that make poor vitamins that the body can not absorb. Most of what you would buy at say Costco or Walgreen's or even what I used to buy, Puritan's Pride, is equivalent to the fast food of vitamins. Dr. Schill loves to talk about all the research he has done into how the body absorbed nutrients and how food based supplements allow our body to absorb it. I can't remember all the details when he explained it, something about penetrating the cells and reaching the mitochondria (which I always thought looked creepy, not like cute little red blood cells :).)