First, you have my sympathies. I've not had too many myself, but my son has gone through
several really big ones (spinal) and the healing process can be lengthy. I know "everyone" will
say not to fast. You can get around this a little by having "broths" or whatever for breakfast,
and a simple salad for lunch (lettuce has close to zero calories).
My Mom got after me about the whole Fast-5 thing, until I pointed out that she mainly
only eats one meal a day too.
In terms of Fast-5, I'd say: go with what works. While you are healing, this isn't "normal life".
Your body is going to be a little nutso. Hopefully you have people who can help you. But
you'll need to experiment to see what works while you recover.
Now, for stitches and such: a lot of this isn't under your control. It has to do with the
surgeon and what THEY do, plus what kind of connective tissue you have etc.
We've gone through our share of junk like that.
To help the healing process though, I do have a couple of tricks. One that I
got from a doctor (in another context) is: a heating pad. Seriously old-school,
it sounds, but it turns out that a little bit of heat really stimulates the healing
process, and also kills bacteria (including MRSA, which the doc recommended it
for: I was surprised how well it worked). Women often have a low basal temp
anyway, and bringing it up to 100 or so does wonders for healing. With my
kids, it's gotten kind of ridiculous ... when they get ANY skin issue, they
stick a heating pad on it (acne included). It works.
I think infrared LEDs work in a similar way, but I don't have experience with them.
For skin issues: Aloe Vera. Again, old school! I grew some big plants from a little
one I got years ago, and pull one big leaf off it every couple of weeks. Use bits of
that leaf on my skin. It does make it heal quickly if there is an issue, makes it
just feel good otherwise. The gel is said to heal the gut well too (but the skin can
give diarrhea). You can buy the leaves at a rather low price at Mexican markets,
or some "Whole Foods" type stores. You probably will not be using that on
stitches (at least, not before "taking a shower" is ok) but it might help with
scarring.
Another issue with surgery is that the antibiotics set your system at odds.
Broad-spectrum probiotics do help, although we used home-grown kefir,
which worked great. But another thing that helps is konjac glucomannan,
like 1/4 tsp. with meals. That feeds the good bacteria in the lower gut,
and basically normalizes digestion. If you have fructose digestion problems,
konjac can help what that too:
In terms of allergies etc, here is what helped me:
1. Fast-5. Absolutely. It makes my body more robust in general, and solved a lot of lingering digestive issues left over from celiac.
2. Getting rid of the fungal/bacteria issues in my sinuses. I did this mainly using the ol' heat pad plus a neti pot with added xylitol mixed with a teeny bit of oil of oregano.
3. Getting rid of wheat and dairy. That was a big life-changer for me, but it was about 10 years ago.
4. Lowering the amount of iron in my diet. It turns out my ferritin levels were very high, and high iron levels cause other problems.
15 lbs overweight though, isn't much, and your body does need protein to rebuild. I think
egg and fish protein is the best and easiest for the human body to handle. Coconut
oil or MCT is the easiest fat to handle.
Anyway, I hope this helps. Be good to yourself: it takes a long time to heal.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, mariabl
<piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok first let me say that I use fast 5 to control my allergies. I am far less reactive to everything food and environmental when I fast daily.
Here is the problem. On Jan 9th I had a breast reduction surgery. I had 2.25lbs taken off. Now for those that don't know this surgery takes several months and close to a year for everything inside to be healed up. You have ducts, veins, blood vessels, tissue, and nerves not to mention skin that has to heal. Not to mention your muscles, joints, ect have to get used to your new center of gravity. I have hundreds of sutures on the inside on each side of my body.
Since about 2-3 weeks before the surgery I have not been fasting, but in the mornings I only eat meat since my biggest problem is with fruits/veggies. The problem is my body is rejecting a lot of the stiches. In the last 3 weeks I've had over 20 "dissolvable" stiches work their way out and they had to be cut out the rest of the way. Not plesant to say the least. It's 4 weeks since my surgery I'm over half way done with my 5th week, and my inscisions are no were near healed yet because they keep opening whenever a new stich comes to the surface. I also have a spot on the right side where my skin has actually died, and had to rejuvinate Per the surgeons nurse this type of thing typically happens with smokers, well I've never smoked, but my body is very reactive.
I just started back at work last week. Depending on the day and how much I have to walk around or use my arms for things other then typing my energy level is anywhere from complete exhaustion to normal.
The allergy side of me wants me to do the fast 5 but the medical side of me is saying not a good idea because my body needs the energy to heal. I am about 15lbs overweight, so I have fat to spare. I was fasting daily up until 2-3 weeks before surgery. I'm just torn on what to do. I had to stumble on fast 5 on my own as a fix for my allergies. My doctors were no help.
I'm just wondering if anyone has ever done this protocol while recovering from major surgery. Or what are peoples thoughts on it?
Maria
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