narouz said:Maybe some of the Nystatin is making its way down to the lower reaches of your bowels,
into the ascending colon, cecum, etc.
thebigpeatowski said:Must be...I have NO other explanation for my bizarre experience.
In Peat's view of the gut and endotoxin,
he seems to think, generally,
that bacterial activity is okay
if confined to the lower gut.
I think I'm correct in saying that
but I could be wrong.
But...this is exactly the area (cecum, ascending & transverse colon)
where you--and maybe me--think we may have problems.
We're speculating yeast.
And of course "that Jorge guy" believes that is the area
where yeast builds a fortress with biofilms that makes it resistant
if not impenetrable
to oral fungicides.
Also (Jorge) that the oral fungicides get so diluted/weakened by encountering
all the other detritus of a poorly functioning gut
on the way down to the cecum area.
So goes the Jorge theory.
So...the Peatian view and the Jorgean view are at odds.
Also, with Peat, he has said in interviews that only a few bacteria
can survive a daily dose of carrot salad.
(He didn't speak to yeast/fungi,
but in general he doesn't seem to regard them as serious threats.)
He would be including the lower gut there too, I assume.
Just pointing out the differing interpretations/analyses/diagnoses of the possible problem/s.
narouz said:I like your theorizing about special difficulties maybe experienced by those of us without appendixes.
Keep reporting!
thebigpeatowski said:Upon further reading at various websites and hearing of other's chronic diarrhea, I cannot help but think that at least some of these people are struggling with a yeast overgrowth of the cecum specifically....just a theory, tho. :2cents
I would like to hear more of what you turn up about us poor appendixless souls, bigp.
As you seem to think,
one theory about the function of the appendix is
that it was like a collection/storage bag
where healthy bacteria was constantly released into the lower gut
for a healthy purpose.
If this is true,
and we don't have that function anymore...
well, how to deal with that/replace that former function?
Periodic fecal implants?
Combined perphaps with periodic blastings of Nystatin?