Bloody BM's for 2 days. Help please

[CajunMom]

For the last 2 days I have had bright red blood when I have BM's (or butt pee as this board calls it:o )
I usually drink the laxative tea AM and PM because the swf made me throw up. But today I will try to drink it with a lemon to bite on inbetween sips and pray it stays down. Maybe the salt water going through my system will help the blood to be less. I'm thinking that the blood may be from some hemmoroid that may be bleeding because of the frequent eleminations.
I am on day 7 and have lost 18 pounds so I don't want to stop yet.
Has anyone else experienced this? Please respond.

[Res]

Again, just saw this and posted to you in the other thread...trying to find Kira's post. Hang in there. :)

[Res]

Gah! I can't find it!

Click on Kira's name and search all of her posts. It was a good one but while she was going through this it was scary until she confirmed with her doctor what was really going on.

If you're overly concerned, check with your doctor.

*hug*
~Res

[llemmers]

CajunMom

I have not experienced this, but I remember reading about a lady who had some bleeding too and it turned out she was using the laxative tea for 3-4 months (if I remember right). She posted as a warning of what not to do. The long term stimulation caused her intistines to rupture somewhat causing the bleeding. I think she healed up just fine after stopping the tea.

I'm not sure if your issue is, in fact, a hemerhoid or if it a result of too much intestinal contraction. The tea stimulates the intestinal tract to "move". It is actually one long muscle. Food normally makes it contract, but since we're not eating, we need the tea to make it contract. The SWF, on the other hand, does not make the intestines contract, but rather simply flow (or gush) through the system clearing out any loosened stuff with it.

It says in the book that it's OK to do the tea twice a day if the SWF is too difficult, but I wonder if you might want to try the SWF again and lay off the tea a bit. Maybe even steep the night tea for less time so it is less potent.

I'm on day 30 and still, the SWF is the hardest thing for me to do. I hate it, but I keep on because I feel so good seeing all the stuff that is coming out. I have to drink it through a straw and kind of gulp it down as fast as I can. I make up the 32 oz and can do about 1/3 - 1/2 and then take a little break. Then back at it as much as I'm able to handle. I usually get it done in 3-4 minutes. I find that if I just drink it normally, the taste of the salt makes me want to hurl too. The straw seems to lessen the time it is in my mouth.

Also, I am not a doctor and am in no way trying to give medical advice. Internal bleeding could be a minor thing or it could be something more severe. Your call on whether to see a doctor or not.

I pray you get through this without harm,
Luke

[CajunMom]

Thanks friends,
I think tomorrow I will end the cleanse and start the orange juice. It's been an incredible experience.

Health issues with my diabetes (type 2) had caused me problems and I wanted to give myself a break from food and the medicine. I believed the medicine was causing my leg and foot to swell. Now after 7 days on the cleanse I feel lighter, well I am 19 pounds lighter, but my foot and leg are no longer swollen and it doesn't hurt to walk. I never thought I would get this far but I have and now I am ready to revolutionize the way I have been eating.....thanks to everybody for the amunition:D

Stay strong and support each other.
Rhonda