@jeannesf1 i’m so glad I could help! I am an artist, but I took nutritional chemistry in college. I’ve always been extremely interested in food as medicine and health. One more thing since you mentioned an intestinal infection: I take Xifaxin/xifaximan. It is a targeted antibiotic for what is called SIBO small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. You don’t need to take a whole round of antibiotics. After I took the full round at the start I keep extra pills on hand if my stomach gets grumpy on me. SIBO can cause a lot of problems and rec havoc with your small intestines as the bad actors in your intestines tend to flourish on things like gluten and simple carbohydrates. If you don’t get rid of the dairy in the gluten, and you are on the targeted antibiotic when you finish the round of antibiotic you will get diarrhea if you haven’t changed your eating habits. Also, there is no other antibiotic on the market that deals with SIBO it must be that one. It is really expensive, but the insurance company covered it. First, they didn’t cover it, but I asked the doctor to write what they call a prior authorization. The insurance company doesn’t even know what the medication is for! So I got it approved. I always keep it in the house so between the SIBO and the dairy intolerance, which I take Lactaid pills for I’m covered. There’s a lot to know in all of us and the doctors just aren’t equipped to run down the rabbit holes. They really are only good at diagnosing cancer and blockages and things that they can see in the x-ray and the MRI. You’re going on a journey so if you look at it that way you can start taking small steps and alter your direction with your successes. Reach out at any time. A lot of of us make the mistake of doing FODMAP and it works really well and then we start getting lazy about our diet and we regress. I did that for like three years in a row and then I was more healed at that point and more accepting of my dietary changes for life so it’s all working out pretty well. I am on your seven of this journey, so don’t give up, yourself, you’re just starting out on your road to recovery!