After having been unable to eat normal food for the last twenty five years, I am now once again able to enjoy the delights of a number of different foods, and this is entirely thanks to a few tiny hookworm now residing in my gut.
Most people with allergies who host hookworm find that their symptoms begin to abate between 11 and 13 weeks after their inoculation with hookworm larvae, so I waited until 12 weeks before trying a few normal foods again, and found, to my delight, that I could tolerate several of them without any difficulty.
After about six weeks of experimentation, I had found 20 foods, including proteins (white fish, goat’s milk products and eggs), starches (rice, potatoes, buckwheat and polenta), root vegetables (carrot, parsnip and sweet potato) and several fruits (apple, pear, peach and raspberries) that I could safely eat. After so many years on powdered semi-elemental formula, the humble spud tasted absolutely divine! And chocolate! Mmmmmmm! I really think I’m going to become addicted to this – again!
At 18 weeks post inoculation, I’m combining small amounts of normal foods with my medically prescribed formula feed and trying not to rush progress too quickly, and there are still days when my returning tolerance seems to waiver and my gut begins to get sore again, but it’s still early days, as hookworms take approximately six months to get into their stride.
There are also still days when I get diarrhoea, which is an inevitable consequence of acquiring 35 hookworm at the same time, and evidence of my body’s attempt to retake control of my immune system, which is now increasingly coming under the influence of my new little friends.
As my little gut buddies reestablish their ancient, symbiotic relationship with my body, these fluctuations will settle down. This process is not like taking a drug, which unilaterally imposes control on the body’s chemistry, but more a case of establishing a flexible, two-way relationship which eventually achieves an equilibrium that is mutually beneficial to both worms and host. And this process takes a while – usually about 11 months – so there is plenty of time yet for things to settle down and, hopefully, for further improvements to appear.
During these many years of having to watch others eat normally, while I could only have liquid semi-elemental infant feed, I never gave up hope that, one day, I would find a solution that would enable me to eat normally again. Helminthic Therapy, has proved to be that solution, and I’m just so pleased that, thanks to my little friends, I’m once again able to eat something with a real taste to it!
For a much more detailed account of this experiment, see: ‘Wriggling out of food intolerance and fatigue‘.
Tags: Diarrhoea, Food Allergy, Food Intolerance, Formula Feed, Gut, Gut Buddies, Helminthic Therapy, Hookworm, Immune System, Inoculation, Larvae, Semi-elemental Formula, Symbiotic Relationship
I will be trying helminthic therapy soon, with a combination of hookworms and whipworms. Any experience with the combo therapy? Also, I use EPD/LDA (pretty effective) and I was wondering if it might be complementary to helminthic therapy. Do you have experience with EPD/LDA?
Thanks
I’ve only just got whipworms, so am waiting to see what happens myself… I never tried EPD, but did use Neutralisation (Miller Technique), though this had no effect on me whatsoever. I can’t see any reason why EPD/LDA shouldn’t be complementary to helminthic therapy but, hopefully, the latter will work for you and make the former unnecessary! Here’s hoping!
how effective was EPD?LDA if you still want to use helminthic therapy? it doesn’t sound overwhelmingly effective. I was looking at that treatment, but helminthic looks alot simpler – one dose, rather than several & no complicated protocol to follow around shot time. But I still don’t have a doctor to administer either near me. Am very interested to hear of your EPD?LDA experience – how many treatments? etc.