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August 27, 2011
This story took place about five years ago, but I never took the time before now to record it here. Sorry about the delay!
Anyway, for the past 12-14 years or so, I've been dealing with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and since I think so highly of H2O2 therapy, I thought I should give it a try with this, to see if it might help. It didn't seem likely, but I figured it was worth a try. For those who have this syndrome, I don't have to describe the bloating, pain, gas, and general discomfort it causes to its sufferers. Doctors don't really know what causes it, in part because they don't really know what it is. Other than general gastric complaints like the ones I listed above, there is never anything physically wrong that they can detect with the gastrointestinal tract. That's why it's described as a syndrome.
I went to a local MD in Arlington who offers H2O2 therapy for general good health purposes for a series of weekly IV solutions over a period of five weeks. When I first went, she took my blood pressure, which was a little on the high side at around 132/88. I also had had some previous concerns about being pre-diabetic, so she took simple blood test and found that my blood sugar was a little on the high side. I knew that H2O2 therapy has a long history of effectiveness against certain types of diabetes, so I was hopeful that this would also be addressed by the therapy.
It turns out that there was only a mild improvement in my IBS symptoms, although I always felt quite a bit better immediately after each session. So unfortunately H2O2 does not seem to be directly effective against IBS in my case. Still, it was worthwhile, and here is why. After the five weeks worth of treatments were done, my doctor took some more measurements. She found that my blood sugar had completely returned to normal, which didn't really surprise either of us. What did surprise us was that my blood pressure had fallen from the previous measurement of 132/88 down to 90/60!!!
Any concerns I had about developing high blood pressure were immediately quelled by this. I mean, 90/60...that's definitely in the low end of the "normal" range and sign of very good health. I'm not a doctor, so you'll have to take my evaluation of this with a grain of salt, but it seems to me pretty clear that the H2O2 therapy sessions cleaned out my arteries to a significant degree.
So why am I writing about this five years after the fact? Well, this past summer, my term life insurance policy ran out, and I needed to apply for a new one in order to keep the rates as low as possible (I'm 54 this year). This meant, of course, getting some rudimentary physical indications checked by a technician assigned by the insurance carrier. The result? My blood pressure is still on the low side at 90/70, and my blood sugar is still very much in the normal range.
Have I done anything regarding my lifestyle to accomplish this? Yes, certainly. We try to eat relatively healthy foods, and we've been cutting down this past year on the amount of sugar in our food. I'm convinced that not only do I not process sugar well, but I also believe the large amounts of sugar that come in the foods we buy at the stores is contributing to problems like diabetes and, yes, even IBS.
The other thing I've done for my IBS, which has made a major difference in keeping it manageable, is to keep myself well hydrated. I try to drink at least 2-3 12 oz cups of water every day, and it definitely keeps the IBS symptoms under control. I wish it got rid of the symptoms entirely, but I suspect that won't happen until I eliminate sugars entirely from my diet, and unfortunately that is not likely to happens anytime soon because my wife loves sugar in her food. Still, we're moving in the right direction, so that's good.