14 day recap and results

My 14 day Elemental Diet ended Wednesday afternoon post-doctor appointment. I was very excited and very optimistic, but was fearful to add in solid foods. I added in a small salad and paleo meat/cabbage mixture. It seemed to be okay and didn’t effect me very much aside from a bit of fatigue. Thursday all day I did my 24 hour prep day for the SIBO breath test. I noticed a bit of bloating and discomfort with solid foods. Friday I did my breath test and noticed discomfort, bloating, and slight pain with the lactulose solution. I knew this was not a good sign, but proceeded with the test. To my surprise, the results came back very fast by Saturday evening. Unfortunately, while the elemental diet has an 85% success rate, two weeks did not eradicate my SIBO. My hydrogen numbers dropped from 61 (first time I took the breath test) to 35 (this time). Overall, I choose to take this as successful. Although I wanted SIBO to be gone after these two weeks, I look at a near 50% decrease as successful. I have far further to go, but plan to attack SIBO with a low FODMAP diet, an intense regiment of doTERRA essential oils, and continued use (part of the time) of the elemental diet powder. The antibiotics will never be a choice that I make for myself, and for this reason I may have a harder time getting rid of SIBO. So far, I have actually lost a little weight following a low FODMAP diet, and I feel much better knowing I am not feeding into the SIBO. I will be returning for my last semester of college this week ready to take on SIBO and a full course load. Feel free to contact me if you are curious about my condition or if you just want to know more!