5/04/08 - Sun. (600 mg. NAC x1)

Woke up around midnight feeling sick to my stomach. Also my heart was kicking about with palpitations and uncomfortable.Took a charcoal capsule and put a mint flavored melatonini [1] under my tongue. After an hour even though things were settling down I took another charcoal capsule and fell asleep. Decided this morning to take another NAC capsule to see how I do now with one a day. I am finding that NAC causes a slow low burn in my stomach, nostrils and sinuses. For my stomach I may need some betaine HCL & pepsin. Don't know about my sinuses but I probably could use some mineral oil in my nostrils for some relief. Took a nap today cause of fatigue. Nose is a bit sniffly tonight. I have had frequent post nasal drainage but not much else. Scalp bump sores were really painful today and when I was in the sun they really hurt. I was getting a weird headache behind them in my head. I put on a hat and things settled down. Eyes still a bit gritty but not as bad as they were. Just realized my arms are also mildly burning under the skin. I had good energy today. I potted several flower arrangements for our porch and deck and weeded a flower bed. Hope I don't pay for it but it was rather fun. Have not done such a thing for over a month. NAC has given me windows of wellbeing that I really appreciate.

Forgot to enter a log. Can't remember now what Mon. was like except I had the chills early in the morning and ached a lot.

Another 6 hr. block of deep sleep. Slept on left side so it was more problematic. Woke up at 5:30 AM with NAC cold/flu. Sneezing and tummy very queasy so got up and took Emergen-C. Then at 7 PM napped until almost 9:30 AM. Mild headache above eyes, sneezy, bronchial airways itchy with a bit of productive cough, the usual achy burning legs and arms. Right side liver/gallbladder soreness. Fatigue in the late afternoon. Hot flashes and sweating.

Woke up at 5:30 AM very thirsty with sinuses mildly achy which continued through the day. Had several sneezing episodes. Unusual for the left side of my head to ache. It is the side I slept on though so perhaps the gravity helped to cause the sinus inflammationi [2] to shift. Nevertheless, my right ovary was painful for a few hours this morning. Stomach has been bloated for several days now and aches at times. Bowels have been normal however. Eyes more irritated again burning and blurry. Fatigue in the late afternoon. Hot flashes and sweating. Right shoulder achy tonight. Hands a bit numbish sensation especially the right one.

I have been very neglectful about tending to filling in my diary the past 6 days. A combination of reasons .... such as ... I didn't want to be bothered cause my eyes burned so I avoided the PC, to I felt too good and had things to do, then mother's day shopping and traveling and finally I just got out of the habit. OK. Basically the last six days were similar to the previous days. Same symptoms but my gallbladder became more tender more frequently & a disc in my back (old injury) is inflamed now on this daily NAC dose. I probably need to take more than one or two 260 mg. charcoal capsules once in the night if I wake up sick to help this situation. I do not want to take charcoal after taking pills or meals though so unless I wake up I don't take any charcoal. But that is uncommon. Also I have added some more supplementsi [3] into the mix so they probably have given my system a bit of a shake up. I am sensitive to any such thing. So until things settle back down I won't add the final ones yet. ALA, ALC & COQ10 are the only ones I can think of now I need to add into my daily pill meal. I printed the list from this website under the for starter's blue tab. I haven't wanted to add another NAC yet into my day until I get better control of the pain in my gallbladder. But I am impressed with what gain I have made already on the small amount of NAC I've taken in a short time. I have felt better so I am doing more chores, errands, etc. I actually walked an hour or two downtown last week looking for the perfect gift for my mom. I didn't find the perfect gift for her but I did find a wonderful gift of improved endurance for me. So to all of you here that have kept this website going. Thank you for this gift you indirectly gave me. You well know how much such a thing means when you couldn't do it before I am sure. I did get very tired later that evening but the recovery time was much shorter and not as unpleasant as in the past. Yay! I must have killed quite a few EB's or something for this change. Anyway, I will proceed with just the one NAC a day for another week, add the rest of the supplementsi [4] and see how it goes.

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FM dx 2002. Started 2008: NACi [5] 4/19 (2400 mg daily 7/21) Start list supplementsi [3] + Iodoral 12.5 mg. daily: 6/19  FIRi [6]i [6] sauna, 9/4 100 mg Minoi [7], 11/3 Azith - 12/1 MWF - 1/5 100 mg Mino