11d • 4. Wins & Progress
Diarrhea Taught Me I'm My Own Best Doctor
On March 28th, I ran a half-marathon, all out.
Thirty minutes later, a banana. Another thirty minutes, another banana, and a small bagel.
An hour after that, I'm in the bathroom with diarrhea.
My first thought was simple: too many carbs, too fast. My gut was disrupted. But here's the thing—it didn't stop.
A week later, I'm waking up after three bathroom trips overnight, and I know something's wrong. I head to the ER. They run a urine test, find nothing wrong, but treat me with antibiotics anyway.
Turns out my gut wasn't impressed by their medical degree either. The antibiotics didn't help.
So I see my PCP, who orders a stool test. Nothing. Still nothing.
We do another stool test. Still nothing.
And that's when the frustration really sets in - because the system is just running tests without actually listening to me or figuring out what's really going on.
So I scheduled a telehealth appointment and told my PCP everything—all my supplements, my diet, nothing had changed for months. He pushes back on my idea of a specialized gut health test, insists on another three-part stool test. But I didn't believe that was going to help.
So I do something different—I start digging into my own research. And magnesium keeps coming up. I'd been taking it for months for recovery, nothing new, but magnesium can cause loose stools. So I cut my intake in half. First day? Almost gone. Second day? Completely resolved.
The doctors couldn't figure out what I solved in two days by actually understanding my supplements, doing the research, and making adjustments! Turns out the best doctor I have is the one who actually pays attention — me.
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Diarrhea Taught Me I'm My Own Best Doctor
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