Para Purge Review

 I finished 1 full lap at Montreat yesterday.  Time was so slow that I am embarrassed to say it but the pain barely registered as a 1.  If I put out standard effort, it would probably jump to a 3 on a scale of 1-10.  I expect to be ready by this weekend, which is only 3 weeks from the injury.  Not as bad as I initially feared.  The race would not have been any good anyway even if I wasn't injured.

The parasite cleanse is a 25 day process.  3 pills per day in divided doses for 10 days followed by a 5 day pause then another 10 days.  After that, it's over.  I'm halfway through the first 10 days.  So far, I can deal with it.  There is no immediate reaction to the pill but I do feel "a little loopy". That's really the only way that I can describe it. There is no insatiable need for it.  If I did take a double dose, the side effects would likely intensify.  I'm a little drowsy and alcohol does intensify this effect.  I drank the equivalent of 2.5 beers at the pool and normally, I'd be okay to drive after 2 hours (BAC around .03). Not today.  I didn't even get a buzz.  It just put me to sleep.  Fortunately I walked to the pool so that wasn't an issue.  

Though I did not leave a trail of stool in the pool like the Diarrhea Song, I did get a NASTY attack the last 2 days after lunch and again yesterday before bed.  That said, it's not nearly as bad as the candida die off.  With that, I had debilitating stomach pain yet could not go.  Some people report seeing worms in their stool.  I have not seen that yet.  It doesn't mean that they weren't there.  Instead, they were dissolved by the Eye-Vermectin.  

Would the side effects impact my running?  Probably but I don't care about that because I am injured.  This is the perfect time to give this a try.  All things considered, it's tolerable.  I can work and will be done with it by mid-September.  Highly unlikely that there will be any long-term negative effects.  Even if it turns out to be ineffective, it's still worth a shot.  What the hell do I have to lose?

Update:

Did another "sprint" today in 55 seconds.  Compared to last time, I did ramp up the effort and again, the pain was minimal. I am probably ready now.  Still, I am going to play it safe and rest 3 more days until Saturday.  Yes, I do believe that I am weakened by the Para Purge but will see it through to completion.  I only have a little more than 2 weeks to go.  It will be interesting to see what happens on the pause period.