[[Have you considered that your gi tract may be lacking enough digestive enzymes and probiotics? As people age they produce less digestive enzymes so food isn’t broken down as much and you get less energy.]]
That is a good point, however I have taken ‘super food’ that was supposed to be broken down mostly, easily absorbable, and packed with nutrients supposedly- and took them for a long time- but never noticed much if any difference- I do only have small intestines- and stomach has been sewn closed in a spot and bypassed in another due to the Crohn’s- so yeah, I’m sure the digestive tract isn’t helping things- but like I mentioned, having been on the super foods and not seeing much difference is one of the things that made me think there perhaps is a problem converting food to energy
When I was younger, right before the first Crohn’s surgeries- I was in hospital for a month and 1/2 and being fed intravenously, and still I had the burning muscle pain all the time which I’ll describe below- That was bypassing the digestive tract altogether-
The pain In the muslces is like a lactic acid burning pain- constant- never stops- even at rest- (which was another reason I felt the issue was energy conversion problem- it would seem to me that if I was converting food to energy efficiently, the muscles wouldn’t be feeling the acid burning pain- especially just sitting around resting-
I dunno- it’s been a long hard exhausting as well as exhaustive and frustrating journey not beign able to find the answers-
[[You might also be a good candidate for cold laser therapy for your muscle pain/body pain.]]
Hadn’t heard of this- I’ll check into that
I didn’t realize you don’t have a large intestine. The large intestine primarily reabsorbs water and maintains the fluid balance of the body. Certain vitamins are also taken in through the large intestinal wall. Without it your fluids could be imbalanced which could mean your electrolytes are more prone to be off. If they also removed your appendix, that is an issue with your immune system and gi tract, as it is a reservoir of good bacteria that can help replenish the gut with good bacteria in cases where there’s imbalance or a die-off of good gut bacteria.
Your description of the lactic acid issue in the tissues could be linked to the hydration issue you face not having a large intestine. Less fluid gets reabsorbed from your gi tract and dehydration does make it harder for the body to rid itself of waste byproducts such as lactic acid.
Has your doctor mentioned possibly drinking more purified/filtered water?
I believe you when you say it most likely is a lactic acid elimination problem. One way to help your condition is to make your body pH more alkaline. I would suggest reading up on the benefits of alkaline water. It has a pH of about 8-9 and for me personally has been a positive change, and it even tastes better than regular tap water. My wife who isn’t really into as much health stuff as I am, compared the two - regular water filtered through our old PUR filter, and the filtered and then alkalized water, and she could tell the alakaline water tasted better and she could always tell which one it was. One thing they noticed with pets is they drank more water when it was alkaline water. Apparently it hydrates a person/animal more as well.
Upping your body pH could help deal with the lactic acid issue, and drinking more fluids in general to make up for the fact you don’t have a large intestine to recapture water from your gi tract, may help. If you get to the point where you are interested in the alkaline water, pm me and I can tell you which model I use, because I didn’t want one that cost hundreds of dollars and used electricity to produce the alkalinity. The model I found was inexpensive, not powered, and connects easily to your kitchen sink. Doesn’t take a lot of room either.