for me, the problem with whitney's cure is that its more towards the fbo side while mine i believe is just a normal Body Odor .
I'll like to know if after having taken conscious of your diet, do u feel like you got A LOT better or did it just improve your smell for a couple of minutes/ hours? the thing is, before, i was just like you. I felt so deprieved of good food to the extend that i was only a raw vegetarian and was always thinking of eating stuff i couldnt. Initially, it worked, but after a while, i realised that it was not always effective. Thats when i sorted out my thinking because i felt that this was not the way to go. I started adding more carbs into my diet- eating instant noodles some days or having cooked food but never touching red meat; just a normal vegetarian. The thing i felt that most uplifted my mood was when i tried to stop being stressed and just ignore things that i cannot control; such as people's attitudes and all. I turn to my religion and there i found solace. I thought that, hey those people dont even give a crap about who i am, what i do and my personality and they are so quick to judge me. Why let them try to ruin my life? i cant move on easily if i am always stuck in that thinking! having sorted out my feelings, for once, in school, i wasnt that stressed! and i finally had a normal day of school. =) Now i'm trying to concentrate on working more in that direction because i know that occasional relaspes may occur and i certainly dont want that to happen anymore. I have to stay strong and i hope that people still having this problem will be too. Think this, perhaps we are too hung up on our problems that its never going to leave us? see the cycle, being stressed brings about a heightened smell which is what we are trying to avoid. So why not try forgetting about it for a while? Maybe then, it will start to fade. Remember the saying, Ignorance is bliss, so perhaps even if its something to fool ourselves, i wanna get this feeling of ignorance again. People can know and accept me for who i am. those people are the type of friends that we can count on. not those who only see us for our smells. =)
Take care. Its a difficult period for us and we have to conquer it

hey flyboy - It's Whitney here. I hope that you have read my story because my smell is associated with stress too. I am meeting with numerous doctors about the ileocecal valve and stress. I am working with a number of other odor sufferers also. The odor does not need to only be a fecal odor, as long as it is associated with stress, then it has the same underlying cause. Everyone's odor smells different because we are different people, with different metabolisms, and different diets, but what is important is that we have the same problem. It may not be only Body Odor too, I have been talking with people who have bad breath that is similar to the Body Odor situation and is caused by the same underlying problem.

Email me if you'd like to talk. I am here to help any and all. whitneyclapp@yahoo.com

I agree, we all need to stick together to try and find solutions. We need to update each other on what works, remember to reply if something works for us, and also say if something stopped working.