Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 You are so right, Lottie-- And not only that, but the C difficile is called that because it is very difficult to isolate, and difficult to cure. It puts off spores. The supplement Saccharomyces boulardii is another fungus that fights the C difficile and wins--and repopulates your gut with friendly flora and bacteria. A probiotic is good for gut health as is fiber. We should all be on a good fiber supplement and a probiotic. This helps both constipation and diarrhea--and with that side effect being prominent with Gleevec, it can help many of us to feel better. Van Vorous has a great website where you can get Acacia fiber--a water-soluble fiber that has few side-effects and is clear, dissoves in water fully, does not clump, can be mixed in food--and it works great. Everybody with bowel issues needs to give fiber and probiotics a try. Hugs to everyone. Take care in the heat--stay hydrated and stay cool. A cool washcloth on the head, sitting in front of a fan does wonders. For you and your pets! Watch where the dog goes to stay cool and go there, too. Usually on the kitchen floor. I am always wondering if I would get laughed at for lying down there myself---Ha!? Vicki > > Dear Vicki, > We both have something in common, I can relate to your bout with c-diff. It actually took me a year to get over it. Now when they say " antibiotics " , I tell them to hold their horses, is this really necessary. The visiting nurse told me today to be sure and call her if I get green mucous and I asked what she would do and she said she would call the doctor for an antibiotic and I told her she wouldn't be hearing from me for that. They want to give you an antibiotic even for a virus and that is useless. The overuse of them has caused the superbugs and now there are new strains that do not respond to the newer drugs that were developed to combat them. We have just dug a hole for ourselves over this issue and I don't see the medical community intervening to stop the runaway train. > xoxo > Lottie Duthu > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 there's a picture for you, lying on a cool tile floor, under the table, indulging in the magic drug......the kids would be there with you in a hot second ! a ( Bobby ) Doyle, dob 12/17/29 DX 5/1995 Interferon 9 weeks/Hydroxyurea 5 years 02/2000 to 06/2002 Gleevec trial, OHSU 06/2002 Gleevec/Trisenox Trial, OHSU 06/2003 Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial, OHSU 04/2004 Sprycel Trial, MDACC, CCR in 10 months 04/2008 XL228 Trial, U of Mich. 01/2009 PCR 5.69 04/2009 Ariad Trial AP24534 09/2009 PCR 0.01 11/2009 PCR 0.034 02/2010 PCRU #840 Zavie's Zero Club From: Vicki <vickistu@...> Subject: [ ] Re: c-difficle Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 10:10 PM Â You are so right, Lottie-- And not only that, but the C difficile is called that because it is very difficult to isolate, and difficult to cure. It puts off spores. The supplement Saccharomyces boulardii is another fungus that fights the C difficile and wins--and repopulates your gut with friendly flora and bacteria. A probiotic is good for gut health as is fiber. We should all be on a good fiber supplement and a probiotic. This helps both constipation and diarrhea--and with that side effect being prominent with Gleevec, it can help many of us to feel better. Van Vorous has a great website where you can get Acacia fiber--a water-soluble fiber that has few side-effects and is clear, dissoves in water fully, does not clump, can be mixed in food--and it works great. Everybody with bowel issues needs to give fiber and probiotics a try. Hugs to everyone. Take care in the heat--stay hydrated and stay cool. A cool washcloth on the head, sitting in front of a fan does wonders. For you and your pets! Watch where the dog goes to stay cool and go there, too. Usually on the kitchen floor. I am always wondering if I would get laughed at for lying down there myself---Ha!? Vicki > > Dear Vicki, > We both have something in common, I can relate to your bout with c-diff. It actually took me a year to get over it. Now when they say " antibiotics " , I tell them to hold their horses, is this really necessary. The visiting nurse told me today to be sure and call her if I get green mucous and I asked what she would do and she said she would call the doctor for an antibiotic and I told her she wouldn't be hearing from me for that. They want to give you an antibiotic even for a virus and that is useless. The overuse of them has caused the superbugs and now there are new strains that do not respond to the newer drugs that were developed to combat them. We have just dug a hole for ourselves over this issue and I don't see the medical community intervening to stop the runaway train. > xoxo > Lottie Duthu > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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