Antibiotics crisis--please help

[Guest guest]

Hi Folks,

As you know, I've been dealing with yeast/mold overgrowth issues again. I had

begun to feel

some improvement being on Metformin (to lower blood sugar) and doing a digestive

cleanse.

Of course, karma would have it that I've now been diagnosed with a staph

infection--an

insect bite, of all things, became a blister and burst--and now the doctor (not

my specialist)

wants to put me on antibiotics.

I am absolutely sick about this, terrified that my fungal problems will spiral

out of control.

The doctor grudgingly agreed to let me try topical treatment for the rest of the

day and

tonight, but if it's not resolving by tomorrow morning, he's going to " bring in

the big guns. " I

have left a message for Dr. Metzger asking which antibiotic would be the least

problematic,

but with no prescription antifungals currently providing relief, I have no idea

how we'd handle

a drug-fueled flare. Have any of you with candida had to take antibiotics? Do

you have any

strategies for balancing their ill effects?

I'd be grateful for any advice.

Glomer

[Guest guest]

Whenever I need to take antibiotics I ask the doctor to prescribe something that

I can take with dairy products. Then I eat yogurt two hours before and two

hours after I take the antibiotics. PLAIN YOGURT, not the dessert pudding kind.

So far I have been lucky.

Ora

>Hi Folks,

>

>As you know, I've been dealing with yeast/mold overgrowth issues again. I had

begun to feel

>some improvement being on Metformin (to lower blood sugar) and doing a

digestive cleanse.

>Of course, karma would have it that I've now been diagnosed with a staph

infection--an

>insect bite, of all things, became a blister and burst--and now the doctor (not

my specialist)

>wants to put me on antibiotics.

>

>I am absolutely sick about this, terrified that my fungal problems will spiral

out of control.

>The doctor grudgingly agreed to let me try topical treatment for the rest of

the day and

>tonight, but if it's not resolving by tomorrow morning, he's going to " bring in

the big guns. " I

>have left a message for Dr. Metzger asking which antibiotic would be the least

problematic,

>but with no prescription antifungals currently providing relief, I have no idea

how we'd handle

>a drug-fueled flare. Have any of you with candida had to take antibiotics? Do

you have any

>strategies for balancing their ill effects?

>

>I'd be grateful for any advice.

>

>Glomer

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Ora. I take hundreds of billions of good bacteria everyday and, even

without

antibiotics, I'm still battling yeast, so I don't think yogurt is apt to make

much of a dent I

appreciate the suggestion though!

Glomer

>

> >Hi Folks,

> >

> >As you know, I've been dealing with yeast/mold overgrowth issues again. I had

begun

to feel

> >some improvement being on Metformin (to lower blood sugar) and doing a

digestive

cleanse.

> >Of course, karma would have it that I've now been diagnosed with a staph

infection--

an

> >insect bite, of all things, became a blister and burst--and now the doctor

(not my

specialist)

> >wants to put me on antibiotics.

> >

> >I am absolutely sick about this, terrified that my fungal problems will

spiral out of

control.

> >The doctor grudgingly agreed to let me try topical treatment for the rest of

the day

and

> >tonight, but if it's not resolving by tomorrow morning, he's going to " bring

in the big

guns. " I

> >have left a message for Dr. Metzger asking which antibiotic would be the

least

problematic,

> >but with no prescription antifungals currently providing relief, I have no

idea how we'd

handle

> >a drug-fueled flare. Have any of you with candida had to take antibiotics? Do

you have

any

> >strategies for balancing their ill effects?

> >

> >I'd be grateful for any advice.

> >

> >Glomer

>

[Guest guest]

I always had the impression that yogurt (and other probiotics) can prevent yeast

infections if taken with antibiotics. But I would not expect it to CURE a yeast

infection.

When I take antibiotics I eat yogurt to prevent the gastric problems, (diarrhea

etc.) and it works for me. I do not have a yeast problem fortunately. I had

one yeast infection which I blamed on a heavy-duty tampon which I had trouble

removing.

Ora

>Thanks, Ora. I take hundreds of billions of good bacteria everyday and, even

without

>antibiotics, I'm still battling yeast, so I don't think yogurt is apt to make

much of a dent I

>appreciate the suggestion though!

>

>Glomer