Re: candida...I am desperate!

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Sheila: Keep up the good work - with systemic yeast it can take a

year or more to get it back in line - depending on how bad it is. My

twin has it real bad and she's learned that if you alternate

treatments every three months or so you get all the different strains

and there is no loss of effectivness.

Grapeseed Extract is a good one according to her. She also used raw

Garlic (sounds weird but it works) and some other natual remedies -

can't remember them all. She would actually get herxheimer reactions

(die off reaction) her levels were so high.

Unfortunately she hasn't kicked hers because she had to start a long

term ABX program for her Lyme. It was good that she gave it a good

kick in the butt for a year prior to the ABX, though.

Another thing to consider is to get tested for Mercury. If you have

high levels of Mercury you will need to treat that or the sytemic

yeast will remain a problem.

Yikes, so many problems!

>

> Hi,

> I agree with the systemic yeast thing. I have that and am taking a

lot of

> herbal medicines:

>

> Grape Seed Extract (from Vitamin Cottage) - 2x a day

> Flora-balance powder (http://www.flora-balance.com)- 1x a day in

the morning

> Sensitive Colon Support Probiotic (from Whole foods) - 2x/day

>

> I also take ayurvedic herbs that are customized for me.

>

> I have been on this for 4 months and still have the yeast - so I

need to

> keep going. It is a tough bugger to fight!

>

> Sheila

>

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Hi Kalli, Boric acid for 14 days is a great start but my understanding is that it needs to be used on an ongoing basis (regmes vary) for several months. I've seen regimes range from 1x per week or 4 days per month for six months. Lindsey

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Kalli,Go backto whoever diagnosed you with non abilicans candida and ask them to run a culture AND a sensitivities test on the yeast that they find.The labs now have the ability to grow the yeast you have and then, in a petri dish, medicate that yeast with various meds until they find the one which "kills" the strain of yeast you have. You need this test if nothing else has worked for you.You could also google your strain and see what is being used to treat it, as in '"medications for treatijng glabrata", or whatever.If you have already done that and you have been treated with the meds the sensitivity test indicated you should use and you are still experiencing pain, you could well be free of the yeast, but have damaged skin from the prolonged treatments you mention below. All of those chemicals are enough to have damaged the vaginal canal as well as the sensitive skin of the vulva.

You should probably then be using something like 100% pure cocanut oil , rubbed in thoroughly, but gently - several times a day - or 100% olive oil . It may very well be - given the list of things you've put on this skin, that your skin serioulsy needs a break.good luckkeep us postedkallina -kassandra wrote: Hey ladies- I posted about candida non-albicans some time ago. Has anybody ever cured it? I am suffering for nearly a year and a half and am sick of the pain. I have tried diets, healthy foods, herbs, probiotics, nystatin, boric acid, gynazol, terconazole, diflucan, nizoral at no avail. I have tested my blood sugar and everything else, No reason for candida not to go away. I am desperate, Can anybody recommend a dr. who deals with very resistant infections

and does the tests at his/her office and not at labs? LOve, Kalliimojo060582 wrote: Went to two stores today - no plain Acitva. I'm on a quest for Danactive LOL.Molly Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

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Kalli: really I really am serious about a product containing OMEGA 3,6, 9 All three omegas. The wife of the author of the Makers Presciption Diet does not travel with out it. I started taking it and it has done wonders for my skin. inside and outside...get some. What can it hurt..nothing. It cost about twenty dollars at your health food market. love, ML

Hey ladies-

I posted about candida non-albicans some time ago. Has anybody ever cured it? I am suffering for nearly a year and a half and am sick of the pain. I have tried diets, healthy foods, herbs, probiotics, nystatin, boric acid, gynazol, terconazole, diflucan, nizoral at no avail. I have tested my blood sugar and everything else, No reason for candida not to go away. I am desperate, Can anybody recommend a dr. who deals with very resistant infections and does the tests at his/her office and not at labs?

LOve,

Kallii

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I haven't read all the email strains for this topic so excuse me if

I'm repeating anything. Anyway, last year I tried being on

fluconazole (diflucan) for a month. The end result was my body

growing resistant to candida albalcin (however its spelled!). My body

then began to create a newer and more resistant form of yeast called

candida Glabratta. My particular strain of glabrata was only cured by

a med called VFEND. A very EXPENSIVE med. I'm by no means cured of my

original vulvodynia symptoms, but I do believe I developed glabrata

in response to my overusing antibiotics and antifungals like diflucan.

>

> There was something on Amazon.com or maybe drugstore.com that

looked

> interesting. It was liquid drops that you put on a tampon and

insert

> the tampon. I'm pretty sure it was Amazon. I used the search for

> Boric Acid and both came up. I haven't tried it but I don't think

it

> was that expensive so it may be worth a shot.

>

> Have you been tested for systemic yeast - where it's actually in

your

> whole body? A lot of Dr's are just catching on to this (many don't

> believe in it yet). That requires a special diet (like you are on)

> and there are many herbal products on the market. My sister has it

> and she used ThreeLac - which is expensive but very good. I used

it

> to prevent systemic yeast because I am on long term ABX for Lyme

and

> my yeast levels are always OK. I was on ABX for a year before I

got

> a yeast infection and that was because I was out in the hot sun

with

> a bathing suit on.

>

> Long term use of Diflucan can help, too, but I would recommend a

> product called " Liv52 " by Hymalaya. It protects the liver - my

liver

> enzymes are fine after using Diflucan regularly (Not everyday but

> several times per week) for a year. I get my yeast, liver enzymes,

> thyroid and other things checked by my Lyme Dr. every couple of

> months.

>

> I hope you find relief soon.

>

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Yikes, this makes total sense and is very scary to me as I am on long

term ABX for Lyme and also use Diflucan. I think with all the things

I have on order I may be able to stop the Diflucan, though.

Thanks for posting this.

Molly

>

> I haven't read all the email strains for this topic so excuse me if

> I'm repeating anything. Anyway, last year I tried being on

> fluconazole (diflucan) for a month. The end result was my body

> growing resistant to candida albalcin (however its spelled!). My

body

> then began to create a newer and more resistant form of yeast

called

> candida Glabratta. My particular strain of glabrata was only cured

by

> a med called VFEND. A very EXPENSIVE med. I'm by no means cured of

my

> original vulvodynia symptoms, but I do believe I developed glabrata

> in response to my overusing antibiotics and antifungals like

diflucan.

>

>

>