Toenail fungus - effects of cortisol wean on it? tea tree oil in water to clear gut?

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I have had a " fungized toenail " on my left big toe for about at

least 6 years now (maybe over a decade) - it has NEVER spread beyond

that toe, and for the longest time didn't even seem to progress (and

seemed to be confined to the OUTER part of the nail, not the inner

part). It seemed to start to progress ('sheets' would start to come

off the top of the nail) sometime after I cam down with Type 1 -

probably because my immune system went wacko - I think toenail fungus

is naturally controlled by some regulatory mechanism similar to what

keeps autoimmunity from happening..

Since I started weaning off IsoCort, it seems to be getting worse

- seemingly even worse than it was BEFORE I started IsoCort (perhaps

it wasn't enough, and my adreanals are now a bit weaker). I assume

this is because of some immune process that cortisol helps maintain.

Is there any danger is continuing the wean (it will proabbly be

another 3-4 weeks until I can do the saliva test) of letting the

Candia or whatever it is get out of hand and make even more problems

for me in the future, or would the presence of the fungus (given that

I don't know exactly what it is) screw up the cortisol readings? I

would like to get the wean done and find out what my levels are - as

Val said that too little support can make the adrenals get worse?

Any suggetions about what to do about the toenail? I tried tee

tree oil on the nail and as far into the nailbed as I could get it

for about four months - it might have done someting. I read another

post in the archives that said you're supposed to put the oil into

water and drink it to clear the gut to deal with toenail problems -

assuming it is systemic or partially-systemic Candida. But having

been seeminly so stable for so long, that I'd think if it was

systemic Candida, it would have wreaked much more havoc on my system

long before now..

I have had a very small (~ 2-3 mm suare) skin infection right at

the skin around the nail which I think probably was caused by the

same fungus - the doctor of course just treated it with an antibiotic

(cephalexin/Keflex) and bacitracin. Didn't seem at all concerned

about the fungus itself - presumably the cause.. (typical doctor)

Dr. B. says in his book that the treatment they *used* to use was

called tinture of Fungoid, but that of could the nail had to be filed

down by a podiatrist so that you could get to the nailbed. But that

you can't seem to *find* tincture of Fungoid anymore.. Another thing

I read said that the fungus can't grow in an acidic pH, which is why

the recommendation of vinegar seems to sort of work, and perhaps part

of why tea tree oil as well.

I do eat yogurt (Mountain High, full fat) every day (I need to

start making my own kefir too). Should I add a probiotic to keep up

the gut bacteria, and avoid/consume inulin/FOS (I've heard things on

both sides of that issue)?

Jim