Diflucan-resistant yeast

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Hi all. I've been off-list for a few months, but I wanted to pop

back on and tell a little story for the archives.

The weekend of the DC DAN! conference I was visiting family out of

state. My daughter's s. boulardii (her only yeast fighter) was left

out overnight and there was no replacement within 50 miles.

Believing she needed to be on something stronger anyway, I had a doc

in the family write a script for Diflucan.

Within an hour and a half, my 2.5 year old pooped over 2 feet worth

of poop. I was elated! But then she seemed to regress,

particularly with regard to learning. She always wants to learn and

suddenly she wasn't asking any questions. I wrote it off to die-off.

Three weeks later, she still seemed regressed and a light-bulb went

off. 's yeast was confirmed by a stool test (and her urine

MAP), but they hadn't been able to culture the yeast. I got the

results of my own stool test back and, hmm, my own yeast is

resistant to Diflucan.

got thrush at 7 weeks when I was still breast feeding. It

seemed quite possible to me that she has the same strain. I stopped

the diflucan and added in some old compounded Nystatin. After two

doses and less than 24 hours, was more her old self and was

teaching herself how to spell.

We went to see Dr. Usman this past week and she first thought

should take Sporanox instead, but then she checked 's genetic

results and doesn't clear ANY of the prescription anti-

fungals well. They all interfere with her detox/methylation

system. So Usman put her on Yeast Aid by Kirkman (a mix of natural

anti-fungals) and she has been doing well on that for the last

week. I am taking it as well.

To me it is another lesson how very individual our kids are.

Diflucan is great and I wish it worked for Rach, but it didn't and I

couldn't tell die off from a flare. Luckily, things are smooth

now.

I hope to see some of you at A1.

Dawn