RE: RE: RE: Help Again!!!! - bbw

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I had my first attack of Diverticulitis in 1990 or

1991, and have had a number of attacks since that

time. I'm just thankful they have CAT Scans now,

because back then I had to have a Lower GI (Barium

enema) to find out what was going on in my abdomen.

I didn't start with 'URI's " until after I moved into

this mold-infested building in June 2001.

I have Fusarium growing under 2 toe nails. Had to beg

the doctor to send clippings to the lab, and when it

came back Fusarium, she almost fell over. Said they

never see that type of fungi growing under nails, it's

always another type - don't remember the name of the

other type. Took Lamisil, but it didn't clear it up.

The fact that it was Fusarium didn't surprise me,

because when I sent samples from my apt., and from

other parts of the building, to a lab to be tested for

mold, Fusarium was one of the molds that was present.

Unfortunately, I live in Norristown, Pennsylvania. My

neighbor and I joke about it all the time. We say that

Norristown is like one of those big black holes out in

space. If you get into one of them, you can never get

out, and that's the way we feel.

Barb

--- bbw <barb1283@...> wrote:

> Hi Barb E,

> I would think that would mean that the wrong

> anti-micrbial is being used, to need them that

> long. Where do you live?

> Has he/she never tested or treated for fungus?

>

> Did you have the divercultitis before you had the

> upper respiratory or the other way around?

> Here is what Mayo has on that:

>

>

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diverticulitis/DS00070

>

> --- Barbara <floridabound03200@...> wrote:

>

> > Thanks for the info.

> >

> > For the first year or so I was given Zithromax,

> > and

> > for the past 3 or so years, I have been given

> > Bactrim

> > just about every month for either Bronchitis,

> > Sinusitis, Rhinitis, or as the doctor put it,

> > another

> > " URI " Upper Respiratory Infection.

> >

> > And every once in a while when I get an attack

> > of

> > Diverticulitis, I'm also put on Bactrim along

> > with

> > Flagyl.

> >

> > Barb E.

> >

> > --- bbw <barb1283@...> wrote:

> >

> > > Hi Barb E,

> > > I'm not Carl but taking an antibiotic if you

> > have

> > > a fungal infection, can help the fungal

> > infection

> > > become worse if it is in your digestive tract

> > due

> > > to killing off beneficial bacteria that line

> > your

> > > GI tract and protect it from bad bacteria,

> > fungus

> > > and Candidas.

> > > If fungus or Candida is not GI tract, it may

> > not

> > > have hurt you, especially if the fungal

> > infection

> > > compromised your immune system and made you

> > > susceptible to other infections. It could

> > have

> > > helped keep bacterial infections down, so

> > your

> > > body could concentrate on killing the fungus,

> > so

> > > it depends on where fungal infection was/is.

> > > I think doctors should do more testing, to

> > > determine what kind of infection they are

> > > treating. If type of infection is isolated,

> > then

> > > specific medicine can be treated in culture

> > to

> > > see if it will be affective before even

> > giving it

> > > to patient. If it was themselves, they

> > probably

> > > would dig deeper for the exact cause I'm

> > sure.

> > >

> > > --- Barbara <floridabound03200@...>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > >

> > > > Additionally, is it true that using

> > antibiotics

> > > > for a

> > > > prolonged period of time, does more harm,

> > than

> > > > good,

> > > > to the body?

> > > >

> > > > Barb E.

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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