Candida

March 12, 2005

I am on the Strafford protocol. I had to take a break from antibiotics

for about 3 months as I was having heart/lung problems. Finally got

that under control and have been on Amoxicillin for about 3 weeks and

have had 2 doses of zithromax this past week.

This entire week I have been bloated to the size of 8 month pregnancy.

Extreme pain, bloating and gas. 6lbs and outgrew my pants overnight.

Have been using simethicone, acidophilus and today got a refill on

nystatin.

Today I had a large BM but it did not provide relief from the bloat so

about 2pm I gave my self a fleet enema to see if I could relieve some

pressure. Laid down with hips above my head.

After 10 min I expelled a small amount of gas, liquid and tiny amount

of BM.

20 min. later expelled a large pile of large bubbles. They were shiny

like glycerine and held together to form a slime string when I picked

them up with stool brush.

About an hour later I expelled a large amount of white/yellow mucous.

About a half cup. Some of it floated.

Then about 2 hours later I expelled some more liquid from the enema.

I am sure I passed a plug of candida. It am anxious about it because

it took so long to pass this and I am still bloated and sore. I am

somewhat softer but my gut is tender. It also occured to me today that

maybe I shouldn't assume it is just candida as my Father died from

colon cancer.

Now it is the weekend so I guess I will just take it easy and if it

doesn't get better I will have to see a doc next week. Hate to open

another can of worms.

Isn't this a lovely illness. On a daily basis we deal all alone with

pain , distress and weird symptoms that would send a normal person to

the ER. I know I would have gone to the ER 20 years ago when I was

still " normal " because I would have know that such pain was not

" normal " . Now I am a veteran of pain an suffering. I get so tired of it.

I guess I am venting but also tired and a bit worried. Anyone else

have any similar experiences with the gut when taking antibiotics?

Marie

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