Re: Amazing Improvement on Diflucan + SCD

[Guest guest]

I can't answer any of your questions, but I thank you for the post because I am

going to ask my doc about a yeast infection....

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> Hi there, I have been faithfully sticking to the SCD Diet since Sept 2008 when

I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. While on the SCD I stopped passing blood

and I started getting some firm BM's (after 3 years of D), but I wasn't able to

progress past pecanbread's stage 1/2 without symptoms getting worse. An MD who

is interested in alternative medicine had me do a Metrametrix GIFx test which

indicated that I had an issue with yeast, so I began a 6 week course of Diflucan

(an antifungal) and limited foods that support yeast. Almost immediately all D

stopped and I have had firm BM's for teh last 3 weeks. I've also been able to

slowly add more vegetables without having a reaction. This is the most amazing

progress I've seen in my Crohn's since first getting sick almost 4 years ago.

I'm not sure if they D will return when I stop taking Diflucan, but I'm hopeful

that I will now be able to progress to a more complete version of the SCD.

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> Has anyone else had dramatic reduction in symptoms while on Diflucan? I seem

to be having a bit more gas and bloating than usual and I'm wondering if this is

a side effect of the Diflucan.

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> Cheers,

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[Guest guest]

I'm doing the diflucan for 6 weeks ...my doc (md) actually wanted me on it for 3 months ...but $400 is my max on my extended & I can't afford more than that ...so after 6 weeks I will do 6 weeks more with no-carb scd & rotating natural antifungals ( i get them from my boss for cost+20% so they're much cheaper for me than "meds) ..though if the 3 months doesn't do it --I'll be trying ldn ( since by then my boss ( ND) will have pharma prescribing rights ( & he's going on it too for his rheumatoid arthritis ) but so far on the diflucan I'm much less painful bloating & daily-well-formed bm's, tolerating more veggies ( was able to add in fermented white bean mash!) so good so far! Gisele

[Guest guest]

Gisele,

Glad the diflucan is helping. Is the LDN cheaper than the diflucan? Can you

have a large candida overgrowth without much bloating? i get a little bloated

at times, but usually not anything severe?

Shonda

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> I'm doing the diflucan for 6 weeks ...my doc (md) actually wanted me on it for

3 months ...but $400 is my max on my extended & I can't afford more than that

....so after 6 weeks I will do 6 weeks more with no-carb scd & rotating natural

antifungals ( i get them from my boss for cost+20% so they're much cheaper for

me than " meds) ..though if the 3 months doesn't do it --I'll be trying ldn (

since by then my boss ( ND) will have pharma prescribing rights ( & he's going

on it too for his rheumatoid arthritis ) but so far on the diflucan I'm much

less painful bloating & daily-well-formed bm's, tolerating more veggies ( was

able to add in fermented white bean mash!) so good so far! Gisele

>

[Guest guest]

Gisele,

Glad the diflucan is helping. Is the LDN cheaper than the diflucan? Can you

have a large candida overgrowth without much bloating? i get a little bloated

at times, but usually not anything severe?

Shonda

>

> I'm doing the diflucan for 6 weeks ...my doc (md) actually wanted me on it for

3 months ...but $400 is my max on my extended & I can't afford more than that

....so after 6 weeks I will do 6 weeks more with no-carb scd & rotating natural

antifungals ( i get them from my boss for cost+20% so they're much cheaper for

me than " meds) ..though if the 3 months doesn't do it --I'll be trying ldn (

since by then my boss ( ND) will have pharma prescribing rights ( & he's going

on it too for his rheumatoid arthritis ) but so far on the diflucan I'm much

less painful bloating & daily-well-formed bm's, tolerating more veggies ( was

able to add in fermented white bean mash!) so good so far! Gisele

>

[Guest guest]

I think yeast/candida shows up differently in everyone--so not necessarily bloating ...it forms colonies at your weak points? for me, I barely get vaginal yeast issues ...but my sinuses/ears & eyes get very mucousy, stuffy & itchy ...I know it often shows up as a rash ...my boss' opinion ( he's an ND) is that it often shows up as IBD ...i did a $200 microbiology & it came back as "many" under yeast ( of the ~50 we do per year, times 7 years ...that's the first "many" lol...lucky me!! ) he treats even if it says "few" as he says it's notoriousely hard to culture ...but thats where/how I found out that parapsilosis is my most dominant strain ( I have albicans too) & which antifungals work for it ( it usually list 1/2 dozen natural ones as well as pharma ones ) ...yeast is a beast! lol...recently a distant cousin produced a 500 year family history & it showed that from the 1800's on, my relatives were notorious for going bonkers & gettin hauled off to "asylums"lol ...so apparently yeast/non-sour dough baking wasn't too good for my ancestors either lol..so scd will hopefully keep me out of the nuthouse by feeding me nuts!!lol ;-) gisele

[Guest guest]

I think yeast/candida shows up differently in everyone--so not necessarily bloating ...it forms colonies at your weak points? for me, I barely get vaginal yeast issues ...but my sinuses/ears & eyes get very mucousy, stuffy & itchy ...I know it often shows up as a rash ...my boss' opinion ( he's an ND) is that it often shows up as IBD ...i did a $200 microbiology & it came back as "many" under yeast ( of the ~50 we do per year, times 7 years ...that's the first "many" lol...lucky me!! ) he treats even if it says "few" as he says it's notoriousely hard to culture ...but thats where/how I found out that parapsilosis is my most dominant strain ( I have albicans too) & which antifungals work for it ( it usually list 1/2 dozen natural ones as well as pharma ones ) ...yeast is a beast! lol...recently a distant cousin produced a 500 year family history & it showed that from the 1800's on, my relatives were notorious for going bonkers & gettin hauled off to "asylums"lol ...so apparently yeast/non-sour dough baking wasn't too good for my ancestors either lol..so scd will hopefully keep me out of the nuthouse by feeding me nuts!!lol ;-) gisele

[Guest guest]

Thanks Gisele. I used to get HORRIBLE vaginal yeast infections, and then I

stopped. Haven't had one in years, but my cervical mucous (the normal vaginal

secretions) smell a little yeasty. Once in college we did a kiss plate in

microbiology class and tried to ID the critters that grew. (We kissed the agar

plates). Mine had a few colonies of regular ole looking bacteria, and one

colony of something that was larger than bacteria, which we could not ID at the

time, but I now believe was yeast.

Shonda

- In BTVC-SCD , " Gisele " wrote:

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> I think yeast/candida shows up differently in everyone--so not necessarily

bloating ...it forms colonies at your weak points? for me, I barely get vaginal

yeast issues ...but my sinuses/ears & eyes get very mucousy, stuffy & itchy ...I

know it often shows up as a rash ...my boss' opinion ( he's an ND) is that it

often shows up as IBD ...i did a $200 microbiology & it came back as " many "

under yeast ( of the ~50 we do per year, times 7 years ...that's the first

" many " lol...lucky me!! ) he treats even if it says " few " as he says it's

notoriousely hard to culture ...but thats where/how I found out that

parapsilosis is my most dominant strain ( I have albicans too) & which

antifungals work for it ( it usually list 1/2 dozen natural ones as well as

pharma ones ) ...yeast is a beast! lol...recently a distant cousin produced a

500 year family history & it showed that from the 1800's on, my relatives were

notorious for going bonkers & gettin hauled off to " asylums " lol ...so apparently

yeast/non-sour dough baking wasn't too good for my ancestors either lol..so scd

will hopefully keep me out of the nuthouse by feeding me nuts!!lol ;-) gisele

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