Kate - candida and diflucan

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate, I have also been told that I have a candida overgrowth and so

bought Dr. Crooks' books about it. It seems to me that it would be a problem

for

anyone if their sugar got too high. Candida loves and lives on sugar. I

have a bottle of diflucan and just take a little now and again when I feel I can

stand it. Diflucan is very hard on the liver but kills candida fast. There

may also be a gluten connection with this. Have you been checked for celiac?

I am also expecting the same book to arrive in the mail soon. Hope it will

be a big help for us. Alice

Thanks Mike -- I'll try that. At the moment I don't have health insurance,

so my doctor is kindly giving me as much time as she can without running the

bill up too high. We talk by phone, & I'm not sure she understands that I'm

eating no carbs at all. I also have a candida condition, which is what the no

carbs is all about, but

eventually that will be cleared up & then I'd like to be able to have at

least the occasional potato or piece of bread. Since I've had such a hard time

bringing my numbers down, I worry that I will always have

to be this strict about everything.

Someone mentioned a book about the first year of Type II diabetes -- I

just ordered it. Hopefully that will give me some more answers about

things!

Kate

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[Guest guest]

whats the name of the book by dr. crooks about candida? i seem to be getting it

fairly often, as i have yet to figure out how to get y bgs under control...does

anything else work to treat it other than the diflucan, my dr is reluctant to

keep prescribing it, will anything herbal work?

melania:)

SilverPlume1111@... wrote: Hi Kate, I have

also been told that I have a candida overgrowth and so

bought Dr. Crooks' books about it. It seems to me that it would be a problem

for

anyone if their sugar got too high. Candida loves and lives on sugar. I

have a bottle of diflucan and just take a little now and again when I feel I

can

stand it. Diflucan is very hard on the liver but kills candida fast. There

may also be a gluten connection with this. Have you been checked for celiac?

I am also expecting the same book to arrive in the mail soon. Hope it will

be a big help for us. Alice

Thanks Mike -- I'll try that. At the moment I don't have health insurance,

so my doctor is kindly giving me as much time as she can without running the

bill up too high. We talk by phone, & I'm not sure she understands that I'm

eating no carbs at all. I also have a candida condition, which is what the no

carbs is all about, but

eventually that will be cleared up & then I'd like to be able to have at

least the occasional potato or piece of bread. Since I've had such a hard time

bringing my numbers down, I worry that I will always have

to be this strict about everything.

Someone mentioned a book about the first year of Type II diabetes -- I

just ordered it. Hopefully that will give me some more answers about

things!

Kate

Click here: CHE Toxicant and Disease Database

[Guest guest]

Melania,

I was having a yeastie beastie problems too, and I started to take the

supplement Acidophilus. The supplement I use has no sugar, no artificial

colors, no artificial flavors, no wheat, no gluten, no soy, and is lactose

and yeast free.

Because I fell, and hurt my leg, which swelled up alot with blood underneath

the skin, I developed an awful infection called cellulitis and had to be on

very strong antibiotics. Which of course meant, yeast infection. So, I ate

1 thing of plain yogurt a day made into a strawberry smoothie, and took one

of these supplements. I still had to take the diflucan, but not as much and

the infection was not RAGING as it always is when I am on antibiotics.

And I was on oral and intravenous.

So, now, I take one every day. They supposedly help a lot of other things

too. I get the GNC brand.

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Hi Alice,

Yes, I was checked for celiac disease during my last endoscopy and the

doc didn't find any evidence of it. Mine is from an overenthusiastic

barrage of antibiotics after an operation many year ago. Once all my

good critters had been killed off (& I didn't know enough to load up

on live culture acidophulus at the time), I apparently slowly started

developing a yeast infection in my intestines. The only thing I've

found that helps is the Breaking the Vicious Cycle eating plan, which

is no carbs & no refined sugars. Under that plan I can have honey,

but of course can't have that as a diabetic, so I'm substituting

stevia for the honey.

I haven't been diagnosed by a medical doctor as having candida, so no

one has ever prescribed diflucan or anything else. Maybe I should

talk to my doctor about it. Although if it's got such intense side

effects, perhaps I'd be better off just to avoid the carbs for the 6

months (although these last couple of days I haven't been as rigorous

as I should be (& my bs 2 hours after dinner shows it: 133.) I'm sure

the bad little critters in my gut are loving the high sugar content --

another reason to be rigorous for the time being.

I'm really looking forward to getting that book & having some of my

questions answered too!

Kate

>

> Hi Kate, I have also been told that I have a candida overgrowth and so

> bought Dr. Crooks' books about it. It seems to me that it would be

a problem for

> anyone if their sugar got too high. Candida loves and lives on

sugar. I

> have a bottle of diflucan and just take a little now and again when

I feel I can

> stand it. Diflucan is very hard on the liver but kills candida

fast. There

> may also be a gluten connection with this. Have you been checked

for celiac?

> I am also expecting the same book to arrive in the mail soon.

Hope it will

> be a big help for us. Alice

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Ask your dr. to do a liver panel, or see if he has done one recently. If he

has, and all was okay, then do yourself a favor and get the diflucan. I had

hepatitis, and I can take it. And it is a wonder drug, in my opinion. Once

one has a yeast infection creep to their anus, one does not full around with

yeast! The supplements will help before you get the yeast infection, but as

others have said, they will not cure one.

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate,

A yeast infection that would not clear, even with regular doses of Diflucan, was

one of the symptoms when I was diagnozed with diabetes.

When I did chemo, I had to take Diflucan during the whole course of the cycle,

and the Doctor in charge stated that diabetics are especially prone to yeast

infections.

Yes, talk to your doctor, an attack of the yeastie beasties is no fun,

Re: Kate - candida and diflucan

Hi Alice,

Yes, I was checked for celiac disease during my last endoscopy and the

doc didn't find any evidence of it. Mine is from an overenthusiastic

barrage of antibiotics after an operation many year ago. Once all my

good critters had been killed off (& I didn't know enough to load up

on live culture acidophulus at the time), I apparently slowly started

developing a yeast infection in my intestines. The only thing I've

found that helps is the Breaking the Vicious Cycle eating plan, which

is no carbs & no refined sugars. Under that plan I can have honey,

but of course can't have that as a diabetic, so I'm substituting

stevia for the honey.

I haven't been diagnosed by a medical doctor as having candida, so no

one has ever prescribed diflucan or anything else. Maybe I should

talk to my doctor about it. Although if it's got such intense side

effects, perhaps I'd be better off just to avoid the carbs for the 6

months (although these last couple of days I haven't been as rigorous

as I should be (& my bs 2 hours after dinner shows it: 133.) I'm sure

the bad little critters in my gut are loving the high sugar content --

another reason to be rigorous for the time being.

I'm really looking forward to getting that book & having some of my

questions answered too!

Kate

>

> Hi Kate, I have also been told that I have a candida overgrowth and so

> bought Dr. Crooks' books about it. It seems to me that it would be

a problem for

> anyone if their sugar got too high. Candida loves and lives on

sugar. I

> have a bottle of diflucan and just take a little now and again when

I feel I can

> stand it. Diflucan is very hard on the liver but kills candida

fast. There

> may also be a gluten connection with this. Have you been checked

for celiac?

> I am also expecting the same book to arrive in the mail soon.

Hope it will

> be a big help for us. Alice

[Guest guest]

I missed the original post about this. Yeast love sugar and alkaline

environments. Vinegar washes help me. I also use Balsalmic vinegar on my salads

as

often as possible.

Cat

[Guest guest]

ill try that...thanks...

good luck with the cellulitis, monitor it very carefully.

Laurie mrmossis@...> wrote: Melania,

I was having a yeastie beastie problems too, and I started to take the

supplement Acidophilus. The supplement I use has no sugar, no artificial

colors, no artificial flavors, no wheat, no gluten, no soy, and is lactose

and yeast free.

Because I fell, and hurt my leg, which swelled up alot with blood underneath

the skin, I developed an awful infection called cellulitis and had to be on

very strong antibiotics. Which of course meant, yeast infection. So, I ate

1 thing of plain yogurt a day made into a strawberry smoothie, and took one

of these supplements. I still had to take the diflucan, but not as much and

the infection was not RAGING as it always is when I am on antibiotics.

And I was on oral and intravenous.

So, now, I take one every day. They supposedly help a lot of other things

too. I get the GNC brand.

Laurie

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