What HAS worked for me

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Worked-

1) Grapefruit seed extract- get a well known brand, like any herbal the

quality is important.

2) Probiotics- again, a well known brand it a MUST to actually get live

bacteria.

3) Tea tree oil topically or combined with goldenseal extract in warm

water for use on skin or vaginal area/douche.

4) Avoiding dairy products like the plague

Have yet to try Pau d'arco, but this is a wonderful anti-fungal - just

ordered some.

Can't take garlic because it lowers my blood pressure too much, BUT

garlic is also a power anti-fungal ( also anti-bacterial and anti-viral

).

MOST OF ALL- MEDITATION and staying in a positive mood. IF I get too

stressed or moody my candida goes nuts!

Candida hates happy!

Marcie

" Your biography becomes your biology. " - Caroline Myss

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Sue, how did it enable you to go off of the Celebrex? I am now on it as my stomach can no longer take the ibuprofen and would love to find a more natural remedy.

Hugs, Michele - Nana & DayCare provider toTwins is and , 18 mos., Zachary, 3 yrs.,Ethan, 7 yrs., and Tony, 11 yrs.

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From: sueinohio2001 Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:11 PM

Nadine, the Christian meditation CDs I got at amazon.com and now I order directly from her site-www.thechristianmeditator.com.

Sour cherry concentrate is excellent for arthritis and also helps with migraines. I used to get it and mix an ounce with juice each day. I imagine the cherry pills work in the same way. I think the zyflamend might help you, too with the arthritis side of things. You can go to www.vitacost.com and type in zyflamend to get a list of the herbs in it that you might want to show your doctor. It enabled me to go off the celebrex entirely.

sue in ohio

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for another natural solution.. cranberries are great for urinary function/maintence... i believe there are pills for this now, but you can also get in a great fruit juices sueinohio2001 <sueinohio2001@...> wrote: Nadine, the Christian meditation CDs I got at amazon.com and now I order directly from her site-www.thechristianmeditator.com. Sour cherry concentrate is excellent for arthritis and also helps with migraines. I used to get it and mix an ounce with juice each

day. I imagine the cherry pills work in the same way. I think the zyflamend might help you, too with the arthritis side of things. You can go to www.vitacost.com and type in zyflamend to get a list of the herbs in it that you might want to show your doctor. It enabled me to go off the celebrex entirely. sue in ohio> I must empasize that this is what has worked for me over my 14 year journey with fibro and may not help all. I also had a spinal fusion in 1998 which causes much of my pain and some osteoarthritis along with chronic myofascial pain. But I went from living on pain meds and muscle relaxants daily to now being off all pain meds (other than lidoderm patches and compounded pain cream) and doing an average of 4 miles of aerobic walking daily:> 1. For me stress is the number one contributor to my pain and flare ups. I was a teacher for 30 years so stress was a given. What really gave me my life back was going to

a Christian psychologist in 2001 who used hypnotherapy and guided imagery to deal with stress and knock it out. I continue to meditate or do guided relaxation with deep breathing daily.> 2. Trigger point release or myofascial release massotherapy along with physical therapy.> 3. Magnesium malate with malic acid, vitamin D3, zyflamend (an herbal anti-inflamatory) for pain and inflammation and rhodiola which has done an extraordinary job in increasing my energy.> 4. Daily range of motion and stretching exercises done each morning as soon as I wake up.> 5. Chiropractic care.> 6. Developing a personal relationship with God.> 7. Doing volunteer work- I visit shut ins for my church.> 8. Journaling my feelings daily for several months- particularly repressed emotions.> I don't claim this will work for everyone, but it worked for me. But I do think everyone has to find a way of dealing with stress or you will never feel

better because stress keeps you in the fight or flight mode all the time. I must admit that retiring from teaching also helped as that was a main source of stress for me. I loved the kids but hated the governments interference in education that left many of my first graders frustrated and sick from all the tests. > But these methods helped me cope when my husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and again in 2007 and I had a melonoma removed in Sept. Without the meditation and prayer, I would have fell apart, but thanks to having ways to cope with stress helped me get through the tough times.> I do continue to deal with sleep problems which could have caused my FM in the first place as I had it long before the fibro so I do switch between ambien and klonopin for sleep so I don't develop a tolerance to either.> sue in ohio> > > > > > ---------------------------------> Never miss a thing.

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I use to suffer with many uti before! After a year it disappeared!

Then i am getting them again! I prefer not to be antibiotics.

However, I learend for me it doesnt cure the issue all the way by

taking cranberry extracts! If I do have aninfection, I need

anitbioctics. What I should of done, is look at a prevntable measure.

Which is take a cranberry extract or nutrtional supplement. It

stronger than taking drinking cranberry juice. Plus juice has sugar!

Even my doc suggest taking a cranbery extrat while I was on meds!

Tania

--- Gamble <eagamble@...> wrote:

> for another natural solution.. cranberries are great for urinary

> function/maintence... i believe there are pills for this now, but

> you can also get in a great fruit juices

>

> sueinohio2001 <sueinohio2001@...> wrote: Nadine,

> the Christian meditation CDs I got at amazon.com and now I order

> directly from her site-www.thechristianmeditator.com.

> Sour cherry concentrate is excellent for arthritis and also helps

> with migraines. I used to get it and mix an ounce with juice each

> day. I imagine the cherry pills work in the same way. I think the

> zyflamend might help you, too with the arthritis side of things.

> You can go to www.vitacost.com and type in zyflamend to get a list

> of the herbs in it that you might want to show your doctor. It

> enabled me to go off the celebrex entirely.

> sue in ohio

>

> > I must empasize that this is what has worked for me over my 14

> year journey with fibro and may not help all. I also had a spinal

> fusion in 1998 which causes much of my pain and some osteoarthritis

> along with chronic myofascial pain. But I went from living on pain

> meds and muscle relaxants daily to now being off all pain meds

> (other than lidoderm patches and compounded pain cream) and doing

> an average of 4 miles of aerobic walking daily:

> > 1. For me stress is the number one contributor to my pain and

> flare ups. I was a teacher for 30 years so stress was a given. What

> really gave me my life back was going to a Christian psychologist

> in 2001 who used hypnotherapy and guided imagery to deal with

> stress and knock it out. I continue to meditate or do guided

> relaxation with deep breathing daily.

> > 2. Trigger point release or myofascial release massotherapy along

> with physical therapy.

> > 3. Magnesium malate with malic acid, vitamin D3, zyflamend (an

> herbal anti-inflamatory) for pain and inflammation and rhodiola

> which has done an extraordinary job in increasing my energy.

> > 4. Daily range of motion and stretching exercises done each

> morning as soon as I wake up.

> > 5. Chiropractic care.

> > 6. Developing a personal relationship with God.

> > 7. Doing volunteer work- I visit shut ins for my church.

> > 8. Journaling my feelings daily for several months- particularly

> repressed emotions.

> > I don't claim this will work for everyone, but it worked for me.

> But I do think everyone has to find a way of dealing with stress or

> you will never feel better because stress keeps you in the fight or

> flight mode all the time. I must admit that retiring from teaching

> also helped as that was a main source of stress for me. I loved the

> kids but hated the governments interference in education that left

> many of my first graders frustrated and sick from all the tests.

> > But these methods helped me cope when my husband was diagnosed

> with cancer in 2004 and again in 2007 and I had a melonoma removed

> in Sept. Without the meditation and prayer, I would have fell

> apart, but thanks to having ways to cope with stress helped me get

> through the tough times.

> > I do continue to deal with sleep problems which could have caused

> my FM in the first place as I had it long before the fibro so I do

> switch between ambien and klonopin for sleep so I don't develop a

> tolerance to either.

> > sue in ohio

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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I use to suffer with many uti before! After a year it disappeared!

Then i am getting them again! I prefer not to be antibiotics.

However, I learend for me it doesnt cure the issue all the way by

taking cranberry extracts! If I do have aninfection, I need

anitbioctics. What I should of done, is look at a prevntable measure.

Which is take a cranberry extract or nutrtional supplement. It

stronger than taking drinking cranberry juice. Plus juice has sugar!

Even my doc suggest taking a cranbery extrat while I was on meds!

Blessings,

Tania

> > I must empasize that this is what has worked for me over my 14

year journey with fibro and may not help all. I also had a spinal

fusion in 1998 which causes much of my pain and some osteoarthritis

along with chronic myofascial pain. But I went from living on pain

meds and muscle relaxants daily to now being off all pain meds (other

than lidoderm patches and compounded pain cream) and doing an average

of 4 miles of aerobic walking daily:

> > 1. For me stress is the number one contributor to my pain and

flare ups. I was a teacher for 30 years so stress was a given. What

really gave me my life back was going to a Christian psychologist in

2001 who used hypnotherapy and guided imagery to deal with stress and

knock it out. I continue to meditate or do guided relaxation with

deep breathing daily.

> > 2. Trigger point release or myofascial release massotherapy along

with physical therapy.

> > 3. Magnesium malate with malic acid, vitamin D3, zyflamend (an

herbal anti-inflamatory) for pain and inflammation and rhodiola which

has done an extraordinary job in increasing my energy.

> > 4. Daily range of motion and stretching exercises done each

morning as soon as I wake up.

> > 5. Chiropractic care.

> > 6. Developing a personal relationship with God.

> > 7. Doing volunteer work- I visit shut ins for my church.

> > 8. Journaling my feelings daily for several months- particularly

repressed emotions.

> > I don't claim this will work for everyone, but it worked for me.

But I do think everyone has to find a way of dealing with stress or

you will never feel better because stress keeps you in the fight or

flight mode all the time. I must admit that retiring from teaching

also helped as that was a main source of stress for me. I loved the

kids but hated the governments interference in education that left

many of my first graders frustrated and sick from all the tests.

> > But these methods helped me cope when my husband was diagnosed

with cancer in 2004 and again in 2007 and I had a melonoma removed in

Sept. Without the meditation and prayer, I would have fell apart, but

thanks to having ways to cope with stress helped me get through the

tough times.

> > I do continue to deal with sleep problems which could have caused

my FM in the first place as I had it long before the fibro so I do

switch between ambien and klonopin for sleep so I don't develop a

tolerance to either.

> > sue in ohio

> >

> >

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Have you ever tried Colloidal Silver for UTI's? It's a natural

antibiotic. I've been able to overcome a number of infections by taking

a teaspoon to a tablespoon orally a couple times a day, as it

eventually gets down to the bladder. Colloidal Silver

http://www.lifeplus.com/dominie is the brand I

use - high quality and reputable.

About cranberry extracts or juices - don't get the kind with sugar.

Capsules of cranberry extract alone would be better. UTI's can be

related to yeast overgrowth (candida), so avoid sugar.

Dominie

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Yes. The man who turned blue was using some kind of home-made colloidal

silver concoction. There are very few cases of agryria considering the

millions of bottles of colloidal silver manufactured and used by

consumers. The Colloidal Silver I use is extremely high quality, but

you're right - use judiciously and only when needed. It's kept me out

of the doctor's office more times than I can count. I don't have

insurance that cover's doctors' visits, labs, exams or tests, so I have

to find ways to help myself or my medical bills would devastate us.

Dominie

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Wow! Now that would be a conversation piece, poor guy! I'm thinking I'll stick to cranberries =). Nadine"M. " <mkarenw@...> wrote: Be careful with Colloidal Silver though. Not too much. Last week, the Today Show had a man on whose skin had turned blue from ingesting too much! It is not reversible. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22536241/ - W Re: What has worked for me Have you ever tried Colloidal Silver for UTI's? It's a natural antibiotic.

I've been able to overcome a number of infections by taking a teaspoon to a tablespoon orally a couple times a day, as it eventually gets down to the bladder. Colloidal Silver http://www.lifeplus.com/dominie is the brand I use - high quality and reputable. About cranberry extracts or juices - don't get the kind with sugar. Capsules of cranberry extract alone would be better. UTI's can be related to yeast overgrowth (candida), so avoid sugar.Dominie

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The herbs like tumeric and ginger that are in the zyflamend are natural anti-inflammatories. I read about zyflamend at Dr. Weil's website and in his "Self-Healing" newsletter that I subscribe to. He said it is one supplement that has been widely tested and researched so I tried it and it helped with the pain a lot. Although the fibro is not an inflammatory condition, my back pain after my spinal fusion in 1998 and the bit of arthritis and chronic bursitis in my hips are inflammatory and the zyflamend helped with that just as much as the celebrex did. The vitamin D3 helped with both the arthitis type pain and the fibro pain.

sue in ohio>> Sue, how did it enable you to go off of the Celebrex? I am now on it as my stomach can no longer take the ibuprofen and would love to find a more natural remedy. > Hugs, Michele - Nana & DayCare provider to> Twins is and , 18 mos., Zachary, 3 yrs.,> Ethan, 7 yrs., and Tony, 11 yrs. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: sueinohio2001 Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:11 PM> > Nadine, the Christian meditation CDs I got at amazon.com and now I order directly from her site-www.thechristianmeditator.com. > Sour cherry concentrate is excellent for arthritis and also helps with migraines. I used to get it and mix an ounce with juice each day. I imagine the cherry pills work in the same way. I think the zyflamend might help you, too with the arthritis side of things. You can go to www.vitacost.com and type in zyflamend to get a list of the herbs in it that you might want to show your doctor. It enabled me to go off the celebrex entirely.> > sue in ohio>

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personally colloidal silver would make me nervous.. heavy metals be it silver, gold, lead or mercury can be toxic.. they are accumlative toxins as well meaning the body cannot get rid of them and they just keep building up... just makes me nervous... just my 2 cents (or only 1 cent, lol) blessed be lizDominie Bush <dombush@...> wrote: Yes. The man who turned blue was using some kind of home-made colloidal silver concoction. There are very few cases of agryria considering the

millions of bottles of colloidal silver manufactured and used by consumers. The Colloidal Silver I use is extremely high quality, but you're right - use judiciously and only when needed. It's kept me out of the doctor's office more times than I can count. I don't have insurance that cover's doctors' visits, labs, exams or tests, so I have to find ways to help myself or my medical bills would devastate us.Dominie

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