Re: Helpful: The Yeast Syndrome (bk)/My experience

November 23, 2004

Wow Glenn sounds like you had a miserable time...........and especially since

you thought you had found the right doctor to help you. I was wondering what

caused the brain fog.

One guy at work always shakes his head like he has water in it and says he has a

hard time thinking. His doctors too tests and found nothing (of course). He is

diabetic and thinks the low fat, low calorie is the right way to eat. He drinks

like a fish on the weekends.

I suggested he might have candida and now I can direct him to a book that

explains the brain fog. I used to have it really bad and thought I was either

having a stroke or early alzheimers.

When you get a moment can you para-phrase his comments on brain fog for us and

what happens or why it happens.

Thanks

Jeanne

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I'm in " recovery " from what appears to be candida. After spending

more than $3,000 on doctors and being told my symptoms are in my

head, someone finally took me seriously. My memory isn't good, and

it's hard to remember instructions, which makes things difficult.

" The Yeast Syndrome, " by Trowbridge and (1986), lists yeast-

sympathetic doctors in all 50 states, and gives detailed recipes and

diets to curtail candida. It pushes nystatin, which I've heard isn't

as effective as Diflucan, which enters the bloodstream.

A doctor near me is listed, and he's in my health network, but is an

hour away. I wasn't impressed with him or his medical center, so

beware of some of these doctors. I filled out a 30-page

questionnaire, and an office assistant typed most of it into a

computer (1 hr); the dr. typed the rest in (using 2 fingers!) for the

next hr. The phone rang incessantly (never answered), the office

staff across the hall shouted into their phones, and, as I was told

not to eat or drink anything before the visit, I was angry, super

annoyed, hungry, ignored (etc.), and eager about to leave. I

explained my situation to the dr. (no breakfast or coffee), said the

ringing phone was VERY ANNOYING, and asked if he'd PLEASE answer it.

He gave me his salmon-pickle sandwich and a cup of coffee (!), which

helped. He examined me (5 mins, tops), and wrote prescriptions for

Diflucan and bloodwork for " candida immune " something, saying any lab

would draw the blood.

The labs couldn't do the test without a procedure code...and the

dr.'s staff said I had to return to for the bloodwork (a 10-minute

job, but an hr away and a 1/2 day from work!). I finally reached the

head nurse, who said a certain kind of lab had to do the test. She

set it up so a local lab could do it. The insurance doesn't cover it

($87), and the local lab charges $25 to do it! The lesson: Talk to

someone in authority, and don't settle until you do.

I'm going to start the Diflucan after the blood is drawn, and start

Garden of Life's Fungal Defense. I want to start the carbo-free diet

listed in Yeast Syndrome, but it'll be hard with the holidays. Plus,

I'm losing my job Jan. 14, and it's hard to think with the brain

fog. Talk about frustrating!

But ck the book out. It explains the brain fog (lack of the aldehyde

dehydrogenase enzyme) and lack of energy, which helps.

Yes, kids, science can explain these things, and they're not

psychosomatic.

Glenn

Easton, Pa.

After spending