Yeast Tests: You don't need a dr!/Garlic tea helped tongue coating

[Guest guest]

I posted before about getting tested for yeast through Great Plains

or Great Smokies Labs. Here's an update:

Great Plains sent me an information book about their tests (I called

and asked for something to convince my dr. to use their service;

Great Smokies said to go to their Webpage, so choose Great Plains!),

and it says that a dr. (MD/DO) doesn't have to sign for their tests.

Chiropractors, naturopaths, nurse practitioners, and

nutritionists/dieticians are ok, too. That might make it easier on

your wallet in dealing w/some of these wacky holistic drs.

As I mentioned, the last holistic dr. I saw (a D.O.) kept me waiting

in his office for nearly 2 hrs, flounced in w/o apology, and kept

falling asleep when he wasn't telling me about the sex he had in

college (w/details!). All I cared about was getting him to sign for

my stool test from Great Plains. Without insurance, the visit to him

would've been $250. (It cost $25 instead.)

Either the Great Plains or Great Smokies Labs, if you're into going

to use them for testing, will supply you with a list of dr's in your

state, area code, or zip code that have used them. It might take

some persistence to get a complete list for your area.

Everyone seems to use Great Smokies, but I saw the dr. today (a

holistic guy in NJ who has a radio program on health) and he said the

Great Plains comprehensive stool test would give him all the info

he'd get from Great Smokies, and it'll cost me $15 through Blue Cross

(~$300-400 otherwise).

The number for Great Plains is 913-341-8949;

www.greatplainslaboratory.com.

I'm pushing for these tests as Dr. Crook's yeast test said I

was 'borderline' and didn't say my problems were due to yeast. I

don't have many of the classic symptoms (gas, bloating, etc.) After

spending $3000 out of pocket, I want something I can hang on the wall

to say, " This is what's wrong with me! " <wink>

I'm trying to save everyone here the trouble and expense I went

through, hence my repeated posts about these tests.

I've been on the candida diet for the last 3 wks (meats and veggies

only for 2 wks, now into millet for starch; no coffee or sugar,

etc.). Today the dr. gave me a prescrip for fluconazole (Diflucan).

He was surprised that homemade garlic tea (chop 1 clove per cup

water; bring water to a soft boil or to boiling, let it cool a bit;

add the garlic. Let it sit for a good hour. Don't boil the water or

the active ingredient will be destroyed. Drink a few cups a day.)

eliminated my coated tongue w/in an hour (it returned a wk later). It

didn't help with the brain fog though.

FYI.

Glenn

[Guest guest]

Do you know what tests you have to take for fibromyalgia and candida. Can

they use the same sample to check for both.

Randi

>> Great Plains sent me an information book about their tests (I called

> and asked for something to convince my dr. to use their service;

> Great Smokies said to go to their Webpage, so choose Great Plains!),

>