Guest guest Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Hi everyone, I'm Janice, and I'm writing my first post here with a very bad vaginal infection, with swelling like a baseball, and sharp pains in strange places! My husband works for & , and thankfull gets the Monistat kits at a discount, but at 42, and perimenopausal, they just don't cut it anymore. I've been dealing with this beast for 15 years, and have done the diets, the herbs, the whole thing, but still find no real help. I hope to be able to share some information with you here, and learn from you as well. Thanks for listening! Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Oh God! Monistat is freaken evil!!! I used to buy that about 12 times a year... that's almost $150 and sometimes I bought it even more often. It used to work, but as the problem became more chronic, using Monistat was more painful than using nothing at all. If you want to get the swelling, itching and paper cut like tears to subside, you will need to change your diet by doing an elimination diet. This means to cut out certain common " food allergens " such as: dairy, wheat, red meat, eggs, citrus, caffine, soy, corn, night shades like potatoes and tomatoes, etc. You take them out of your diet for 2-3 weeks and then test the purest form many times for 1 day. Eg. I eliminated wheat and caffine for about a month. Day1: I ate cream of wheat (or shredded wheat) 3 times a day (normal meals too)Day2: none, Day3: 3 cups of coffee during the day Day4: none. It can take 15min to 48 hours to see any symptoms. You really need to listen to your body. For me it was very easy to figure it out... whenever I ate something I shouldn't, I would get burning and itching in the vaginal area. I am " sensitive " to dairy, corn and caffine. If I eat any of these things, I am almost sure to get another yeast infection... now, if I feel a yeast infection comming on, or I have one. There is a very cheap and effective way to get the swelling, pain and infection to go away. Go to your local pharmacy and ask for boric acid. It is usually near the alcohol and peroxide. It costs about $5 for a pretty big bottle of the white powder. You can get empty gel capsules at the pharmacy sometimes but the best bet is at a health food store or suppliment store. It cost me about $3 for a bag of 100 capsules (size 0 or 00). All you need to do is fill the capsules with boric acid and keep them in a container. Normally to get rid of a full blown yeast infection, I would insert 1 capsule vaginally 2x a day for 2 weeks (normally before bed and when I got up was easiest). You can also alternate in the 2nd week 1x boric acid and 1x acidophilus capsule inserted vaginally. These 2 things are the things that helped me the most. I hope they help you. *8-) > Hi everyone, > I'm Janice, and I'm writing my first post here > with a very bad > vaginal infection, with swelling like a baseball, > and sharp pains in > strange places! My husband works for & > , and > thankfull gets the Monistat kits at a discount, but > at 42, and > perimenopausal, they just don't cut it anymore. > I've been dealing > with this beast for 15 years, and have done the > diets, the herbs, > the whole thing, but still find no real help. I > hope to be able to > share some information with you here, and learn from > you as well. > Thanks for listening! Janice > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 You know, that's what's hard. I've been a vegetarian for 20 years, and I don't eat meat, eggs or dairy, and I don't touch junk food or sweets. To be honest, I'm still dealing with an eating disorder, which probably has my system all thrown out of whack, and makes this yeast worse. I am very knowledgeable about nutrition and health, but, sometimes don't always do the best thing for myself...that's another story...I've found it quite difficult to remain on the yeast diet, since I already don't eat most of those things anyway. I would love some help or advice, and I do appreciate your listening...thanks again, Janice > Oh God! Monistat is freaken evil!!! I used to buy that > about 12 times a year... that's almost $150 and > sometimes I bought it even more often. It used to > work, but as the problem became more chronic, using > Monistat was more painful than using nothing at all. > If you want to get the swelling, itching and paper cut > like tears to subside, you will need to change your > diet by doing an elimination diet. This means to cut > out certain common " food allergens " such as: dairy, > wheat, red meat, eggs, citrus, caffine, soy, corn, > night shades like potatoes and tomatoes, etc. You take > them out of your diet for 2-3 weeks and then test the > purest form many times for 1 day. Eg. I eliminated > wheat and caffine for about a month. Day1: I ate cream > of wheat (or shredded wheat) 3 times a day (normal > meals too)Day2: none, Day3: 3 cups of coffee during > the day Day4: none. It can take 15min to 48 hours to > see any symptoms. You really need to listen to your > body. For me it was very easy to figure it out... > whenever I ate something I shouldn't, I would get > burning and itching in the vaginal area. I am > " sensitive " to dairy, corn and caffine. If I eat any > of these things, I am almost sure to get another yeast > infection... now, if I feel a yeast infection comming > on, or I have one. There is a very cheap and effective > way to get the swelling, pain and infection to go > away. Go to your local pharmacy and ask for boric > acid. It is usually near the alcohol and peroxide. It > costs about $5 for a pretty big bottle of the white > powder. You can get empty gel capsules at the pharmacy > sometimes but the best bet is at a health food store > or suppliment store. It cost me about $3 for a bag of > 100 capsules (size 0 or 00). All you need to do is > fill the capsules with boric acid and keep them in a > container. Normally to get rid of a full blown yeast > infection, I would insert 1 capsule vaginally 2x a day > for 2 weeks (normally before bed and when I got up was > easiest). You can also alternate in the 2nd week 1x > boric acid and 1x acidophilus capsule inserted > vaginally. These 2 things are the things that helped > me the most. I hope they help you. > > *8-) > > Hi everyone, > > I'm Janice, and I'm writing my first post here > > with a very bad > > vaginal infection, with swelling like a baseball, > > and sharp pains in > > strange places! My husband works for & > > , and > > thankfull gets the Monistat kits at a discount, but > > at 42, and > > perimenopausal, they just don't cut it anymore. > > I've been dealing > > with this beast for 15 years, and have done the > > diets, the herbs, > > the whole thing, but still find no real help. I > > hope to be able to > > share some information with you here, and learn from > > you as well. > > Thanks for listening! Janice > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 > You know, that's what's hard. I've been a vegetarian for 20 years, > and I don't eat meat, eggs or dairy, and I don't touch junk food or > sweets. To be honest, I'm still dealing with an eating disorder, > which probably has my system all thrown out of whack, and makes this > yeast worse. Janice, Have you considered the cravings just might be due to mineral deficiency? I'd recommend Body Balance, and you can even try a free bottle here: http://lifeforce.com/ PIN 20466442 After you read about it you'll see why although it has a very small amount of honey in it I'd even recommend it for a candida patient. It has 90% and better bioavailablity from an kosher and organic liquid source, and Aloe Vera's regeneration properties (about 4 times normal healing speed) are legendary. There have been books written on the Aloe alone, and the fucoidans contained in the sea veggies have extraordinary properties as well. Some of that science is now on my website. It promotes a more favorable balance of gastrointestinal symbiotic bacteria and decreased yeast populations, and it is also revered for its cleansing properties so it's useful for the toxic environment predicated by the candida and its associate, general bowel dysbiosis. Aloe is actually thought to improve a number of gastrointestinal conditions besides cancer according to a 1985 study conducted by Bland, PhD, of the Linus ing Institute of Science and Medicine. Aloe contains over 75 nutritional compounds; it is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, B6, C, niacinamide, choline and 18 amino acids. The nine sea vegetables and the aloe donate naturally occurring, organic, very bioavailable ionic liquid nutrients that start to absorb as soon as they're in the mouth, despite a possibly poor digestive process due to bowel dysbiosis. Sea vegetation contains more minerals than any other kind of food due to the action of their surface tissues as their polysaccharides freely and selectively absorb minerals from seawater. Seaweeds are especially rich in calcium and iodine; they also supply chromium (essential for glucose utilization), zinc (for collagen strength and healthy skin), iron, potassium, copper, sulphur, silver, tin, zirconium, phosphorous, and silicon (crucial to skin elasticity), magnesium, manganese, boron, bromides and other trace minerals necessary for health. Further on the nutrients, both the aloe and the sea veggies contain specific polysaccharides (including the powerhouses acemannans and fucoidans)that range in effect with their chain length, plus glyconutrients. According to Dr. Ivan Danhof, M.D., Ph.D. who is perhaps the leading authority on Aloe Vera: (the following is specific to Aloe) 1.Small/50-600 molecules Reduces inflammation-- which is involved in a varity of serious conditions. Also helps with the reduction of blood sugar with both type I and II diabetes. 2.Medium/up to 1500 molecules. Where as vitamins and minerals can only function outside the cells, mucilaginous polysaccharides are very effective intracellular antioxidants and free radical scavengers- -very important in preventing and treating an array of potential conditions. 3.Large/up to 5,000 molecules. Has a direct anti- bacterial and anti- viral effect. 4.Very large/up to 9,000 molecules. The very large molecules are immune modulating, which have a powerful healing effect on many different immune system disorders. Then there's the 120 phytonutrients etc including phytosterols and other nutrients... all natural. regards, Duncan Crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Is your tongue white or have a white coating? > Hi from a new member! > > Hi everyone, > I'm Janice, and I'm writing my first post here with a very bad > vaginal infection, with swelling like a baseball, and sharp pains in > strange places! My husband works for & , and > thankfull gets the Monistat kits at a discount, but at 42, and > perimenopausal, they just don't cut it anymore. I've been dealing > with this beast for 15 years, and have done the diets, the herbs, > the whole thing, but still find no real help. I hope to be able to > share some information with you here, and learn from you as well. > Thanks for listening! Janice > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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