Hi Heidi! Thanks so much for the candida answers, and good to see you again!

And since you mentioned it, nope, I haven't been too well to write in, I've been very sick for months now. (Bet you guessed that didn't you -- send me some of that good ol' healing energy OK?)

But I think I'm getting at the heart of it. Apparently candida makes a person unable to fight bacteria effectively. And there's a new kind of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria (MRSA) springing up in communities world-wide this year -- They're having the most trouble in Houston TX, but it's all over, affecting even young apparently healthy people. It is more aggressive than regular staph, and apparently also moreso than the hospital-acquired MRSA.

If a person has candida overgrowth on skin or elsewhere along with the MRSA, there can be bad recurring infections, and antibiotics would make it much more recurrent. (Maybe other things also contribute to recurrence.) [Yah I know, ;o) I'm just too cautious for the Heallix & likely I'm paying for it, but I'm fighting infections with topical essential oils like oil of oregano & others and it's working well so far, and no doubt I'm hanging in there because of my BTD years! The other people I see with this are much more ill than I am.]

So anyway, if you get anyone with recurring bacterial infections tell them the bacteria info is in the book "The Yeast Syndrome" by Walker & Trowbridge. (And tell them infections seriously drain Vitamin A, which will make the immune system weak, carrot juice is great.)

Candida is probably underlying my rosacea too, the candida would make the skin less able to respond appropriately to normal skin bacteria. I just never focused on candida before!

Your column has been such a help, I'm wishing you appreciation for your info and especially for your parasite pesto recipe. Sounds yeast-lethal too.

(Excited, found out I can afford to have my mercury fillings removed!)

Take care over there Heidi! Sending you a hug! Maia

P.S. for the rosacea, using topical Evening Primrose oil twice daily helped me get off prescription topical anti-inflammatories -- it is a gentle anti-inflammatory and good for people.

PPS, also should have said, for infection-prone people who think they have candida, finding a practitioner would be a good idea -- candida tends to fight back when you first address it, and that is making me more infection-prone.

Maia, this is valuable info ~ thanks again, dear!

I suspect that the solution may be simpler than we think. More on this tomorrow ~ for now, I send you the Light of Lights, and a very big warm {{{hug}}}! :-D