Sorry to hear that. I hope you regain your balance soon!

My cold set me back bit too. I noticed the Candida maxed out on their opportunity while  my immune system was fighting the cold... and my hormones have been totally out of whack for several months now. That's why the arguments presented in the link made so much sense. I'm trying Heallix, just on my third day but it does seem to be helping. My tongue is clear and I had some energy today! We shall see but I remain hopeful that it is another weapon in the arsenal. Thanks Yaman for the positive posting -- that's what tipped the balance for me to try it, along with Heidi's comments from her column. I told myself I'd wait at least a week before checking my spit...

And Don, I very much appreciate the helpful pm  

I've been following the protocol from this site:

http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com

I am still on the parasite cleanse (for 2 1/2 wks now), but not to the candida detox yet.  I am definitely experiencing die-off already.  I have never experienced this before, but the creases between my inner lips and the bottoms of my gums have some pretty disgusting gook in there--I think it's thrush.  I noticed a few of you mentioned these symptoms on the tongue, though yours sounds worse (sores! I'm so sorry).  Can anyone suggest something I might try gargling with to get rid of the stuff?  Other than this weird manifestation, I'm feeling pretty well right now.  No more itchies.  

I also have a greatly diminished appetite.  It's interesting the foods I react to.  The yeast really loved the sweet potato that I had the other day, but turned its nose up at the carrots, strawberries, pineapple, and blueberries.  Quite odd.  So no more sweet potatoes for me.

Also, for those of you experiencing really bad die-off symptoms, I noticed something interesting after my first week of misery:  I feel SO much better after a really vigorous exercise.  I know that's the last thing you feel like doing, but I suspect perhaps I was able to sweat out some of the die-off toxins.  I hope it doesn't prove unworkable once I get on to the actual candida protocol.  We'll see.

Hi everyone....

Its been a while since I posted.. life happens, I have been working alot of hours. Plus we  bought a home in Hawaii and its just been a busy time. Leaping  green drug me back to the Lost thread so I thought I would jump back and give you an update of where I am with  the candida issue. It has been since march that I have fought it...finally I am giving in to some testing. My doctor has  order  a CDSA2.0, which is pretty involved. It is basically a Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis , it is done through  the lab where I had my  secretor testing done. Great smokie Labs.  It  is an involved test to complete and not all that pleasant but leaves no rock unturned.
http://www.gsdl.com/home/assessments/cdsa/index.html. Has anyone had it done? Frankly, I didn't feel I was getting anywhere..I was at a stand off and not going anywhere. this test will show esactly what kinds of yeast we are dealing with and then decide the  course to follow. I can see from the thead.. the alien is running rampant through out the "family". gosh  my little post way back in March.. is still going strong.I will keep you posted as I find out  and decide what to do. Hope everyone is doing well...I have missed you all.
Caroline

let us know the results!!

great you dropped by!
congratulations on the new house! )

Hi Dairy Princess,

I am intrigued by your post. My apologies for being indelicate... have you seen any parasites in your stool?

The link is great and has me reconsidering whether I should try a parasite cleanse first as well. I am already using Heallix and am going through a severe die off reaction. I am, worried that I am reabsorbing some of the toxins even though my eliminations are 1 or 2 a day.

The Heallix killed the yeast on my tongue in 3-4 days using 2 teaspoons 3X/day. My tongue is actually pink

where do I find a diet for type O that would also be a Candida/ cleanse

following your guidelines in the book, just omit carbs and high GI fruits and veggies.

here s a candida thread:
http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=encloplib,m=1120926731

Hey All! I have done candida spit test and I don't know 100% for sure, but I think I have. Do you think I should go doctor for further test, or something I can do home? Which one you recommend it?

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Hey All! I have done candida spit test and I don't know 100% for sure, but I think I have. Do you think I should go doctor for further test, or something I can do home? Which one you recommend it?

Describe for us what you are seeing in the glass of water, and at what time periods you saw it.  Do you have any amalgams?  It's up to you whether or not you would like to go the route of perscription meds to treat the candida.  There is Dr D's Yeast/Fungus Support Protocol

It is kind of gross tried to explain this but it is coludy and some what has legs looks like which is it shows in picture of this website.

http://www.adhdrelief.com/CandidaTest.html

I don't know, I can't say I have for sure, that's why I thought maybe I should go to doctor..

yeah, legs are tendrils......

All the experienced people-

After reading so many of the posting about candida( till page 4), I am offically confused what to do and scared from all the bad experiences some of you had, like oregana oil put one of you to the ER.. I don't know what to do. Should I get Dr.D supplement for it, does it works fine or candidasupport.org has threelac is this good or not?
Also, I sure feel not good now, I just don't want to get worse and go to ER just because medicine or supplements like origeno oil etc..mess me up OR would quickly killed the yeast and left me awful.
I just want to be feel better after taking whatever... Please I need you guys inputs..

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All the experienced people-

After reading so many of the posting about candida( till page 4), I am offically confused what to do and scared from all the bad experiences some of you had, like oregana oil put one of you to the ER.. I don't know what to do. Should I get Dr.D supplement for it, does it works fine or candidasupport.org has threelac is this good or not?
Also, I sure feel not good now, I just don't want to get worse and go to ER just because medicine or supplements like origeno oil etc..mess me up OR would quickly killed the yeast and left me awful.
I just want to be feel better after taking whatever... Please I need you guys inputs..

I suggest you read all the candida threads on the forum.  And, there is information in Heidi's forum.

Each person is different.  We've asked, but I don't see where you've answered~~if you have any amalgam fillings.  These are silver fillings.  If you do, it's like MoDon has said numerous times.  The candida is in a symbiotic relationship with the mercury that is being released, and the candida is actually feeding off the mercury vapor....protecting your from it's toxicity.

Any way you approach it, either through fighting it through natural means (caprylic acid, oil of oregano, etc.) or the pharmaceutical route (nystatin, etc.) a good number of individuals experience unpleasant symptoms during a massive candida die-off, no matter which route you go.

In addition, there are medical doctors who still don't believe that candida can become systemic.

It sure is a 'personal battle' you need to face........as KK mentions, there are so many personal facts which need to be addressed and taken care of.

I d first follow the yeast protocol given by Dr D, taking all the advice you read into consideration, like abstaining from eating carbs, etc.

http://www.dadamo.com/protocols/30.html

One last thing I would add:  Your shield does not show your secretor status.  If you are battling candida, you really need to find out your secretor status to fine tune your diet.

Since you have mercury fillings I would warn you about the risk of attacking the candida without dealing with the mercury. I firmly believe my doing some things which impacted the candida, such as taking probiotics, lead to my health collapse over 4 years ago by releasing a lot of mercury into my body. The mercury had previously been bound up by the candida.

I am still trying to recover from effect it had on me.

I have silver fillings and I have an appointment with mercury safe dentist on tuesday to remove them, probably it is going to take some time I have so many... So, let me see if understood correctly, silver fillings feeding candida, that means if I get rid of silver fillings, I can maybe get better. I don't understand though I have those filling such a long time why would now starting to get me.. I guess it can right..

you ll be better off without them.

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I have silver fillings and I have an appointment with mercury safe dentist on tuesday to remove them, probably it is going to take some time I have so many... So, let me see if understood correctly, silver fillings feeding candida, that means if I get rid of silver fillings, I can maybe get better. I don't understand though I have those filling such a long time why would now starting to get me.. I guess it can right..

Please call your fillings what they are. They are mercury fillings because they are probably about 50-55% mercury and only have a very small amount of silver.

I would only allow your dentist to do one quadrant at a time, definitely no more then one side at a time. This is because you will be exposed to extra mercury during the removal process and you are better off not getting too much at one time. Do you have a mercury detox plan and are you prepared to impliment it after your dental visit?

I don't know your health history, age, or anything else about you so I can't say for sure that your candida will have mercury bound up in it, but if it does then beware of the consequences I mentioned in the previous post. As to why this might be bothering you now it might just be the accumulated mercury damage to your immune system.  Once again I don't know.

I had no idea that I had a candida or a mercury problem when this whole thing happened to me. My only major complaint was some significant sinus problems, which as it turns out was caused by the candida and mercury. I was also extremely fit at the time since I participated several times a week with the bike racing group in town, lifted weights, and did other forms of intense exercise so I never quessed that I was on the verge of a health collapse.

I am just trying to warn you of the possibilities so that you can hopefully avoid the problems I have experienced. Your problem may not be similar at all.

Thank you guys for all the info.. I have silver fillings I guess they are mercury fillings.. okay one quadrant at a time sounds right..but what is mercury detox?
I am 35 years old female. I had serious of sinus infections about past four years, also had tonsillitis before that's why I got my tonsils removed when I was 30, it stopped three four years then I had some last year that's why I took antibiatics back to back (probably got my candida from it mostly), then I had extreme fatique started and after my doctor checked my blood he found out that I have EBV virus mono three months ago, every since than I don't have any sinus or tonsil problem yet, but I have virus, a little high TSH level (throid) probably candida again, even feeling that tired probably candida.. I have Dr. D fatique book and I follow that, but I didn't get my secretor status yet, I want to but a little later..when I get enough money after paying my health bills and dentist bill. Meantime I stay away from avoid and even neutrals.. just go for beneficial ones.. I want to take supplement for candida, probably I should get Dr. D supplements.
So, Don, I think candida and mercury destroying my immune system.. and I am going to get rid of them before they get rid of me..

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I want to take supplement for candida, probably I should get Dr. D supplements.

If you are going to buy something from NAP, your best investment right now is the secretor test, hands down.

The mercury leaching could have affected your thyroid.

Do some google searching for safe mercury removal proceedures.  There might still be something even here on the forum.  I know we did have at least one thread about removing amalgam removal recently. Don't know if it went poof or not.

My TSH was high during this whole time, at least up until the last time I checked which was about a year ago.

Nothing else I tried helped me improve.

I am hesitant to suggest any type of mercury or candida treatment plan. I will let you decide what you think is safe and best.

I am using a very unique approach that uses ultra high potency (500-900M) homeopathic remedies usually targeted at supporting the organ/glands that have been effected and the elimination organs, to improve the elimination of the mercury from the body. Each treatment is different based on what is bio-resonance testing indicates.

Yes, I found this dentist from http://dentalwellness4u.com/index.html which I got this one of the posting here. In my area only a few dentist does that safely removal, and I picked one from that side and made me an appointment. So, I am sure he is going to remove them safely since he is International Association of Mercury Free Dentists (IAMFD).

Can you mentione more about your unique approach Don?
Okay KK I know I should get my status asap...is it only that way I can benefit from supplement for candida then?

One more thing, when I did my candida test first thing in the morning, almost all my spit went down to buttom of the glass. That means I have candida for sure right? Sorry sounds gross I know..

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One more thing, when I did my candida test first thing in the morning, almost all my spit went down to buttom of the glass. That means I have candida for sure right? Sorry sounds gross I know..

Yep.