Re: To Another Dr. This Week  
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 11:22pm From:
kk5151@hotmail.com (Karen)
Ronny, candida will respond to an anti-fungal because candida can be a
fungus.   Usually, what starts the issue in the first place is
insufficient acidophilus (sp?) bacteria to keep the candida fungus in
check.
Quote------------------- ...when given free rein to grow unchecked, e.g.
by wiping out the surrounding bacteria with broad-spectrum antibiotics,
Candida can change into its fungal form...
http://www.candida-society.org.uk/   -------------------End Quote
If it is Candida, a pro-biotic can get things back in place and keep
them there without a lot of side effects. But I'd be surprised that the
doc wouldn't recognize it if it _is_ candida. If you are taking one of
the oral anti-fungal drugs, they can work well on candida, but can have
major side effects (especially to liver). When I took one, I noticed
everything had a metal taste to it until I finished the prescription.
Karen

Ronny:
Thank you for that webpage. :-) Have read a good bit on it tonight.

The funny thing to me is I've not had any antibiotics for maybe 3 years.
That is until the doctor gave me this last round after I already had
severe problems. It was pretty blamed aweful what with the red,
itching,oozing skin that sent me to the doctor on October 13th. :-( The
antibiotics did help and that's why I think I also had a bacterial
infection.

I've been giving Mom the acidolphilis tabs and yogurt since she had to
have two rounds of antibiotics this late summer and fall to get rid of
cellulitis in her lower legs. And then I started taking that too awhile
back.

I was very leery also of the possible side effects of some anti-fungal
meds;but decided I didn't have any choice but to take this one. Will
keep a lookout for the warnings on this and of course,report and to my
doctor if such crop up. Onething that helped me was reading where such
wasn't likely unless you had to take them for a real long time.

Onething you mention that I've read about but really didn't understand
was the Candida yeast changing into a fungus. Understand it just a bit
more now;but want to read up more on that.

Too,before this and during the time I was taking the first doc's
antibiotics,I knew I had some bronchitis. Simply thought that was from a
bacterial infection as it has been in the past at times and thought the
antibiotics would take care of that. I did get better;but that came back
some too and it really got worse. Now though it's getting better again.
And I've read where the candida yeast/fungus can cause this bronchitis
problem. So bronchitis isn't always from a bacterial infection. Live and
learn! LoL

Karen,I can't understand it either why this last doctor didn't just tell
me my problem was from candida? I mean,he is a dermatoligist specialist?
And I did look up plenty of stuff online,written and pictures to know
what the problem is. So it did quite surprise me that he didn't say
anything but that he wasn't sure what was causing the problem.

So,no antibiotics lately before my problems started;but I've read where
stress and a not so good diet,as I have,:-) can can also lead to the
candida yeast really getting out of control.

Well,I pretty well know what to eat and what not too-what's healthy and
what's not. Although I disagree with some doctors about butter and eggs!

more stuff like yogurt.

Just thinking last night that I want to learn how to make my own yogurt.
Have tried it once or so and it didn't work out;but much more interested
now in trying it again and getting it right this time. :-)

Also want to get some onion sets when I go to town and get those planted
in the two small 4x4 foot beds I have in the yard. I know those are
healthy for me and I love to eat fresh green onion blades! :-)

And a little irony to me is that I know I can take some not quite so
healthy food dishes and actually make them much healthier by just
cutting back on the not so good parts and adding what is really good for
me! :-)

What's really been bothering me in the last hour or so is some itching!
Just a bit of fever and a little sweating and that seems to make it
worse. Better now thought as I've been using the cream. So glad things
are calming down some on that front tonight! LoL

Better go for now and see what trouble I can get in elsewhere?! :-){BG}

P.S.
Even though I rather not of had to,it has been really interesting
reading up on webpages and looking at pics about candida and such. So
really glad I'm online where I can do that! :-)

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"Ronny TX" <Acts17-11@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:851-4361974F-488@storefull-3338.bay.webtv.net...
I posted on October 13th that I'd just been to my doctor with a bad
breaking out. Thought I had a heat rash earlier in late summer. May
have. Then thought it came back bad after nearly completely healing up.
Then got the idea I might have a very bad case of jock itch. And
somebody else here at home suggested I might of gotten in some poison
ivy. Doctored myself for several days for jock itch until it didn't get
any better,so went to my doctor on the 13th. Got antibiotics and some
other stuff and things started getting better in a few days;but after
finishing up the meds,things started to got the other way again,so I
went back to my doctor this week. Thought he would give me more
antibiotics;but instead he gave me another shot for itching and refered
me to a dermatoligist 'cause he said he just wasn't sure what was
causing my problem.
A brother-in-law took me on Tuesday to a neighboring city,60 miles
away,to the 2nd doctor. That guy said he wasn't sure what was causing
the problem;but he prescribed an anti-fungal medicine- Ketoconazole
200mg tabs and triamcinolon .1% cream-a corticosteriod. Plus,I have to
put 2 to 4 caps of something called Hibiclens in my bathwater and soak
in that for 20 minutes everyday. After those I have to put on the cream
and then cover my body from neck to feet with Crisco vegetable
shortening!:-) Makes me feel like I'm being oiled up to be spitted and
cooked on a grill! LoL
And wouldn't you know the guys just came by the other day,took our
bathtub out and put in the new shower for Mom. So thought I was going to
have to go over to my Sis's house for my 10 days of bathtub soaks! :-(
But Sis went and bought a large heavy plastic tub to do my soaks in and
brought it by the first evening. What this thing is,is a cattle watering
trough from a local farm store; :-) but heah,it works! LoL What bugged
me with the dermatoligist is his saying he didn't know what was causing
my problem? Well,if he didn't know then how could he prescribe an
anti-fungal med for it?
And for awhile there I did think I just had very bad jock itch. I mean
real bad. Then my first doc gave me antibiotics so that threw me off of
that idea. Though probably I did have a bacterial infection with the
jock itch.
Earlier I did look up quiet a few webpages online,read stuff and looked
at the pictures. I was sure I had a candida yeast infection. Then after
going to the dermatoligist this week,I looked up more stuff online and
I've even more sure of this. Everything just fits-what I've read,the
pictures and all. And I'm still stumped as to why this last doctor
didn't just say,this is what you have that's causing this problem?
Been taking the anti-fungal med for two days now and I see that the
redness on the inside of my upper forearms is gone now! :-) The inside
of my thighs have cleared up to and not as much redness down my legs.
Still some on my stomach and back;but not as bad as it was. Feet looking
some better too. More of the old dried skin has come off of them and off
of the palms on both my hands.
Itching a bit around my waist and back now,so better go get my cream in
a minute and put some on! (ha) Still,the itching isn't nearly as bad as
it was! :-) So things are looking much better after only 2 days now.
Still,have to take the anti-fungal twice a day for 5 days and then once
a day for 20 more days,so 25 days in all.
Really overdid it last Saturday before going back to my doc and then to
the dermatoligist. Did the usual like fixing Mom and me something to
eat,carried out the trash and fed the birds and cats. But then I decided
I wanted to clean up my bedroom some. Spent close to two hours on that
and ended up with a 101.4 temp that night and some chills. A lot better
by the next morning though as far as fever; but the calves in my legs
were giving me fits everytime I stood up to walk! LoL Got better of
course,after I'd move around a bit.
Gonna check my temp again tonight just to see;but I haven't had any
fever the last few days now. Just not sure how much I should be doing
right now and that bugs me. Got somethings I want to do. Nothing big.
Need to finish getting a big pile of clean clothes off of my bed and
fixing that up so I can sleep there again. Tired of sleeping in my
recliner so much since I got sick. Have somemore cleaning to do in that
room too. Nothing big-just need to pick up some stuff,put some stuff
back where it belongs and sort some stuff out.
Thinking of some other things I can't do right now,for more than one
reason and that's bugging me some too. :-) Think I will put that in
another thread though.
Mom's been doing pretty good through all of this. Mostly being pretty
good most of the time. :-)
Better go for now. See I have 98.8 under my arm;but feel pretty good and
have had a great appetite the last 4 or so days. In fact,it's sort of
surprised me how much I've been eating more than usual! LoL

Re: To Another Dr. This Week  
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 9:37am (CDT+1)
From: ameyer2@yahoo.com (Alan Meyer)
"Ronny TX" <Acts17-11@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:851-4361974F-488@storefull-3338.bay.webtv.net...
.. I was sure I had a candida yeast infection. ...

Alan:
Yeast is a type of fungus, so a generalized anti-fungal treatment should
help kill it.
        Alan

Ronny:
Thank you Alan. :-) And please excuse my slowness and ignorance on
this;but I have a question. OK,so yeast is a type of fungus;but then is
a fungus a type of yeast? Are or some fungus's yeast and some not? I
hope that makes sense! :-)

It is interesting to me to study up on and find out about things like
this. Easier to do online,so I'm glad I'm on here. :-)

Slept for a bit earlier last night;but then woke up again too hot,bit of
fever and itching here and there,so that kept me awake for too long.
Then itching stopped and I still stayed online way too long after that;

good bit of sleep later this morning. :-)

Now for my online night. :-) I found all sorts of stuff online that I
have an interest in-some old and some new interests. And now I need to
make simple webpage(s) just to keep all my webpage links sorted!

One interesting thing to me is that sometimes I can look for a specific
interest of mine online and find nothing that helps me or very
little;but a week,a month or longer down the line I try again and I find
a whole lot of good and helpful pages/info and that pretty quick!  And
that's how last night was! :-) So last night I found a number of things
to help me with things I want to get into doing this fall and winter!