Hey you guys are all great! I got more responses from the silver list than I got from the yeast list which surprised me. Thanks to you all who responded.
Some of you mentioned athlete's foot. I didn't mean to give the impression that my husband has athlete's foot. He doesn't. He had it years and years ago when he was in the army. But then I think almost all the men had it! My husband has nail fungus under all 20 nails. His nails are extremely deformed. Some of them hardly even look like nails. He has tried tea tree oil on his fingernails with no luck. The part I didn't like about that stuff is that it smells terribly. I don't know how they expect people to use it. But I guess I would have put up with anything if it had worked. You aren't going to believe what I'm about to tell you regarding the Atkins diet. (I'm tired of writing "my husband". His name is Loren. There, that's better isn't it (grin) ). Loren went on the Atkins diet on March 31 of this year. He needed to lose about 25 pounds and when he heard it was good for his heart and that it involved eating a lot of meat, he decided it was right for him. He's been absolutely faithful to the diet. Hasn't lost much weight during this time (only 6.5 pounds in 2.5 months) but he's happy it's coming off slowly. He doesn't mind the way of eating at all. Never complains about it. He's usually in mild to moderate ketosis as he uses the ketostix. Now, here's the real puzzler. Having just seen his VA doctor on the 9th (the same one that put him on the Nizoral) he informed him that he's now borderline diabetic!!! I was never so shocked in my life!!! Been really bummed out about it. I thought this way of eating was supposed to be good for diabetics to go on and not cause the opposite reaction! He has NEVER had a blood sugar problem in the past nor has anyone in his family. He didn't get the blood sugar level reading so I've got to call and find out. Also I bought one of those home tests for blood sugar levels but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Any ideas on how this could happen?? When he went on the Atkins diet I joined a very active Atkins e-mail list just to help him out. There were many many people on that list that were diabetic and then went on this diet and now they're either able to cut down on their insulin or even eliminate it completely. So I am totally puzzled. I subsequently had to drop that list as it involved another 50 e-mails a day that I couldn't handle. As far as what Michael said about why is the doctor suddenly in such a hurry to get rid of this fungus? That was exactly my reaction. Loren said the doctor said that it could spread up his arms. Well, it's already been that way for years now! He has red raw-looking spots on his arms and the backs of his hands are dry and white and cracked. He calls them Mickey Mouse hands (grin). In fact, years ago a different doctor who was a Chief of Staff of a local hospital tried to convince him that it was skin cancer on his arms. I knew darn well it wasn't. Yes, Michael, you're probably right about the dieoff being who knows what and not necessarily the same fungus. Or even a fungus at all. I have candida real bad so we could very well be passing something back and forth between us. Also, what is griseofulvin? I can't believe that I've never heard of this as I've read tons of fungus material over the years. No, the doctor did not do a fungus culture. Yes, he should have. Thanks so much again you guys and gals. You've been wonderful. I know some of this is off topic but I have heard it said that a fungus infection could possibly be the reason or one of the reasons for artery buildup. Sounds crazy but who knows. Still searching for answers, Sharon -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
