Thanks for the good info. This sounds like it could be me, symptoms, Irish, etc. I checked the website but couldn't find a source of doctors or naturopaths. Did I miss something?
Thanks, Dee -----Original Message----- From: Nick Grant <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: Re: CS>Nick Grant/Candida >Thanks Deanna, I will....I will let you know. > >Tracy >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Haley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 02:45 >Subject: CS>Nick Grant/Candida > > >> I have suffered from Candida since my early teens and went through some >> major herbal therapy in my early twenties. My condition improved. It >came >> back again in my 30's. I had pretty much decided I was in just a >managable >> state. Read your articles and basically had been following the suggested >> treatment for years. It still was only managable. For the past two >> years the MD's have told me that my thyroid was enlarged BUT my thyroid >> tests were normal. I have always suffered from low body temp and low >blood >> sugar. Why they did not put 2 and 2 together I really don't know. I knew >> something had to be wrong for the thyroid to be enlarged. I was gaining >> weight but was eating less, etc. I was doing what I knew to do through >> probiotics, herbs, diet, etc. Then 3 months ago my hair started falling >> out. Leave it to vanity to cause a woman to jump into warpath mode. I >> started reading all I could find on thyroid really not meaning to address >> the candidia issue. I stumbled across Wilson's Syndrome. >> www.wilsonssyndrome.com I nearly cried when I discovered I met the >profile >> exactly. Many M.D.'s are treating for Wilson's but the only practitioner >> listed for the Minneapolis area was a Licensed Naturopath. After >reviewing >> a bunch of test results, looking a my slick sided tongue (I had no idea >that >> a slick sided tongue meant that your liver wasn't working properly...since >> have been checking friends and families tongues...smile), my hair >folicles, >> etc. He said I had classic Wilson's. I began therapy immeidately. I was >> cautious at first. Treatment was expensive and rather tedious since you >> have to take your temp three times a day. However, after the first month >I >> did notice, by my own temp taking that my body temp was indeed going up. >I >> was feeling better. I had specifically asked the Naturopath how we would >> approach the Candidia? I figured since I was paying big bucks out of >pocket >> I was going to hit every ailment I'd ever experienced. He just smiled and >> said "I'm not worried about your Candidia". "My experience has taught me >> that if I take care of your Wilson's that in time you will not have >Candida >> overgrowth". He went on to basically explain the same thing your article >> explained. That when the endocrine system is not working properly the >> candidia takes over. That it would take several months to cleanse the >liver >> while supporting the thyroid but once everything was working properly my >> body would ajust it's own flora. He started me on the Wilson's treatment, >> the dandelion root tea and suggested for quick results I go on the "Eat >for >> your Blood Type" diet. (Have some amazing things to say about this >> diet...testimonial from my 15 year old son that is doing nothing but the >> diet and had his fairly severe acne almost disappear...even on his >> back...just from staying away from potatoes.) >> >> I was skeptical due to my long term history with candida, M.D's and >natural >> practioners. I even remember thinking...well...this guy thinks he knows >> what he's talking about with the candida but he dosen't know ME well >enough >> to know how stubborn my case is. I even made some kind remark as to how >> stubborn my case was. He just smiled and said. "If after you recapture >on >> the thyroid you are still experiencing alot of candidia we'll deal with it >> then but my experience tells me it will take care of itself. If it >dosen't >> then we will look at supporting your hormonal system." >> >> After 3 months I have to eat crow (not literally thank you). Nearly all >of >> my candida symptoms have disappeared. My large toenail is growing out >clear >> instead of yellow. Very obvious...half the nail is yellow and half is >> normal. My energy is returning and my body temp is no longer 97.2-97.6. >> I'm doing a trial for the past 3 weeks without the therapy and am >> maintaining almost 98.00. While they'd like to see me closer to normal >this >> is still a good sign. My endocrine system is starting to work again. I >am >> losing weight but the best part is that I am feeling better. I would >> definetly recommend seeing an MD or Naturopath that is familiar with >> Wilson's if you are experiencing low body temp and candida. Read the web >> site and determine for yourself whether or not you think you are a >Wilson's >> candidate....Deanna >> >> >> -- >> 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] >> Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> >> >
