So I think i remember talking about having a rash for the last almost 3 years now and that recently it’s started to explode all over again. it’s travling down my torso and onto my boobs (it never grew on my boobs before but now it is) it’s sensitive, itchy, and the ugliest it’s ever been.
I’ve been searching the net for days to see what I got and tonight I finally found a picture that looks exactly like me!!! only difference tho is that my case is about 10 times worse than this pic I found.
It’s called Cutaneous Candidiasis. YAYYYYY!!!!! i’m not happy i have it, but i’m ecstatic I have a name for it. I still have an appt. with a dermatologist on tuesday which I’m going to keep. I’m curious if the doc will say the same thing or come up with something else off the wall. I have little faith in doctors. My pcp dismisses my symptoms and tells me i’m fine, my last derm gave me 3 weeks worth of pills for something called TV even tho the culture came back neg for TV (whatever that is) . instead it came back with yeast (that be candidiasis, bitch!) and refills my Rx. for TV meds. What an ass.
So to beat this thing I gotta go on an anti-candida diet which is SUPER strict.
Basically i have an overgrowth of candida (yeast) in my body and the theory is that you can starve it. yeast eats sugar and it’s by product is alcohol. This SO explains why I feel dizzy sometimes or “buzzed” after i eat something high in sugar. I never told that to anybody cuz it just sounded weird. But it’s true folks. Ah, also explains to me why I haven’t been able to drink alcohol for the 3 years or so. I read that having this problem tends to overwork the liver and can eventually result in cirrosis cause it’s constantly filtering alcohol from the body. Whenever i drink any alcohol even a sip of bear, it’s as tho by body starts to shut down. I feel worse than death so I haven’t been able to drink any for that long. not more than a sip anyways… and even that’s at a price .
my brain fog, fatigue, addiction to sugar, bloatiness. it all fits the bill.
I’m glad I found that picture cuz I had suspected candidiasis but was never sure. that pic put the seal on it for me.
I dunno how i’m going to follow that diet but i’m gonna try. It’s not going to be easy. I gotta give up ALL processed foods, sugars, milk, bread, pasta, many fruits, frozen foods, and coffee to name a few. this is going to be so hard. How can i live without coffee?! or sugar or my latte’s or syrup or pancakes, or spagetti? OMg, i’m gonna die.
Well if you can pull it off, you’ll probably loose a ton a weight, not that I think you need to loose a ton, but I’ve been hearing you say you want to loose some. Though you may want to put trying to get pregnant off, because this diet will put you into ketosis (its basically the Atkins diet) and keytones can be dangerous or lethal to a fetus (or so my wife told me). I really hope you can get this figured out and all healed up. Im sure you’ll feel a lot better when you do.
Reply to ext_76I realized that it might make me lose weight but, you know, even tho I want to lose about 20lbs it’s not my priority right now. I’m surprised how much more motivated I am when it comes down to my health rather than just appearance.
I’ll have to do a little research on ketosis and ketones.. I’m not sure this diet is the same as atkins because it doesn’t cut out ALL kinds of carbs. I think if it were a risk, tho, I’d do a modified diet cuz I don’t wanna put off baby #2. ;) It should still be possible to kill off a lot of the candida without cutting out doing something resembling atkins.
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