Re: Incurable fungal infections

I just found this page while ordering medical supplies for my terrible skin infection of almost 3 years. I was searching for the efficacy of silver on fungal infections. My situation began several years ago; I can't even tell you how or when it began--only that it began upon moving into our newly-built home, which flooded during building and which I recently discovered was built on a former mushroom farm. Aside from the fact that I am at home all day, I was trying my hand at gardening, getting dirty and sweaty in the sun during the summers. I collected the mushrooms that grew in my yard for composting mostly with bare hands. Almost everything I planted has died of root-rot or developed fusarium, powdery mildew and other types of fungal issues. I also created a library in our new home and began spending time sitting on floors of antique shops, going through old volumes of my favorites to stock the shelves. So I have no idea what, where or how I developed this disease, that began on my face, has spread into my scalp, my sinuses, my hands, my bellybutton, and many other areas. It is candida, but is also likely mixed with God knows what else. It has eroded the whole left side of my face; which actually died, literally; last year and which has regrown and healed/scarred, but which is deep, extremely painful, and which no doctor seems to acknowledge. Lesions on my calf, in an obvious circle pattern, face, back, chest--have been designated as a psyche issue, with doctors documenting I have a compulsive picking disorder and needed therapy. I have photodocumented every phase. I am currently on Nystatin and Diflucan, but am stuffing my body with probiotics and have turned to the "Yeast Syndrome" diet. My face and body are scarred and deformed. The bumps or areas that simply peel are much more painful than they appear and go all the way through my skin (cheek into mouth, outside of nose to inside). I am terrified of what has colonized me and have just sent out mold samples from our home to a lab for ID. A mold inspector suspected spores in our bed and bath subfloors, so although there is no obvious mold and I have NO mold allergies, I swabbed the dust off the subfloors which quickly grew colonies on the agar in the petri dishes. I await the results, but know I may have a greatly mixed colonization in my body. I developed a pneumonia 3 years ago which lasted 3 months and did not respond to 21 days of Antibiotics . 2 months after I "cured" it, I had a partial lung collapse and have frequent "attacks" of swelling, 'hives' (which do not respond to steroid creams), and night sweats which the local ERs have designated "anxiety attacks" and have sent me home without treatment. Massive doses of Benadryl have saved my life. I have been using Tea Tree oil on my lesions which has helped better than anything else, but which create scabs that take out chunks of skin, even though they are superficial. They either seep or bleed like crazy. The addition of a Nystatin cream has helped, but creates "rubber-band" type tissue that, if pulled, will "unzip" a previously closed area (usually a lump or swollen area) and aside from the gunk that spills out, is usually full of these cells that are in a chain-formation and look like the suc***s on a squid tentacle. They are always round or oval-shaped with a center hole or nucleus. They do not seem to die by any means; I've had little success removing them, as they are painfully attached to the tissue beneath and to each other. I've been told many dismissive things by doctors about them, but mostly "don't touch anything", scolding me for scratching or removing a scab (which I was told to do if it was sticking up and which I do with a sterile tweezers or cuticle nipper, per their advice). I have failed to convince any doctor that it is a bad fungal infection--most likely systemic. Aside from thrush and terrible yeast infection, my lesions have all of the signs of fungal infection--especially the fact that the bumps and lesions occur in my scalp and I had a large painful cyst at my skull base which is now full of painful bumps which go down my neck. There's too much to write, but I think you all get the idea. I need some serious help. I was recently found to have a brain tumor, which--only per the MRI image--was designated to be a lipoma, or fatty benign tumor which "is nothing to worry about" and no further clinical correlation was suggested. I know this sounds crazy but it has the same characteristics of my lesions and, as I actually was the one who brought it to their attention after looking at my scan, and they said "oh, yeah, there IS something there", I have a terrible reason to worry. I suppose this is more venting than anything, but I'll say this--my new diet and the probiotics have made a difference. I know they say when you experience fungal/yeast die-off, you can feel pretty rotten, which I do, but I'm holding out that it's just the infection fighting back. I am also taking the enzyme formulas to help the rotten feeling of "die-off" so I'm thinking I could be feeling a lot worse. It seems to be doing SOMEthing (I hope). I have also begun taking Colostrum, recommended by my hippy friend in NM who is pretty expert at herbal remedies. I believe that is also helping my immune system. I have begun taking Colloidal Silver orally, but need much more advice on topical treatments and other supplements to help me through this. Sorry this is so long. I'm in pain, worried about my lungs, brain, skin, gut--and my doctor is saying this isn't systemic or I'd be much more ill. God help me. Tweet