Re: not another disease again...

it maybe candida, schakree. but if you are not getting better, you should seriously think about it. this might sound like a heresy for some but i am one of those who think that, after all the research i've done and all the stuff i've read and tried, candida is more of a myth than we would like it to be. yes, there is candida, but there are also a number of things that can cause the same symptoms. i also tend to think that candida that is difficult to get rid of is a symptom of an underlying problem. that's not the conservatism and denial of the conventional docs. although it sounds like it. i think the best thing you've done is to get a naturopath. don't trust them completely just because they are naturopaths. approach them with hte same scrutiny that you approach the regular docs. don't let them say "you have candida" before they've done appropriate lab tests. i did the great smokies lab test for the stool analysis, and then metametrix for urine. they show you how your major elimination organs work--kidneys, bowel, liver, bladder.

btw i like this board because it's not just about candida. i keep coming here because i know you all guys and you are all great. we are all fighting with the same "weird" experiences and trying to give them a language and some kind of meaning that will affirm them, if it doesn't help us eliminate them completely. it's about learning how to listen to our bodies, and about supporting the growth of alterantive knowledges that are trying to grasp and affirm that suffering which the dominant system has made completely invisible. if anything, that's why i do believe in candida. but let's not perpetuate the myth but insist that appropriate analytical tools be developed and used for this.