Date:   7/27/2004 7:34:41 AM ( 20 y ago)
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I am 59 years old and a Grammy who wonders what in the heck has happened to the last 50 years???

I started out in the hospital for a year at age 3 with Rheumatic fever and allergies. I remember many years of Tonsillitis, Strep throat, chronic sinus and chest infections. Actually (all my life).

So as I remember back there were years and years of Antibiotics . Then at age 26 and after my 3rd. child I developed Asthma. I still had all the other on a reg. basis.

I have had many years of heavy doses of Prednisone for the Asthma. On an average, over a 10 year period I was in the hospital 1 week out of every mo. The doctor's would pump 180 ml. of Prednisone in my veins and at home my low dose was 80 and sometimes 60 ml. When I got to 40, I was back in the hospital. (then there were ER trips in between) After that 10 year period I was on lower doses, as I had met some holistic doctor's who helped me to get off periodically (I died twice in the process, but came back). So since then I have been off and on the drug from hell. I am happy to say I've been off for 3 years now with the help of my friend who helped me with many holistic treatments. With her help I had made progress 4 + years ago ridding my body of Candida and building my immune system. I was also able to lose 100 lbs. (the weight was from the prednisone mostly). Allergies wise I was much less sensitive, etc.

Then I got married and soon after I got an infection. In order to stay of Prednisone (my lungs were getting bad). I gave into Antibiotics . Well, I started going down hill from there.
There was a lot of pressure from my husband who did not understand, nor believe the importance of diet and all that I had to do, so I started giving in and messing up with diet as well.
After a while from a place of Depression and hopelessness I gave into diet coke big time, and ice cream, as he had 3 or 4 cartons in the freezer at all times and would get upset if I didn't want any. Oh well, it is a long story and I don't want to blame it all on him. Ice cream is my weakness, so I guess it wasn't hard to twist my arm.

I started getting one infection after another and again was pressured into doing what the doc's said, which was Antibiotics . Just in the last year I've been on them 10 out of 12 months. It started out with pneumonia.

I was having Congestive heart pretty bad and found out that it was caused by the Motrin I was on for pain. I am still on 7.5 Vicodine every 4 hours.

This year I started coughing up brown mucus and after a while a light bulb went on. "Candida".

It seemed that the Lord was trying to get my attention on this for quite some time in different ways, but it was floating over my head, (too much brain fog).

Usually I get a fight from the doctor's when I tell them I have Candida. If they can't see it in my mouth they say, "you don't have Candida".
This time he agreed with me (another confirmation) and gave me Diflucan. 200ml the 1st day and 100 ml for the next 6 days.

Prior to this my friend was telling me about ThreeLac for Candida. also, I've been getting messages about doing a veggie juice fast. But then I keep hearing, "do the hi protein diet".
I'm talking about that still small voice or intuition.

I need to back up: My friend had sent me to a doc in Southern CA. and he put my blood under a microscope. He showed me the fungus in my blood at that time. He siad I had it systemically. I know I have it that bad now as well.

I knew and believed all the stories about Candida, but the brain fog and tiredness had me sooo spacey that something wasn't clicking. It's like you know you have 10 things wrong with you and you keep trying to take care of the 10th thing (the last thing or diagnoses) that came along, but what you really need to do is focus on the underlying cause (the 1st. thing and org. cause of your long list of problems. "Candida".

One day that light bulb came on. My life was flashing before my eyes. I remembered all the years of antibiotics and prednisone. It was like God had to finally hit me with a brick to get my attention. :-)

This is going to sound stupid and it is only a metaphor, but it is like the Candida are little demons and they don't want you to see the truth so they keep you in a state of confusion and brain fog. I've read all the Candida stuff starting back with the "the Yeast Connection" when it 1st appeared years ago. 70' and 80's.
I used to preach it to everyone, but these last 3 years it's like my brain (if it could talk for itself )would say, "Aaaa, candida? aaaa, yeah, I know about candida, aaaa, yeah I might have some candida, Aaaa, what is candida again????".
I feel like along with the brain fog I have gained a huge case of the stupididis. :-)

Then, like a far off voice, "Holy Spirit was very loudly, but very far away was saying, "CANDIDAaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

Finally He got close enough to throw that brick and He woke me up. "Thank God".

So here I am about to order the ThreeLac. Good start and probably the most important.
Do you know about ThreeLac?

But my questions to you are:
What is the Vitalzime?
What do you think about a totally veggie juice or just veggie diet?

I'm guessing that even the hypoglycemia may also be the candida. It seems that when the doctor gave me the Diflucan that it got better too. (The hypoglycemia)

(I'm wondering if when I feel the low blood Sugar if it isn't really the lit' demon candida screaming for food? Esp. bad foods? :-) :-) :-)

Then there is the fear of detoxing too fast and getting into trouble w/my bronchial and the asthma, which has happened in the past. When this happens doctor's put me on prednisone to keep me alive and the cycle starts all over again. I give in at that point because I don't want to die again.

I can't decide if, "this time it won't happen". (doing the veggie juice diet)
Or it will, so just do the high protein diet until you get the candida under control?

I have little money, as I've been on disability for years.
The Fibromyalgia finally has me in a wheel chair.
I am again 135 lbs. over weight.
I need both knees replace and cannot exercise.
I have asthma (pretty bad again),
Allergies,
Chronic fatigue,
Hypoglycemia,
High blood pressure,
High cholesterol,
Leaky gut,
Border line Diabetic
There is more, like w/eyes, etc., but won't name everything.
# 1 Candida, underlying cause

I also noticed that with the Diflucan my fibromyalgia was considerably less. It did not do anything for the bone pain. My knees are bone on bone and I have little disc left in some of my vertebra.

My prayer is that every Fibromyalgia victom will rid their body of the candida and see if it doesn't dissapear.

My muscle are pretty wasted at this point.

Well, I wrote a lot and I hope you don't mind. I wanted to tell my story in hopes that others will see the yeast connection and take care of that 1st. and they can deal with what is left if anything.
I am convinced that on some of these things (illnesses) that if candida is not the cause it certainly makes it worse. Because it does lower the immune system. And aren't all these illnesses that people write about caused by a low immune system and or candida? Again, it may have all started with candida.

Blessings to you and thanks for reading my long e-mail.

Joanie Fritts

 

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