I am new on this forum and just spent the last few weeks reading the entire thread. This long thread, along with the links to other excellent information, has re-ignited my own path of experimentation. Obviously we have all been led here for a reason, which is no coincidence.
For decades, I have been fighting chronic fungal sinusitis along with gut issues (chronic bloating, gas and diarrhea) and related depression with little to no improvements. In fact I spent the last months of Oct-Jan with a raging fungal and bacterial sinus infection and nothing, including the strongest pharma antifungals and antibiotics, would not touch it. Then I started following some of the ideas mentioned here. First the one by Gestalt using protocol for candida, then subsequently the RS. Initially my symptoms cleared overnight, as if I never had an infection to begin with. My gut was normal too. It was like night and day. Typically it takes weeks, often months for an infection to clear and reduce the swelling sinus tissue back to normal. All this was accomplished overnight! Considering the years of my failing attempts with doctors, surgery, and aggressive personal experimentation, this experience was remarkable.
This lasted for about 2 weeks, then symptoms began returning. Thinking I was now reacting to the aggressive antifungal dose levels I was dumping into my gut, at this point I stopped antifungals and started a regime of RS and probiotics. After a few days of very unpleasant headaches and severe bloating and gas, I decided the RS was not the right approach. So I stopped taking RS/probiotics to regroup. For the moment however, I am still leaps and bounds ahead from where I started, so by all means this experiment was not a failure. Never before had I had such success in controlling my chronic fungal sinusitis, which I am now convinced is really a gut issue.
After thinking this over carefully, I decided in favor of returning to the direct methods of killing the pathogens residing in my gut vs encouraging good bacteria growth with RS. I have good reason to believe I was exposed to a large dose of pathogens years ago, which had time to take over and create my unhealthy condition. The fact that my healthy gut (at that time) could not overcome these pathogens, the notion of introducing more of good bacteria in my gut may not be enough to overwhelm the pathogens. In short, my experience suggests these fungal pathogens are tough and need to be dealt using tough measures. I always feel like the rug gets pulled out from me when things start to go well... This time I want no prisoners who are hiding somewhere in my body, waiting for another opportunistic moment.
Going back to my honeymoon experience. My previous treatment plan of enzymes (address biofilms) and antifungals was extensive, but I did not rotate them. Big mistake. This time around I have extended the list of (non-pharma) biofilm enzymes | antifungals | antibiotics, and follow a rotation plan. My intention is to stay with this plan long enough (8 weeks or longer) in hopes to knock out all the pathogens, even if it means killing off good bacteria too. Then re-introduce RS and probiotics in a more pathogen free environment. Does this sound like a logical approach?
Again thanks to everyone here. You are helping more people than you know.
