Q: Its a year since my Fissurectomy during which there was little irritation from time to time.
I did not have any walking or exercising. Now I feel better so a week before I joined aerobics and mild stretching
excercise. I felt cycling was giving me discomfort so I stopped it. For the last 2-3 days the skin at anus and around itches and gives burning sensation. Climate here is little hot too.

What can I do to relieve these itchings?

A:
1.perspiration causes itching. use cotton undergarments and liberally use talcum powder (I find that monistat medicated powder works great for me. No frangrance and the medicated part I think just refers to the zinc it it.)
Aloe would be fine as long as you don’t let the area be too wet. Should let it dry

2.gradually increase intensity and duration of exercise over a period of time

I experience the same problem with biking. I think it’s all the friction and rubbing so I do the treadmill instead.
I found a wonderful chafing relief powder gel by monistat that really helps with the friction part. I had LIS and my fissure healed but I still have some discomfort now and then. The CRS doesn’t know exactly what it is yet, could be scar tissue, but I have to wait 3 months and go back and get revaluated. Good luck and don’t give up on your desire to
exercise. Just find something you like to do that doesn’t cause you too much discomfort.

Here’s a reply I have received from one of our readers after my post about coffee:

I quit drinking coffee almost 2 years ago, so I definitely wouldn’t recommend people start up the habit.

I guess what I was saying was that in comparison to many other things, I’d rather see someone drinking black organic coffee than say a milkshake or diet soda.

Definitely the idea here is to one by one refine and clean up your diet, but often if you do that too quickly, you are unable to deal with it physically or emotionally.

Being that coffee is so addictive, and in my experience not an issue with candida, it wouldn’t be one of the first things I’d cut out of someone’s diet who was on the opposite end of the spectrum from where they needed to be.

I spent 2 months weaning off of coffee and changing nothing else about my diet but that. It’s been my experience that the only way in some cases to make something a habit is to change it slowly and give yourself time to focus on that and nothing else, until it is second nature.

Sometimes cold turkey works for people. I’ve had some things I’ve quit cold turkey with no problem. Most things were more ingrained in my life, and slow changes have been the most effective.

On the other hand I have seen people do cold turkey, fall off the wagon, lather, rinse, repeat. That was me. I was in good company too. I’m done with that cycle now I believe.

Some people don’t think that coffee is that bad.. if you are drinking it black.

I have to respectfully disagree here.

I used to be a HUGE coffee “user”. I had built up such a tolerance to caffeine that I could drink it like water all day long and go straight to sleep at night. I didn’t “use” it because of it’s stimulant effects. I “used” it because I loved how it tasted.

Then I did some research though, and when I became pregnant with my first child, I gave up coffee and caffeinated tea altogether. I didn’t have any withdrawal (even though I’d abused it for so long). I did start to notice though that I actually felt BETTER without the caffeine than I thought I would.

Now, I’ve come to realize that caffeine is a very potent drug that’s used and abused WAY too much these days. It’s hard on your circulatory system (heart and blood vessels), and I remember reading somewhere that detoxing from caffeine takes 4-5 days whereas detoxing from heroin take 2-3.

If I’m living naturally without drugs, why would I want that garbage in my body? Especially now that I don’t react to it well at ALL. When I drink a cup of coffee (non-decaf), I find myself breathing fast, feeling jittery, and getting this tightness in my chest that makes me feel like I can’t breathe.

Caffeine is BAD NEWS, and I think people are much healthier without it.

But if you’re like me and like the flavor of coffee, you can find naturally decaffeinated coffee (that’s decaffeinated with steam, usually, as opposed to solvents.) But since I used to drink my coffee (decaf or regular) with cream and sugar substitute, it’s just not appealing to me anymore without the cream.

People often think that yeast in or on your body (vaginal yeast, thrush, skin yeast, athelete’s foot) exist in isolation, but the fact of the matter is, they don’t. If you’ve got yeast on your body, it’s systemic, and it needs to be treated systemically. This involves eating the right foods (and NOT eating the wrong ones), using supplements that support your immune system and nourish your body, and limiting (as much as possible) your exposure to environmental toxins. You have to give your immune system a fighting chance at getting the yeast back to its friendly form, but once it’s overgrown and turned ugly, this can be a long process.

Under normal circumstances, I’m one of the biggest carnivores you’d ever meet, but during early pregnancy, the last thing I want to look at is meat or eggs (let alone actually EAT them!) The fact is though, pure animal fats/proteins are essential to good health.
Animal food contains nutrients that you can’t get any place else, and pure animal fats (lard, tallow, butter) are invaluable when it comes to healthy
living.
Dealing with meat aversions is well worth the effort because with good fat and protein, your body can more efficiently use the nutrients you give it.
This means you can heal better.

Most people think that yogurt is good for people with yeast, but in many cases, we candida sufferers are very sensitive to any dairy but butter. I never would have believed this a year and a half ago, but once I gave up dairy (other than butter), it was easy for me to see why I had to do it.
For financial reasons, I’ve been eating dairy recently (including heavy cream which is quite low in carbs), and I’m definitely having some yeast issues that I never had without the dairy (SEVERE epigastric pain, sinus/ear problems, vaginal yeast, yeast on my skin…)

While yogurt does contain beneficial bacteria, you don’t get nearly enough to outweigh the issues that the dairy itself can cause for candida sufferers. Taking a good quality probiotic is a much better choice in my opinion as you’re curing candida.

Having PCOS (polycystic ovaries) myself (which is associated to insulin resistance), I find it is absolutely AMAZING how quickly these things resolve themselves as we start to treat candida. The same thing can be said for endometriosis. As you heal your body and deal with the candida, your body is more able to use (and appropriately react to) all your hormones including reproductive hormones, insulin, thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary hormones.

I certainly appreciate the input, but that kind of eating would NEVER work for me. Right now while I’m pregnant, my blood sugar is not as easily controlled as I’d like it to be, and if I have even one serving of something that I don’t normally eat (like a bit of pineapple or some grapes, for instance), my fasting blood sugars are higher for about 24 hours.

Since I’m not only eating the way I do to try and deal with Candida but also to ward off diabetes, control my blood pressure, and deal with food addiction, I’ve learned that higher-sugar fruit, grain, starchy veggies and legumes just do NOT work for me.

There aren’t any nutrients in grain, legumes, and starchy veggies that I can’t get from other foods that work better for me. I feel a TINY bit differently about fruit, but I don’t NEED fruit to be healthy, and I certainly can’t tolerate much (if any) while trying to address the Candida issue. Heck, even too many cooked onions give me issues. *sigh*

I wish this wasn’t true for me. I wish I could eat whatever I wanted and be healthy. I wish I didn’t have to limit my diet the way I know I have to in order to get healthy. That’s a “head” issue that I still have to work on though — accepting the fact that I’m probably never going to be able to eat certain foods and stay healthy.

Numerous symptoms, diseases, physical malfunctions, and debilitating conditions are caused by Candida toxins, ranging from autoimmune diseases to cancer, including this partial list:

Acid Reflux, Acne, Adrenal Malfunction, Allergies, Anxiety Attacks, Appetite Loss, Arthritis/RA, Asthma, Athlete’s Foot, Bloating & Gas, Body Odors, Brain Fog, Cancer, Canker Sores, Celiac Disease, Chronic Fatigue,Colds, Colic, Constipation, Cough, Crohn’s, Cysts, Polyps, Depression, Diabetes, Diaper Rash, Diarrhea, Digestive Problems, Diverticulitis, Dizziness, Ears Infections, Eczema, Endometriosis, Epstein-Barr, Eye Floaters, Feeling Spaced Out, Fibromyalgia, Flu & Flu-Like Symptoms, Food Cravings, esp. sugar, GERD, Glands, Swollen/Blocked, Gluten Intolerance, Hair Loss, Headaches/Migraines, Heart Palpitations, Heartburn, Hemorrhoids, Hiatal Hernia, HIV/AIDS, Hives, Hypoglycemia, IBS, Impotence, Inability to Concentrate, Indigestion, Infections (various), Infertility, Insomnia/Sleep Problems, Irritability, Itching Skin, Jock Itch,Laryngitis, Low Sex Drive, Low Temperature, Lupus, Memory Loss, Menstrual Problems, Mood Swings, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscle Problems, Nail/Skin Fungus, Nasal Congestion, Nightmares, Numbness, Painful Intercourse, Panic Attacks, PMS, Prostitis, Psoriasis, Rashes, Rectal Itching, Ringworm, Rosacea, Sinusitis, Skin diseases/eruptions, Sore Throat, Thrush, Thyroid Malfunction,Ulcers,Urinary Issues,Vaginal Itching/Burning,Vaginitis,Vomiting,Weight Loss/Gain