1. My wife and I are trying to deal with getting what we think is a yeast infection under control. I cannot eat anything (at all..) without inflating like the Goodyear blimp. Having been on Abx for about three months, it is only the last few weeks that signs of yeast (?) have arisen. Bloating, sore throat, disgusting taste in mouth, severe dryness in mouth and difficulty swollowing (adams apple feels really swollen) and a high sensitivity to many foods are symptoms.

Anyway, I am taking some drops from a product called Yeast Ease, but besides the 20% Methanol contents :-) , very little else tells me to continue using it.

We have read up on yeast diets etc etc, but we would like to ask the community if any of you have some REALLY good tips on battling the yeast, besides starting Diflucan?

2. For me, the ONLY true helpful pain reliever (besides Ultram/Codein for managing the worst pains), has been Magnesium. It reduces my burning and my fever and the deep throbbing pain in hips and lower spine. Of all the non-medicines, Magnesium is a life-saver! If you as a lyme patient haven't started taking this already, I beg you to start! I don't easily get animated about something, but Magnesium really has me excited! It works, and I can't say that about many of the hokus-pokus remedies that we might entertain due to our desperate search for betterness. Taking advantage of us Lyme sufferers infuriates me, as we and our families are at our most vunerable when targeted.

Anyway, back to Magnesium. I have found that you need considerably more than the %RDA. After having tried different dosages, 3200mg-4000mg (male/6'1"/215lbs) daily seems to maximize the relief gained, but with a very nasty side-effect...severe diarrhea. We have tried Mg Oxide, Mg Glycenate, Mg in chelated form, Mg tablets vs Mg capsules etc. I have tried Colloidal Magnesium and other Mg solubles.

No one products seems better than the others and if I take less, the benefits don't appear. My question is:

Besides Mg injections and IV, is there any over-the-counter Magnesium product that works well for Lyme and is more gentle than those mentioned? If not, how do I combat this side-effect, as it is negatively affecting my body's ability to absorb much needed nutrients, medicine and the Magnesium of course?

Footnote. My InfectiousDisease doctor told me that Magnesium had no positive effect on my ailments and it was purely by chance that I started taking it...a month later I was diagnosed with Lyme and learnt about Mg defeciency. Funny, huh?! Oh, and finding out that it was indeed Lyme was purely by chance too as previously mentioned doctor had taken the Elisa, found positive/equivocal results and said nothing was wrong.

Good thing Norwegians (that's me..born there) are stubborn!

Thank you for taking time to read this.
Sincerely,
Michael.

Note. Being infected with Borrelia first time in Sweden in 1997, then again in 2002 it seems I have a very tough case of Lyme and that Abx is going to be longterm. But you know, it is difficult to take medicine that has always had immediate effect for my ailments (phneumonia, staph infection etc), show so little in way of improvement.

Enter: my wife. MY WIFE IS THE GREATEST! Without her loving support, this would have been very very difficult (and I am a fighter!). In 2002 she married a tall, dark, handsome (smiles), strong, sporty man and a successful professional executive. Two months later lyme surfaces, and today I am happy if I manage a couple of hours out of bed to intake fluids and some foods. Talk about change of fortunes.

Thank you, wife. for always standing by me.

I battled yeast years ago. I credit my relief from the yeast to a combination of a strict diet and Diflucan.