Update 11/15/11: I’m cured. Big words right? OK, so let’s say I’m in a lengthy remission. I don’t have any current outbreaks and as I read over my prior posts I think that means I’m now about 4 months without a flare up. I’ve been using the sumaxin every day. I’ve actually grown to like the smell of sulfur. Smells like, victory (over skin problems). I also reach into the toolkit outlined above every now and then. In particular I soak in a bathtub with about 2 cups of bleach added periodically. I also do the treatment of my bedding described above regularly. If this problem c ...
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Update 9/4/2011 The protocol above had yielded pretty good results. However I still had redness that I wanted to deal with. I found a new dermatologist who is supposed to be a real hotshot. I went to see her on 8/15/11. I told her I was tired of doctors just giving me steroid creams. She agreed totally. She set me up with Xolegel and Sumaxin. For 2 solid weeks those were the only two things I used. I washed with the Sumaxin twice a day and applied the gel to all affected areas once at night. On 8/29/11 I stopped the Xolegel and reduced the Sumaxin to washing with it once a day ...
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What I did. Warning, this is a long message that covers a couple of months from my log. Hopefully it is useful. Please note I’m not a doctor and some of the things I tried here might not help you and ma even make things worse. This is just my story and is not intended as advice. On Saturday, 5/14/11, in the afternoon I read a post on http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1595873#i about SD and baking soda. It was suggested that SD is, or can be, a result of candida infection and that baking soda can kill it by creating an alkaline environment. This is not an unreasonable assumption ...
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