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Denise's Story

This has been the beginning of my journey to Renewed Health. I’m very grateful to Tom & Leanne for all their support and for having me as a member of the Stopyeast.com staff. Leanne & Tom, I just want to thank you so much for all your care and support through this whole process.

I began my journey learning about and ridding myself of Candida in November of 2005. I read about it on many different web pages, and saw many different diets that would help eliminate its overgrowth. I studied candida for about 4 months. In February of 2006 I called www.stopyeast.com and spoke with Tom. He was very insightful and confirmed much of what I believed I understood about candida, the body’s pH levels, and how hard it would be to eliminate a systemic yeast overgrowth from just diet alone. But, I was still skeptical of this stuff called ThreeLac, so I called back yet again a few days later and spoke with Leanne this time.

Now I was beginning to have some faith. Other websites I’d looked at and tried to contact, did not respond, or they answered my e-mail with a one sentence answer that was more vague than the question it answered. With stopyeast.com, not only did I talk to one, but two people who genuinely seemed to care about me and my candida problems. Leanne assured me I wouldn’t be taking this ThreeLac without guidance and that they do return phone calls and e-mails. Tom told me the goal was to get me candida free and that I would not have to take ThreeLac for the rest of my life.

I ordered some Oxy powder from Tom & Leanne first. I definitely needed to do some colon cleansing before I went any further in this journey. That just seemed to be common sense to me. The Oxy powder worked great and I was relieved that I suffered no intestinal discomfort. I take a few capsules before bed, and in the morning, things pretty much resolve themselves. I do make sure I am near a restroom the better part of the day, but once I figured out my body’s reaction to it, I can adjust my dose according to my plans.

With that all out of the way, I then began taking the Natural Calm Magnesium. It helped me with the constant irritability I seemed to have. Within a week I noticed the difference and I was becoming more of the parent I wanted to be. Much less anxious and not bothered by my kids just being kids.

Then I began the ThreeLac. At first I noticed it made me feel a little light-headed, but not too bad. It only lasted about 20-40 minutes, and after the first few weeks I no longer experienced that sensation. What I didn’t notice were the walnut sized knots in my neck and shoulders that had been there for nearly 25 years. Prior to this, the only relief I had from this was when I was at the massage therapist, chiropractor, or a family member was giving me a massage. Otherwise the chronic pain and tension were forever there. I always thought this was due to a sports injury in high school. I never attributed it to candida at all.

2 weeks after I started taking the ThreeLac I canceled all my massage therapy appointments. I'd scheduled ahead six months at a time. I haven’t had to go back. It’s been a year since I last saw my massage therapist. My neck and shoulders, for the most part have been pain free for a year now.

My sinuses began to clear. I could breath through my nose while I slept, that in itself was a small miracle ! The chronic cough and phlegm that were a part of my mornings for as long as I can remember was clearing up. I continued to see my candida symptoms fade away. I had so much more energy, I could remember what it was I had gone to the store for, and my eczema was clearing up. I could sleep at night and breath through my nose. I felt alive again. And those dark circles under my eyes were fading away.

I continued taking the ThreeLac, working my way up to 5 packets a day. That seemed like a lot to me and Leanne agreed. As promised, the folks at stopyeast.com were right there to answer my calls, return my calls if I’d left a message as well as answer my e-mails. The support was fantastic!!

From the time I started until I got to 5 packets a day took about 50 days. During that time I did suffer from what is called “Die off” or Cleansing reactions”. That consisted of some pretty nasty headaches, some brain fog, where I just couldn’t concentrate well or think very clearly. Also I noticed at times some of that familiar fatigue that comes from candida. It was hard to tell at times if it was the Candida or the “die off”.

Finally at 5 packets, I got to a point where all my candida symptoms were gone and I wasn’t having any of the die off symptoms. So after a total of 5 weeks at 5 packs, I backed down to 4 packets a day. That's when I really began having some serious issues with the “Die off”. I spent a few days on the couch watching movies, feeling like I had the flu. I wasn’t taking the Loclo fiber that is suggested and recommended. I was using Metamucil, but that constipated me, so I used the Oxy powder on a “maintenance” basis. That helped some, but I was still feeling pretty badly.

So I went to the health food store and got some Bentonite clay to help remove the excess toxins from my body. That helped and in a couple weeks I was ready to decrease down to 3 packs of ThreeLac a day. When I did, the “Die off” came back with a vengeance and back to the Bentonite clay I went.

At this point I was beginning to realize that I had more than just a systemic yeast infection. I had suspected prior to starting the ThreeLac that I may have a parasite problem, but wanting to do these cleanses in order, (yeast, parasite, heavy metal, kidney, liver) I started with the yeast.

It was now late July and I was down to 3 packets of ThreeLac when I started taking the Para Trex. 3 capsules, 3 times a day for 6 weeks. 2 bottles of Para Trex will get you through the 6 weeks. I continued to decrease my ThreeLac during this time and was able to do so without significant “Die off” problems. So when I finished the Para Trex, I also finally finished the ThreeLac.

I was ecstatic to be done cleansing at last. I felt better than I had in years.

The dark circles under my eyes were gone, I had more energy & stamina, my skin was clear and the rectal and vaginal issues I'd srtruggle with for so long were resolved. It was a whole new lease on life. I no longer needed to use topical steroid ointments for my eczema. My nails were longer and thicker. My eyesight even seemed better.

About a month and a half later, in October, I noticed that familiar fatigue coming back again. And my sinuses were beginning to get stuffy again. I knew that I still was not done. I went back on the ThreeLac and began taking “Heavy Metal Detox”. A product from Nature’s Sunshine I took two capsules of the metal detox everyday for about 6 weeks, while taking 1 packet a day of the ThreeLac. After 6 weeks, I quit taking both and have been candida free since.

Tom & Leanne have been so helpful, and have encouraged me so much not to give up. When I struggled with the “Die off” they told me that it was a good sign. My body was getting rid of toxins and candida. I just needed to take more fiber, drink more water and be nurturing of myself during the process.

If I could have done anything differently it would have been to start with the Foundation Pack Plus Fiber right after I finished the first colon cleanse with the Oxy powder. If you cannot tolerate the bioflavonoid(grapefruit) due to prescription medication contraindications, there are other fiber options that work just as well. Everybody’s Fiber or Nature’s Three, both are great products, also available through Nature’s Sunshine.

I came into this thinking, that in 3 months or so I would be all better and my sinus issues would be resolved, my short term memory functioning and my eczema all cleared up. For many of us, it’s not quite that simple. I needed to first get rid of , or at least make a huge dent in the candida so I could get a better understanding of what else my body was trying to tell me. Once I got rid of the parasites and heavy metals, then I was able to get free of the Candida.

I spent nearly an entire year cleansing. But also during that time I began supplementing and nourishing my body with other things it was lacking, starting with Magnesium and Vitamin B-12.

I’ve used nearly every product available through www.stopyeast.com and many supplements from Nature’s Sunshine to achieve the level of health, mental clarity and energy levels I have today.

I Hope I will have the privilege of getting to know you on your journey to Renewed Health, and wish you many Blessings, Denise Hearing denise@stopyeast.com

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