Fungal infections can be very tough to beat. AIUI, the diflucan helped, but symptoms returned soon after stopping it.
I had candida problems some years ago. Don't remember everything about
that, but I do recall that I cut back on starchy foods (all grains, potatoes, etc.) and sugar. Those are what candida feeds on, AIUI. I also took capryllic acid capsules. Capryllic acid, lauric acids, and similar substances, which are anti-fungal are found in food high in MCTs (medium chain tryglycerides), and Omega 3s.
Flaxseed is an example of a food really high in MCTs/Omega 3s, and there are others. These kind of foods fight the candida, but to be effective, I think, would need to be combined with a diet that is low in sugar and starch.
12 years ago, I had a situation somewhat analogous to yours, in that when I took drugs prescribed for the infection, which was systemic, the symptoms improved tremendously (although not 100%), but as soon as I stopped taking them , the symptoms came roaring back with a vengeance. Of course, the difference is that the infection was bacterial, and did not involve my prostate. Nor did I have cancer then, and not taking ADT drugs. The similarity is that the drugs helped, but the condition got worse than ever, every time I stopped taking them.
I was told by my doctor that I would probably have to be on antibiotics for the rest of my life. I just couldn't see doing that. Went off the antibiotics, and tried various alternative treatments, some of which helped enough with the symptoms to make life a little more bearable, but did nothing to stop the symptoms, which were gradually spreading to more parts of my body.
My own research indicated to me that the bacteria was being killed by antibiotics in the bloodstream and areas with a good blood supply, which is most of the body, but were able to survive, to retreat, as it were, into certain areas with a poor blood supply, only to come back strong, as soon as antibiotic treatment is stopped. (BTW, the bacteria was a rare one I got from a bad spider bite).
Trying everything I could think of, I started sniffing an infusion of golden seal (basically golden seal tea) up my nose, as I knew that golden seal has antibiotic properties. Almost immediately, within a day or two, the condition improved. Within several days, the improvement was quite dramatic. In a week, only the scars from the many lesions remained.
However, because GS is also a diuretic, taking it indefinitely would cause new problems. For awhile, it was two weeks on, two weeks off with the GS. Each time i stopped, it came back, although not as fast and furious as when I stopped the antibiotics. So it was back and forth like that for several months. I had it under control, but could not get rid of it.
Thinking, OK, what else could I take that might have an antibiotic effect during the two weeks off GS. I came up with colloidal silver. Began sniffing it, same as with the GS. Oila! It seemed to be working. The GS was fighting the infection hard enough that the milder CS was able to be somewhat effective against the weakened infection.
Then it was 2 weeks GS, 2 weeks CS, on and off. After awhile, I started taking the CS orally. Still seemed to be working. After about
6 months of this, with symptoms gone the whole time, I got tired of dealing with the messy GS, and tried going it with only a daily dose of CS. No problems! It seemed my body had finally defeated the infection. I continued to take the CS for some time (another 6 mos.?) before I quit it. The infection never returned.
Of course, you are apparently dealing with a fungal infection, which is a whole other ball of wax.
But the point is, when prescript
ion drugs are not getting rid of the infection permanently, then sometimes a trial and error approach with more natural substances might just help, if you hit on the right substance of combination of substances. Sure, it's a crapshoot, but what have you go to lose.
BTW, in the case I recounted above, I did have reason to believe, based on medical research I read online, that the infection I had might be hiding (from the antibiotics) in the soft tissues that are near the upper nasal passages. So sniffing would not be the way to go, when dealing with a prostate infection. IMHO, the key to success would be figuring out what, for whatever reason, goes to the prostate readily, because if a substance does not reach the infected area, it's unlikely to help.
Good luck with that. BTW, what's the downside of taking diflurcan or similar for the rest of your life, or long enough , that the infection is completely defeated?
BTW, needless to say, all of the above is just my two cents worth. I have no qualifications to give medical advice, and an not trying to do so. Just giving my experience, with a bit of added speculation, as I often think about
stuff like this.
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