Planet Thrive

mold illness

• What to eat when you can’t cook anything: Strategies for the chronically fatigued
  by Candice | The room is spinning, your legs feel like jello, you've got an ice-pick headache and it feels like someone whacked you in the stomach with a ping pong paddle... And it's time to make breakfast.
• What to eat when you can’t eat anything: Little Miss Sunbuttershine
  by Candice | Sunbutter is an alternative to nut butter, made entirely of ground sunflower seeds. The first time I tasted it, I declared that it was sunshine in a jar.
• What to eat when you can’t eat anything: Replacing forbidden favorites
  by Candice | Sometimes, just occasionally...for a few moments...I really just want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
• My notes on the Byron White lyme disease interview
  Late stage lyme patient Candice shares her notes from the very informative September 4 Blog Talk Radio interview with Byron White Formulas founder, Byron White.
• Shandy’s auction ~ help her be the best mom she can be!
  For the next week, you can bid on many exciting items to help raise funds for Shandy's lyme treatment and evacuation from a moldy home. Help Shandy be the mom she is meant to be!
• Increasing lymphocyte counts in blood
  Dear Dr. Rea, I have had blood tests over the past 1.5 years with increasing lymphocyte counts. Could this be from mold in the blood?
• Safer housing checklists now on MCSsafehomes.com
  MCSsafehomes.com has just published several comprehensive checklists to help guide both chemically sensitive househunters and homeowners looking to rent or sell to chemically sensitive clients.
• All charges against Dr. William J. Rea dismissed
  All charges against Dr. William J. Rea by the Texas Medical Board have been dismissed after years of courtroom proceedings and high legal fees.
• New non-profit to address MCS housing crisis
  Re|shelter is a new non-profit organization forming to address the urgent need for housing alternatives for people with environmental intolerances.
• Possible brain tumor after mold exposure
  Dear Dr. Rea, Is there any definite test other than biopsy of the brain mass to distinguish between a fungus ball and a brain tumor?
• Non-toxic spec homes
  Joy Beach Thomas builds environmentally safer homes made from less toxic building materials, and then sells them to people with environmental sensitivities.
• Ashok Gupta Interview
  Planet Thrive founder Julie Genser interviews Ashok Gupta to get a more in-depth view into the Amygdala Retraining™ Program for CFS/ME and related disorders.
• Successful treatment of mold-related illness
  Study results from Planet Thrive Q & A columnist William J. Rea, M.D.'s successful treatment of patients with mycotoxin-induced disease were recently published in the Oct/Nov 2009 issue of Toxicology and Industrial Health.
• Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain
  Annie Hopper's Dynamic Neural Retraining System offers new hope to those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, and related conditions
• Mold Illness Web Resources
  Websites and articles about mold related illness, including information on stachybotrys and aspergillus.
• Mold Illness Support
  Support for those suffering from mold related illness.
• Shoemaker Biotoxin Illness Protocol
  Using various tests, Dr. Ritchie C. Shoemaker has mapped out the Biotoxin-Related Illness Pathway that helps identify and correct dysfunction for those made ill by neurotoxins from mold, lyme disease, spider bites, and other bacteria and fungi.
• FOCUS ON: Mold Illness
  
• Health Challenged Celebrities
  Life as a public figure isn't always a bowl of cherries. See our list of celebrities, politicians, athletes, and others in the public spotlight who have been challenged by health issues.
• Breaking the Mold
  Black Mold Exposure's Michael Roland Williams and Karen Noseff talk about health, sex, and how to reach seemingly unattainable goals when you feel like you're dying.
• Chemical injury vs. biotoxin-related illnesses
  Dear Dr. Rea, Are there any generalizations you can make about the way chemical sensitivity presents in people with chemical injury vs. those with a biotoxin illness?
• Mycotoxicosis
  Dear Dr. Rea, Can you explain the three stages of mycotoxicosis in layman's terms so we are not so fearful of the diagnosis?
• Diflucan for lyme?
  Dear Stephen, What are your feelings on using Diflucan for chronic Lyme, and for that matter, to treat systemic mold?
• Is Jatoba useful for mold illness?
  Dear Susun, I recently came across a website that talked about the use of Jatoba as an anti-fungal and adrenal tonic. Would you recommend it for mold illness or fatigue?