This Is One Treatment That Works Incredibly Well

Post by **tex** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:39 pm

No, not a treatment for MC, unfortunately. I'm talking about a treatment for toenail fungus that Robin mentioned in her post on this page:

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... c&start=15

The nail on the middle toe of my left foot has had a fungus infection for years. I don't even remember how long it has had the problem — probably for something like 8 or 10 years. So when Robin posted that treatment, I decided to try it. Of course, there's never a convenient time for something like that, and being a world-class procrastinator, I kept putting it off until I had more time in the mornings to fiddle with it.

So a year and a half later, I finally got around to trying it along about June, this summer. The first morning went fine, and I soaked the toe for 20 minutes in white vinegar. That night, I soaked it for 20 minutes in pure bleach.

The next morning, when I dipped that toe into the vinegar again, things headed south in a hurry. My toe burned like fire, and after roughly 2 or 3 minutes, it became clear to me that there was no way that I was going to be able to persuade my toe to put up with that kind of punishment for the full 20 minutes, let along another 12 days of treatment.

So I reluctantly aborted the treatment, and resigned myself to live the rest of my life with a fungus-infected toe.

But after 2 more days, I couldn't help but notice that the toe had never stopped hurting, so I checked it out and discovered a good-sized blister beside the nail, that had apparently ruptured early on. Since I didn't want to wind up in the ER with an infected toe, I put some salve and a band-aid on it every night after taking a shower, for about 3 days. After that I resumed ignoring it again.

One day in August, while trimming my toenails, I noticed that the poor toe seemed to be trying to grow a healthy nail, behind the thick white portion that's characteristic of a fungus-infected toenail, and I wished that I had tried to stick with the treatment a little longer — maybe it would have worked anyway, if I had just stuck with it a few days longer. And again, I forgot about it.

About a week or so ago, I trimmed my toenails again, and to my surprise, I now have a new, healthy, fully-developed toenail in the same place where only chaos existed before. I couldn't believe it. That has to be the most potent treatment for toenail fungus ever developed.

Tex

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:47 pm

Lucky you!

I did the same thing, but developed horrible sores on my feet that took a long time to heal. No healthy nails resulted.
I remember Robin saying that her feet didn't get sores.

Post by **tex** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:23 am

Did you soak your whole foot? I only soaked the end of the toe, barely past the nail.

Tex

JeanIrene · Post by **JeanIrene** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:52 pm

Tex, the same thing happened to me with the blistering. Mine started several weeks after I went GF. I started treating two fungal toes with tea tree oil for several days and stopped because they got all red and sore. Then they developed water blisters all around the toenail area. Now it seems like they're starting to develop the first healthy nails in about ten years. Hard to tell until it grows out some more.

Jean

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:55 pm

Hmm, I'll have to mention it to my husband. We've been trying different remedies for years. Did the tea tree oil. It changed the appearance some but I don't think he stuck with it long enough. I have to tread lightly though, I just barely regained his trust after giving him an HCL pill by accident. I dole out the vit D every morning and was giving him a chewable Vit B tablet too. I was distracted, brain fog, whatever and grabbed from the wrong bottle. A word of caution- HCL is not meant to be chewed. I can't help but still laugh out loud but he looked rabid, foaming at the mouth. He must have thought I was trying to kill him. He made me show him the bottle for weeks after that incident. Not sure what would happen if Dr. Deb caused blisters on the toes that have no choice but be stuck into steel toed boots everyday. I'm in a more fragile state these days so i would be an easy target for a little payback.

Post by **Rosie** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:02 pm

Just a word of warning about the Clorox. I've noticed that most of the bottles of bleach available these days is now much more concentrated than it used to be, and most of what I've seen lately is double strength or more. There is also a formulation called "dripless" that has something else in it that causes it to really be sticky and hard to wash off, so I would avoid that version. Bleach is obviously a very strong chemical capable of causing tissue damage, so be careful and dilute if it's the concentrated version and just dip the feet for perhaps 5 minutes, not 20 min when first testing it out. You can always go up in strength and time later. Getting blisters and sores on the feet can be dangerous, not to mention very uncomfortable, and lead to infections, so I was a bit alarmed at the stories......

Rosie

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:30 pm

I only put toes in Tex. I think I said I was getting horrible sores, and asked if I should dilute the bleach. Robin said she had been using it neat for long periods at a time. I could only conclude that her skin was made of cast iron!

It was a very painful experience!

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:53 am

Good point about the bleach.

Blueberry · Post by **Blueberry** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:59 am

It sounds like you found an answer to your problem, and this might already be something you have tried - but if the toe infection should return you might try earthing for awhile. I've read a few times of late of others with a chronic toe infection seeing the infection disappear after they began sleeping grounded.

Post by **tex** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:33 am

Rosie,

I didn't use Clorox. I used a store brand of bleach that was 6 % sodium hypochlorite, with no other active ingredients. I have no idea how much sodium hypochlorite is in Clorox, but Clorox also contains sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium chlorate, sodium hydroxide, and sodium polyacrylate.

Blueberry,

In the interest of preventing confusion, we have to remember that there is a huge difference between the health risks of a chronic toenail fungus infection, and a chronic toe infection. A chronic toe infection is the mark of inadequately-treated diabetes, which can quickly become life threatening if not properly treated in a timely manner. But that's an entirely separate issue from toenail fungus, of course.

Tex

Blueberry · Post by **Blueberry** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:53 am

Tex - of course, and hopfully those with chronic toe infections, and even chronic toenail infections, will first seek medical treatment and find relief from that route whether with diabetes, antibiotic resistant staph infection, etc.

From a personal standpoint with grounding, I've been surprised at how well I feel from this, with improved energy and sped up healing time from exercise. Didn't expect it to make much of a difference. Can't say much about my feet improving though, as they were in decent shape to begin with.

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:33 am

We've watched the ads on tv for the Rx brands to treat toenail fungus and the list of possible side effects was almost humorous. My husband said he'd keep his ugly toe nails and just wear socks.