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Post by toni on Nov 28, 2009 18:34:20 GMT -5
I sure can relate Sid (this garbage being in the FACE) It's the only one we've got...there aren't any more. One face per customer. I feel like I'm doing surgery daily by picking it out, cause I really think it's what I feel growing, cause this mold is like mushrooms in that it grows practically before your eyes, it's that FAST growing. I feel sometimes like it's the 'rhizoids'... the ROOTS that I'm feeling turning and moving inside my FACE. It very well might be....but time will tell. And it's sooooooooo DEEP rooted. I agree...Ampho B is OUT! Way too dangerous. I'm now curious (which I keep getting on this kick) and get side tracked, but IF there's an alternative topical and internal treatments ...like as in "something herbal"...like tea tree oil or something of that nature specifically that's been noted to kill the growth.
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Post by ruth on Nov 28, 2009 19:36:12 GMT -5
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Post by jeany on Nov 28, 2009 20:55:20 GMT -5
It sure does look like it, Ruth, especially the second one. Does it specifically say that it's Trichoderma? I'm wondering why it's called Trichoderma in the first place, because from what I know is that Tricho means hair and derma means skin. Ergo.. a fungus that infects hair and skin? So why do they give a soil fungus this name? Jeany
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Post by jeany on Nov 28, 2009 21:10:23 GMT -5
Trichoderma spp. www.doctorfungus.org/Thefungi/Trichoderma.htmVery few human cases due to Trichoderma have been identified. Trichoderma infections are opportunistic and develop in immunocompromised patients, such as neutropenic cases and transplant recipients, as well as patients with chronic renal failure, chronic lung disease, or amyloidosis. Peritonitis, pulmonary, perihepatic, and disseminated infections have so far been reported. Frito..there's 'our' amyloid again! Jeany
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Post by bannanny on Nov 29, 2009 18:29:41 GMT -5
Sure does look like a match ruth. I wonder... are thrichoderm and trichoplax related in any way? The reason I ask is cuz of a pic of trichoplax I have that looks like it's lined with the segmented tubes we all see... So are either of the 2 "tricho's" related... do you know? The pic has always "said something to me" is why I'm asking. hugs ~~ bannanny
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Post by bannanny on Nov 29, 2009 19:10:16 GMT -5
BTW ruth... what I meant by mag is what magnification are you using while taking your pics? 10x, 60x, 100x, 200x, etc.
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Post by ruth on Nov 29, 2009 21:00:29 GMT -5
100X (red lense) and 400x (yellow lense)
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Post by ruth on Nov 30, 2009 12:29:08 GMT -5
i just called prolab. he said they got it on the 25th and that it takes 5-7 business days for the results from the lab, since last week was thanksgiving, they got it the day before. would friday be a business day?
it looks like it could run to next monday? the waiting for species is maddening. it will be good to see the 2 different lab results match.
it will certainly be more timely than dr. kilanis' phase II i've waited over a year and still wait.......$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Post by toni on Nov 30, 2009 12:37:55 GMT -5
hhahaa you're right, the waiting is hard.
I think Friday was a business day (just Thanksgiving day) was recognized as a holiday to my knowledge.
I'm so excited too and can't wait for your results to come in.
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Post by Sidney on Nov 30, 2009 14:07:53 GMT -5
Sorry, Ruth, waiting is really hard, but the days will fly by and I still think by Christmas if not before we will have reason to celebrate. At least WE are doing something. Gotta love that part.
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Post by ruth on Dec 3, 2009 13:09:01 GMT -5
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Post by ruth on Dec 4, 2009 13:52:06 GMT -5
the more sporangia that forms, the grayer the color of the mold. i can see the thicker branches form from the thinner branches. when it starts to spiral around each other to form the thicker branching and other shapes.
the edges are starting to look more like 3d webbing
those sporangia melt together to make larger pieces of dark material filling in the branches.
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Post by ppy18 on Dec 4, 2009 16:51:04 GMT -5
ok so i placed 2 specimens in a dish 3 days ago. one has very noticeable white and pink mold but nothing on the other. could that mean the one has a contaminate since both aren't growing?
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Post by Sidney on Dec 4, 2009 17:42:19 GMT -5
ok so i placed 2 specimens in a dish 3 days ago. one has very noticeable white and pink mold but nothing on the other. could that mean the one has a contaminate since both aren't growing? Hi PPY18......you're going to have to re-write this or else I'm more brain dead than usual. You placed two specimens in one dish and you're growing pink and white mold. But did you actually mean you placed specimens in each dish and only one of the dishes has noticeable white and pink mold? Were they Natural Link Mold Lab Dishes? If so, HURRAY!
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Post by ruth on Dec 4, 2009 18:50:09 GMT -5
ppy, i innoculated my culture with a gazillion artifacts. you mentioned using 2 pieces.
the mycelia started growing off of some my pieces sooner than it did on other pieces, especially the tiny spores that were deepest within the lesion took the longest time.
i had pink in mine from the red 'bacon' pieces. i can't really see if they still have that color or not. growth is too thick and i can only see what is happening at the edges.
i'd say just give it more time. growth will come depending on where the pieces you innoculated are at.... relative to its' growth cycle.
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Post by ruth on Dec 5, 2009 17:24:21 GMT -5
i have a small circle of green mold in both dishes i am watching. i can't get a very good pic as i do not want to open the lid without a mask on. the other time i opened it slightly and i got a sore throat. this is the best pic i can get of it and pieces of it are attaching to the other mold growing.
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Post by Sidney on Dec 6, 2009 1:01:59 GMT -5
I'm unable to see the green color, and hope you will continue to post images. I had some green and black grainy looking stuff in one of my three Pro-Lab dishes. I haven't thrown them away, but I don't open them either. Scary looking stuff growing in all three of them, but the green and black grains only showed up in one of them.
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Post by ruth on Dec 8, 2009 15:41:50 GMT -5
prolab results are in pdf form.
results in colonies:
alternaria 1 cladosporium 11 fusarium 1 rhizopus/mucor 1
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Post by Sidney on Dec 8, 2009 16:43:25 GMT -5
THANK YOU, RUTH! OH MY GOD.
It's that last one that scares me. It can be so invasive and so fatal.
My dish I've got going here at home is really ugly.
Four white cottony patches each having RED...lots of red, on top. The red does not show on the reverse of the dish, only on the top.
There's also a pale yellow patch-growth that reminds me of a thin lemon slice with the white rind showing on the outside of the yellow. I had a smaller one like this on my first Pro-Lab kit, but this is a larger patch and quite thin. This petri dish is from Dr. Abbott's Lab. This is some very scary shyte for sure.
Thank you so very much for sharing these results!
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Post by toni on Dec 8, 2009 17:12:55 GMT -5
Thank you so much Ruth for sharing your results you've just gotten. I could give you a gigantic hug!!!
Okay...now to rid this garbage.
These are all very dangerous and life threatening molds if not gotten under control. They can enter the lungs, brain and we've already got it in our skin it very much seems.
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