I didn't get diagnosed. But I knew I had it. Then I read that candida is a way of the bodies protecting itself from the damage from heavy metals. I also read that 2 doctors said in all their patients that had cancer that heavy metals were in the center of the tumors. They believed that cancer is the bodies was of protecting itself from the heavy metals. I went to one health place. They said that it seemed that all the people who had cancer were full of candida. I felt that candida first surrounds the metals. Then if the bodies load continues to be toxic from diet etc... the cancer starts to wall it off with tumors, kinda like little heavy metal trash containers. Some of the internet sites believe this also. That cancer is the way of the bodies protecting itself from all the overload of toxins. I did not use antifungals as I feel this would make it harder on the body, because if you don't remove the heavy metals as well, i b elieve you will get more ill. I used garlic as I read that not only rids body of heavy metals but also kills candida.