Okehampton Medical Centre
DC
David C. 4 months ago
Great
Just to clarify: private blood antibody test (the best I could afford to do at the time £200), not in and of itself conclusive of current infection, but coupled with the overwhelming clinical evidence of infection, a helpful and important confirmation of either past infection, or chronic ongoing infection, ongoing infection is 'painfully' - to me anyway - b****y obvious. 126u/ml is a positive test. Kidney pain for 4/5 months, difficulty urinating, stinking urine, worsening painful rash, headache back right lobe, earache, pink phlegm, endless wheeze, terrible dry cough, feeling ill and so exhausted - after taking my own blood sample for the private blood test, I went back onto Fluconazole anti fungal, sourced myself via eBay - thank goodness for them! Looked up the correct dose for help with my urine/bladder/kidneys taking 450mg daily for 21days, continued for longer, and will now be continued again for as long as necessary. Hyphae have been numerous in all sources, urine, saliva, phlegm, skin, hair, and still grows profusely on agar from all samples including blood - venipuncture - 30 colonies growing nicely. After 21 days of treatment, hyphae no-longer visible in a saliva sample, wheeze all but gone to date, cough almost gone, urinating normally, no foul smell, no kidney/flank pain, no pain in my skin followed by shedding, which can be so very painful and unsightly. These symptoms return when I stop the drugs, so I shall continue!
Kim M.