Doctor number 5. Hospital number 2.
This doctor, a lovely young woman, though not lovely enough to raise my plague-ridden spirits, took the reasonable step, passed over until now by others, of getting a throat swab and a battery of more extensive blood tests. "I must know what I'm treating in order to effectively treat it," she explained. Makes sense.
"There are three types of throat infection," she went on, "bacterial, viral, and fungal. "We find the specific process at work, and then we target that specifically."
Again, makes sense.
Of course, she didn't mention the expense. But hey, I'm willing to pay anything at this point.
Well, what she determined is that this is a fungal infection needing to be treated with anti-fungal medications. There are various fungi, it seems, that wander about in everyone's boy, pretty much minding their own business; but on the rare occasion, something will go wrong and the fungus will decide to invade the throat in overwhelming strength. This 'mistake' may be caused by a number of things, some avoidable, some not. Among the unavoidable things is an autoimmune disorder.
Ah ha! Enter multiple sclerosis.
Included among the avoidable things are smoking, poor diet, and misuse of antibiotics. Guilty on all counts there, too.
So this is where the plague drama stands at this point. After a painful, tedious day at Kasih Ibu Hospital, I've begun on an eight day course of antifungal therapy.
Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale ….
This doctor, a lovely young woman, though not lovely enough to raise my plague-ridden spirits, took the reasonable step, passed over until now by others, of getting a throat swab and a battery of more extensive blood tests. "I must know what I'm treating in order to effectively treat it," she explained. Makes sense.
"There are three types of throat infection," she went on, "bacterial, viral, and fungal. "We find the specific process at work, and then we target that specifically."
Again, makes sense.
Of course, she didn't mention the expense. But hey, I'm willing to pay anything at this point.
Well, what she determined is that this is a fungal infection needing to be treated with anti-fungal medications. There are various fungi, it seems, that wander about in everyone's boy, pretty much minding their own business; but on the rare occasion, something will go wrong and the fungus will decide to invade the throat in overwhelming strength. This 'mistake' may be caused by a number of things, some avoidable, some not. Among the unavoidable things is an autoimmune disorder.
Ah ha! Enter multiple sclerosis.
Included among the avoidable things are smoking, poor diet, and misuse of antibiotics. Guilty on all counts there, too.
So this is where the plague drama stands at this point. After a painful, tedious day at Kasih Ibu Hospital, I've begun on an eight day course of antifungal therapy.
Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale ….
2 comments:
Maybe finally a real doctor.
Sounds like this doctor is a keeper. I truly hope this is the solution to your lingering illness.
I try not to blame my MS for everything but sometimes it is the culprit.
Take care
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