I have a follow-up appt on the 28th where he said we'd know the results of about 80% of the tests, but in the meantime, he put me on another type of antibiotics (covering another spectrum of bacteria than the other antibiotics I was on), gave me something for the thrush, set me up with a steroid inhaler, and wants me to have nebulizer treatments at home until my breathing returns to normal. Other than the excessive medication/treatment over the next few weeks, I am feeling hopeful. The pulm thinks that this is an "atypical" bacterial infection...we shall see. Hope everyone else is doing well.
Hi Annalucia, thank you so much for the notes! I left an update on the board, but I'm pasting it here for you. My pulmonologist took a fairly aggressive approach, which I appreciated. I am hopeful!
I also wanted to leave an update. I saw the pulmonologist last Monday and he was fabulous. He looked over everything, had his lab draw another set of tests (including a repeat of the Valley Fever test), and scheduled me for a bronchoscopy on Friday. He collected some mucus and did a "wash" in several parts of the lung, to take specimens to culture. The only thing he noticed with certainty during the bronch was a mild case of thrush, which was likely caused by the intense antibiotics (20 days worth) I had in January.