The nightmare continues. . .

Probably none of you want to hear about my medical issues, but I need a place to get some of this out and this is going to be it. 

So I stopped . . .

March 2008: a lump in my arm starts growing and is painful. Finally it needs to be cut open to relieve the pressure and remove the infection. Pus and fluid come out and some is taken to be cultured. A "filamentous fungus" is found in the culture. I don't have a positive id yet, but odds are very high that it is Valley Fever . . .what the hell else could it be?  So the doctor closes the gaping hole in my arm and doesn't put in a drain.  A couple of days later it is swollen again and yesterday they slice me open again.  This time they just pack the big hole in my arm with gauze and send me home.  Here is the G rated pic, scroll down if you want the real deal.

So back on the Fluconazole (antifungal medicine) and in to more tests. This medicine is nasty on the liver and I will have to be on it for a year and guess what else?  NO DRINKING while on the meds!!!  No drinks for a year!  Woohoo! 

The Doctors are not calling me back and I feel like shit. The old tightness in my neck and paleness in my face has returned. I can't believe this is happening. Three little boys and a wife who is organizing an auction (that is this weekend)  for the boys' school . . .the timing of this sucks big time.