Got cocci? It’s nasty stuff. It’s a fungus infection which the human body has no natural defense to battle against. Suggestion: If you think you have it, “San Joaquin Valley Fever,” then get your primary physician to prescribe “Diflucan.” It’s not a cure, but Diflucan, created by Pfizer to help women battle yeast infections, is helpful in providing a quality of life “foundation” so that you can then battle with this next question: “What else can I do?” Or, more simply: “Now what?” Get educated.
Get smart! Learn about whatever ailment is bothering you so that you can overcome it! Quite likely, but not necessarily true for you as it is for me, your body became overwhelmed by illness, tired, and your immune system was simply incapable of dealing with the invasion from Valley Fever “spores” when it first occurred. You get this infection by breathing in fungus spores free-floating in the Pacific Southwest as far east as The Rio Grande, as it becomes disturbed by development in the local region. It wants to hide in the soil, shaded from the sun; so, when it gets inside of you, it tries to find a place to live undisrupted as well. But the immune system continually attacks at it, disrupting it. So, getting rid of it is your best choice.
If getting rid of Valley Fever is what you have as your game plan, I want to share a couple things with you: Diflucan wasn’t an option for me in 1984, created by Pfizer in 1989, and not known to have any value for Valley Fever sufferers until about 1992. But… I know of 2 co-workers who have come down with Valley Fever in recent years and treated with Diflucan from the very beginning of their battle with it were able to be rid of it in less than 6 months (still taking blood tests routinely to make sure it wasn’t acting dormant, hiding until the right moment to begin to grow stronger). If your case is more severe, that may mean tolerating a regimen of Amphyteracin B, which I chose not to complete, over two decades ago, because I felt I would rather die from the original illness and not from the drug-induced, secondary issues I would be accepting in order to fight off the first problem. But that might very well be the right choice for you. Amphyteracin B is a harsh drug, nicknamed “Amphy-terrible” for a reason…
Getting rid of Valley Fever is sometimes “easier said than done.” It may be one of those difficult life choices for you such as: Voting for the next U.S. President! Which will be less bad… By the way, Diflucan is a very safe drug that has very few – if any – known conflicts with any other drugs you might be currently taking. In other words, it’s a very safe drug. My side effects: I’m in a relapse condition right now, taking diflucan, and it causes chapped lips. That’s about it. I’m tired, even exhausted at times; but that’s not the fault of the drug – it’s a symptom of the infection…
Life goes on. Yes, you can maintain a good quality of life even if Valley Fever is pestering you. I have been battling this illness since 1984. There was very little information about it back in that day (today, 2008). I was hospitalized a number of times, and also suffered the misfortune of it “disseminating” and destroying my right knee – surgeries on my knee in 1984, 85, 86, 1992, and now this year I have finally had a total knee replacement performed on that knee. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to get the new knee joint done. It’s great! No pain, more confidence – especially when picking up my kids and carrying them… You may get thrown into different choices than the ones I have had to face, but you can live successfully, you can enjoy your life still, as you battle this ilnness. Good luck.
May God’s grace be with you.
Make it a great day!
