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Quartzsite make you sick?

2oldman
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I haven't had bronchitis for many years, but today I'm hacking my lungs out at South LaPosa.

I've heard all the rain can wash away topsoil exposing bad things to breathe underneath.

Anybody else have respiratory problems this year?
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman
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SCVJeff
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Don & Barb Bogue wrote:
I never knew VF was so dangerous or that it wasn't easily cured. Thanks for the info don...
(knocking gently on wood)..

Wait till the next EQ out here. There will be an epidemic outbreak of VF if its dry and the ground has a chance to shake the dust up
Jeff - WA6EQU
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Don___Barb_Bogu
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I never knew VF was so dangerous or that it wasn't easily cured. Thanks for the info don...

2oldman
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SCVJeff wrote:
HOWS THE PATIENT TODAY? Got a handle on the cough yet?
Doing better thanks.

Taking a pill to help with chest congestion. Antibiotic daily for 5 days. Had first good night's sleep despite howling winds. Still feeling kinda weak but I think we're on the mend.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

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Interesting thread! I'd never heard of Valley Fever.
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SCVJeff
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Budster wrote:
SCVJeff wrote:

As for Valley Fever, the #1 lab in the country (maybe the only one) that can positively diagnose Valley Fever is in Bakersfield as it is also the capitol of VF. They thought that's what I had too and it took many days to get the results back. As much as I see your Sig in Cochella, I doubt that's what you have in Q.


The lab recommended to me is at UC Davis http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medmicro/cocci.html

have your lab send it to Demosthenes Pappagianis, M.D., Ph.D.
Dont need a 13th doctor 300 miles away.. my results came back negative from the lab but I was in some very isolated and questionable places up north of Las Vegas, and VF, Legionnaires Disease, and a few others so they had to check... it came back worse ๐Ÿ˜ž

HOWS THE PATIENT TODAY? Got a handle on the cough yet?
Jeff - WA6EQU
'06 Itasca Meridian 34H, CAT C7/350

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SCVJeff wrote:

As for Valley Fever, the #1 lab in the country (maybe the only one) that can positively diagnose Valley Fever is in Bakersfield as it is also the capitol of VF. They thought that's what I had too and it took many days to get the results back. As much as I see your Sig in Cochella, I doubt that's what you have in Q.


The lab recommended to me is at UC Davis http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medmicro/cocci.html

have your lab send it to Demosthenes Pappagianis, M.D., Ph.D.
ymmv,
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SCVJeff
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Glad you got ahead of it !
Jeff - WA6EQU
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2oldman
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Thanks. I'm a little better today, but sleeping a lot. I started noticing I just wasn't feeling all that chipper for about a week, then overnight I got this roaring sore throat and horrendous cough. B really knocks the c&&& out of me.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

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Bronchitis will still be no fun but certainly the lesser of the evils. Hopefully the first round of meds will kick it.

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Glad to hear it 2old. Not good, but a heck of a lot better than the alternative.
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2oldman
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Looks like bronchitis. Whew. I managed to avoid that for 2 years.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

2oldman
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Thanks SCV. I used to get sick nearly every year until I started annual flu shots. Seemed to help.

I do my best to not shake hands with people, but fist-bumping doesn't seem to be real popular with old white people.

I'm well enough to be at McDs having my usual oatmeal, waiting for my 9:45 appt. My cough is subsiding, but taking no chances.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

SCVJeff
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2oldman wrote:
thanks. Have an appt with local doc in the am. My cough is so bad I'm almost choking. Fever-100 We'll see what he says.
I hope everything works out, but if the doc doesn't like what they hear in your lungs, do whatever they suggest and don't wait! I did for 2 days and spent the next 2 months in the hospital, 3 weeks in a coma, slightly over a year ago starting with exactly what you describe until it turned into H1N1, AND viral Pneumonia. There's no reason I should be standing here now to warn others because it degraded that far, and fast !

As for Valley Fever, the #1 lab in the country (maybe the only one) that can positively diagnose Valley Fever is in Bakersfield as it is also the capitol of VF. They thought that's what I had too and it took many days to get the results back. As much as I see your Sig in Cochella, I doubt that's what you have in Q.

To Quartzsite, I usually catch something every year out there with the exception of last year with all the drugs still lingering. And again this year, started coughing and finally went to Eisenhower in La Quinta for more drugs. I'm pretty well convinced the reason is all the people from around the country in Q, most older and having a harder time fighting off whatever bugs they bring to Q and being contagious. Hang In !!
Jeff - WA6EQU
'06 Itasca Meridian 34H, CAT C7/350

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discovery4us wrote:
blood test and a chest x-ray can confirm valley fever. Get it. I was diagnosed with Disseminated coccidioidomycosis (valley fever in body tissue other than the lungs) about six years ago. It never goes away. Your immune system will eventually get it under control with the help of anti fungal medicines but it is a life long illness.

Get a blood test ASAP. Hopefully results are negative but if not the sooner you can start an antifungal like diflucan or sporanox the better. I was accurately diagnosed within two weeks of the first symptoms (major swelling of the ankles, knees, and wrist) and still struggled with daily duties for six months.


There is an excellent Facebook Group concerning Valley Fever! The above is absolutely correct, once you have it, it never goes away but does become dormant. Fluconazole is the typical meds taken and for me , I was feeling better after the first dose. Keep in mind even with a chest X-ray, Valley Fever resembles Tuberculosis and pneumonia or a Flu and it took a CAT scan to finally get diagnosed correctly. Typically a Pulmonologist or Infectious Disease Specialist are the ones to seek out.

I also hope your Negative for this....stay well!
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