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Achems Razor states that the simplest solution is likely the answer. My mother died in 1998 from ALS - although no testing proved that she had ALS, it was the "only" disease that fit her symptoms. Now I have MS -- although I show no leisons in my MRI's, the expert in MS diagonosed me with the disease so I have it. This rationale is beyond ridiculous -- it's dangerous. There is no family history of any type of neurological problems in my family, yet here my mother died with ALS and I have MS. Neither were given "definative" diagonosis, both simply told that to accept it -- it is what we have. Now I have a fungal infection. I am only 41 years old. I am as physically active as possible with the pain; I am never "sick" requiring antibiotics. I was a respiratory therapist before disability. I know infections ... I know that normal, non immunosuppressed people do not get thrush/fungal infections -- but I have it, and I have been sicker than I have ever been in my life the last 3 weeks. I go to the doctor today...tell the doc what is going on. She says that yes I have thrush. I tell her that the congested feeling in my throat is moving to my chest and it hurts. She asks if it is heartburn. I tell her no...so what does she prescribe for me? A GERD medication although that is not my problem? I live in South Florida, and I really don't know what to do. My mother died well before she should have; she was listed as respiratory failure. This always bothered me because I knew that her lung volumes were not down; I knew she had no pneumonia -- I knew that there was no physical reason why she should have died, but I let my family have peace. They believed that she was taken early by God to give her peace. I didn't buy this - but she was gone. It didn't matter if I was right -- it wasn't going to bring her back. Now I find myself sick with the same fungal type infections that she was having but no one cared to notice. I didn't even realize that it was important. But now...I know how she felt, and wonder if my now weakened body will prevail, or if they will kill me too. If anyone can help....... woplock@hotmail.comThank you.
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