I need to share this story in case someone else is battling an infection they can't get rid of like I was for six or more months. I have been in the hospital five times from oct thru December. I've been doing a lot better since dec 17th when I stopped the imuran since it was the reason I had a horrible sinus infection and mold infection again. Penicillum mold and they saw two diff bacterias but couldn't grow them in a culture. Only seen in the microscope. I was on doripenum for 6 weeks on a picc line plus voriconazole, then they took it out even though I told them I still had an infection. My WBC showed that. So I was off it for two weeks before I had complete florescent green in my nose and screaming pain. New picc line an back on the doripenum again. So this one rheum. ( the fifth one I'd seen n the hospital) said every patient on imuran that he has had and they had an infection had to stop imuran to get rid of it so I did. Two days later, I was soooo much better. Green was almost gone. It was blocking the antibiotics. Then I got all the side effects with it including clots in my arteries so I'm on blood thinners til June. I had to get a new picc line on the left arm on dec 24th. I got off the antibiotics on. Jan 28th after a total of 14 weeks. Been much much better. I haven't gotten back on the imuran. I'd been on lt a year and doing much better except for this infection which had me screaming in pain.
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