Kimberley shared this account in July 2013 while she was still unwell and awaiting further assessment. It ends before the outcome is known, so it should be read as an incomplete account of that point in her experience—not as confirmation of a diagnosis.
At an annual check-up in January, blood tests showed that I had hypothyroidism. I started taking Synthroid, but even after my thyroid results improved, I continued to feel unwell.
I had become short of breath, including at work, and had to give up my morning job. I thought my symptoms might be related to my thyroid. Later, my provider wondered whether my medicines were interacting and suggested that I gradually reduce Celexa. A tongue culture was initially reported as negative for thrush, but I was later told that mould had grown when the culture was left longer.
I was prescribed Vfend (voriconazole), but the cost was beyond what I could afford. My family and I applied for help with the cost. I suspected that my illness might be connected to flooding at home and the use of large fans to dry the floors, but I did not know whether that was the cause.
A chest X-ray had not shown what I was worried about. When I wrote this account, I was waiting for another appointment and still felt very ill.
Kimberley W
July 2013
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