Well it's been 324 days since I was in Dominican Republic and my foot started to itch. I already wrote a blog about all the money wasted trying to get rid of what everyone thought was athlete's foot. Well, while treating this the doctor was doing a biopsy as well. My friend in med school thought the doctor was doing unnecessary work but I wasn't convinced since you cannot tell for sure what it is without a biopsy and it would be irresponsible not to. Well the doctor (who is suppose to be the best around), proved to be right. After spending so much money on anti fungal stuff I got a call while I was in California saying they didn't find any fungus at all and it's just dermatitis. What caused it? Who knows.... Maybe I had some strange Caribbean fungus and all the anti fungal stuff killed it but inflamed the skin in the process.
Whatever caused it is a mystery. It's finally going away though because they got me off the anti fungals and gave me one of the strongest prescription steroids out there to combat it. Only took a day to see progress after getting off the anti fungals and using cortisone and steroids. Almost a year of hellish itching is finally gone.
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Guess it's time to switch doctors, huh?
Well I'm done with that general practice doctor. She's not very good. The dermatolist that did the biopsy is really good though. They said something about hes the only certified dermatolgist and plastic surgeon in the state of Florida. He gave me the anti fungal because he said it looked fungal but he ordered the biopsy without waiting for results. My friend the med student thought that was uncalled for but he got proven wrong when they didn't find a fungus. The biopsy findings could take 2 weeks though and my foot was in really bad shape so that is why he got me started on the anti fungal without waiting for results.
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