@sueinmn Thank you so much for your response; there is one in SD, and Stanford, both in CA. I had my EKG this morning. I also spoke to nurse practitioner's office, her assistants consulted with her, confirming she saw recent blood work, indicating Negative for Aspergillus and she suggested i go ahead. I had suggested I wait a week, journaling my pattern of coughing, etc. She said, coughing will return. My confusion is: which of these two Aspergillus or Avium were causing the coughing, (post nasal drip/ scratchy throat). Sue, your comment that both are 'rare' in interesting as the nurse practitioner with whom I met, made the following comment twice to me: "MAC is the most common disease that no one has ever heard of." I daresay, this is a confounding situation. I just spoke to my primary who suggested, I 'wait and see' and if coughing returns, i should begin meds. Btw, assistants made the comment, that Aspergillus went away because it was treated. I corrected them,
I was only treated with Diflucan for Candida, not for Aspergillus. Unless they are considering the Bronchoscopy lavage/cultures- a treatment.