I was shocked when I got this diagnosis. I do not garden or have any contact with soil in the way you would think that could cause this. I have a few little house plants like most people. I also think it's odd I developed PE without a whole lot of warning just this past July. I recovered well from it, but it was rough. I was active and working a physically active job until I contracted bacterial meningitis in 2018, then these things started happening to me afterward. Coincidence? The disease? The antibiotics? I was never considered to be immune compromised before then, although I did have the gut issues before then. I have a very stretched out long colon. My colonoscopy nor barium enema xray could be completed. Right now they have started me on 4 wks of Bactrim with weekly bloodwork to keep a check on my kidneys. Since so little is known about this, they don't know if the Bactrim will work or not. I still feel about as bad as I did when I left the hospital 6 wks ago. I'm to see a rheumatologist the end of July. I don't know if I'll get any answers or not. My ANA has always been negative but my inflammatory markers are 145 and my pulmonologist said they're suppose to be 8 or under. I'm clueless about what that means really.