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Old Dec 17, 2005, 11:27 PM
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My frustration level with meds has just another notch placed into it today. I have been sick for over a week now with flu, cold, & just the crud (the mental stuff I am going through right now). I called my GP yesterday since he is well versed in the fact that I have a reaction to penacillin & keflex along with about a page of other med side effects......(break out with penacilliy & swollen face/mouth/toung with the keflex). When I was in the hospital at the beginning of this year, I ended up with an infection in the central line I had....& they did find an antibiotic I didn't have a reaction to at the time. Don't remember what it was, but figured he would remember. He prescribed Ciprofloxacin.......I took the first one last night....& when I woke up, felt like my mouth was swollen....but decided to take the next dose anyway. About 1/2 hour after taking it, I ended up throwing up continually for about 10 minutes. I decided to call the Dr exchange (of course it always happens when my Dr isn't available). The on call Dr said to go ahead & take the next dose & see if it happens again.......(I avoid throwing up to the extreme why would I want to try it again?). I know it had to be a reaction to the med because I just won't let myself throw up if at all possible & once it was out of my stomach, the sick stomach went away.

I feel like I am getting to the point where there is nothing I can safely take without a side effect & feeling worse then I already do. It seems like my body rejects everything I put into it. I feel am lucky that the 2 meds I am taking (seroquel & fentynal) for my serious problems haven't been rejected by my body yet.

I know there are numerous other meds that are available, but it seems like I am knocking them out of being a possibility one at a time. I don't know how my body can be so sensitive. I hate trying new meds, not knowing what may happen....& my Dr's don't like trying to figure out what MIGHT work. It's not like I am making up the reactions either because I don't even look at the possibilities until after I have a reaction. The worse part is that my body doesn't have enough reserves to take care of itself with the low weight I have.

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