[Travelinglady]

Bad night last night. I think my Cymbalta went on strike.

[Kiya]

I am so DONE with this sinus infection! I have to go back to pt Wednesday and all my muscles are flab for not being able to do more than sleep for days. finished the z-pac, still have a slight fever (?!) and am coughing like there's no tomorrow.
on the upside, I had an acupuncture appointment today and it went well. hoping that will help, since western medicine is doing me no favors.

thinking of you all!

[~Christina]

Z-pac "typically" isn't enough to knock out a Sinus infection. I hope yours is gone. Do you have anything for the cough? Tesslon pearls have really helped me in the past..

I really hope your feeling better soon

[Kiya]

I guess the z-pac works for another 5 days? i'll need it :/

[January]

Yes, they work for 10 days. Those pearls are awesome! I've only had them once but they were great.

[~Christina]

A old school mate friend has Fibro and became an alcoholic to cope , lost her house , her teenage kids, She got sober but her pain was relentless .. Someone she use to work with told her about a 10 day organic plant based cleanse...

By day 3 her pain dropped by half ! and by day 5 she was painfree and has been pain free totally for over a month now, She sleeps wonderfully , her mental clarity is back to normal and is no longer tired.

She told me about it .. Of course I was interested , Shes a life long friend so I didn't doubt that she got such great results... Of course it was expensive , I said ....One day I will be able to try it... a week later she sent me the entire program.. Close to 500.00 ! It took me over a week to finally agree to accept it.. I researched this product of course, Reviews were good and well hell ... knowing someone personally that got such great relief? Sure why wouldn't I try it ? even if my pain dropped from a daily " 7 " to a "6" I would be thrilled.

So anyway ... today was day 9. I woke up dry heaves, no diarreha... doubled over in pain for hours. I tried to walk to the bathroom and apparently passed out and hit the floor. I came too with my husband frantic. Off to the the ER we go.

A gazillion lab tests later and a Cat scan with and without contrast later, 4 doses of Dilaudid ,Zofran and 4 rapid flow IV bags pushed... the Doctor returned and said he investigated the products I was taking and said that the product needs to be banned...... So now I am on clear fluids for 48 hours to" start with" He said I will have massive diarreha for days as my body tries to flush out all the shyt that was in this program. He said my friend got lucky and didn't get toxic like I did.. I have to have repeat blood work done in 2 days then again in 3days then a week to check for any renal or liver problems...

So game plan is for me to manage through my body removing this shyt without having to go back in the hospital.

yeah .. so FML at the moment.

Gentle hugs everyone

[cakeladie]

Oh Christina, I am soooo sorry. I hope you feel better soon and I am so glad your husband was home.

My boss bought some diet stuff that these actress's had all endorsed. She thought about it a lot before she bought it but went ahead and tried it and got sick just like you. She was trying to loose weight for a wedding.

Have you told your friend yet?

I sure hope you feel better soon. My husband and I were just talking about looking into alternative meds instead of the pain meds and muscle relaxers I am on. But now I just not sure. I take around 20 different meds a day and most of those meds are 2-6 pills a day. That's a lot of pills plus breathing treatments.

Keep us posted and feel better

[Kiya]

@_@ ((((((((((((Christina!!!!))))))))))))))) OMG! How frightening! Sounds like you barely made it through that! I'm so sorry! Sending tons of good energy and hugs!

The best remedy I have found for things is acupuncture. I'm not big on needles, and finding the right person is really important - a true healer. I went for the first time in a long while yesterday and even though I didn't notice any change in my pain, I had a ton of energy today!
Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing traditions in the world. I know it works, but is often expensive, and honestly I don't like needles. But really, I am ready to give up on Western Medicine (and new age remedies; I tried some sort of fibro miracle thing and also couldn't stomach it).
Thankfully, this gal believes in making sure people get treatment and lowers it as much as she can (which was $40 for me; I will try for twice a month if poss, but once a month for sure, now that I have found a good practitioner I trust).

Again, sending any healing modality you prefer - prayers, good wishes, you name it- to you, Christina!!!!!

[LettinG0]

Oh goodness Christiana.....lots o gentle hugs. Hope you recover quickly and I am so sorry you had such a toxic reaction.....

[January]

Oh Christina! I'm so sorry. I am sending healing thoughts and prayers your way, dearheart. I am so thankful you are alive and still with us.

[lizardlady]

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Oh good heavens! Thank goodness your husband was there to help!

I worry about this sort of thing every time I hear about some "wonder" treatment for fibro.

[~Christina]

Yeah .. I have always blown off any "products" that promote pain relief ! But a girl I grew up with found it and tried it and is pain free and well actually knowing a real life human being found help... Yep I took a chance and said chance has slapped me very very hard.

I feel like I have been wrung out by a giant and nausea is my friend

So Yeah.....

[cakeladie]

I don't know whats wrong but I am so tired. My O2 level is really low and my hubby knows I am not feeling well and he is not being very supportive

[Kiya]

((((((((((Cake! Christina!))))))))))))

[~Christina]

((( Cake )))) How low ?

((((Kiya)))) Are you feeling better?

Update on my mess...

My blood work was still pretty wonky yesterday, but improved from the ER visit on Tuesday. I am still feeling "off" but I don't feel like I am on deaths door any longer. What an ordeal.

Gentle hugs ladies

[cakeladie]

O2 level is in the low 70's I am supposed to head to the ER when it gets to 80 but I just can't handle the ER right now. Found out kidneys are failing so I am on another med for that. The lab messed up my test so I have to redo some which is a pain when you just can't move.

Hubby is not being to understanding right now and I can't sleep. I am in the front room because I have to sleep in an upright position. But I just can't fall asleep.

It also seems like anytime I eat my stomach hurts.

Christina I am glad you are feeling better. I am sure it's going to take a few weeks to get back to normal.

Kiya how are u holding up?

Jan did you go to the dentist? Did you get your meds?

Liz how's the back ?

Gentle hugs to everyone and I hope everyone is getting some good sleep.

Hugs

[cakeladie]

Christina I know how you feel. Someone says this will make you pain free and you want to believe them but you also question it. But when it's someone you know you think ok this might just really work and wham it takes you out.

On another forum I belong to a new person just posted this miracle all natural med that will have you pain free. Hmmm you come on to a forum don't introduce yourself and share your story you go right into this new amazing drug. When people question it they posted several videos about it on one of those videos it tells you how rich you will become if you become a distributor of this product. Now really, come on why would we believe you first of all and second most people with a chronic illness like this cant work and are on fixed incomes how are we supposed to pay for this?

Ok I am finished ranting and venting I am just glad you are ok.

[lizardlady]

Cake, my back is doing a lot better. This problem started over 30 years ago. I've learned what to do (and not do) to help it recover. It's not 100% yet, but moving in ght right direction.

Cake, I know the ER is a major pain,but take care of yourself okay?

Christina, it sounds like things are improving for you. What a scary thing to have happen!

Kyia, how are you doing?

[~Christina]

Oh Cake hun 70 is really really bad! You know that of course, With it that low your more likely to fall and do gawds knows what damage.. Yes the ER sucks , But please take care of you !

Thanks Liz, It often amazed me how we have to adapt and learn ways to manage mountains. most people can't handle a hill. So we are all Super heros !

Kiya I hope your feeling better and that sinus infection is finally clearing up ..

Cake? Seriously please get checked out and get some help that low of a O2 is horrible.

[cakeladie]

it's up to 76 with extra breathing treatments leave me shaking which I hate. So I went from 4 breathing treatments a day to 6 per day. And it really sucks.

Hubby keeps asking me to check my O2 level if worse comes to worse I will call 911.

I am just really sick of being sick if you know what I mean.

Liz and Christina I am glad you both on the mend

Take care all

Hugs

[Kiya]

Word for the day: blarg. yep, climbing those mountains... was tested for mono and they STILL don't have the results in. grrrrr. They've ruled out strep and pneumonia, but I am dealing with staph and the acute sinus infection (and maybe mono), so even tho I just finished a zpak on the 5th, i'm taking a super-duper antibiotic... three days worth, but 750 mg a punch. It's making me very jittery!!!!! They said it could cause manic like symptoms.
Meanwhile, I am back to my full schedule starting Monday. I'd better rest well tonight (if I can) and tomorrow... I also need to come up with a lesson plan...

full set of hugs coming at you all (minus the infections...) all climbing your mountains!

[cakeladie]

Kiya if you are on a strong antibiotic now you might consider eating 1-2 yogurts aday until you finish the antibiotic. A lot of women tend to get yeast infections when on certain antibiotics. One way to battle that is to eat yogurt.

I have had to take tons of antibiotics and always got a yeast infection until someone in the lab told me to eat 1-2 yogurts aday while on them and it works.

Just a thought I hope they find out what's wrong and you get the proper care. The lab messed up my latest labs and I had to redo them talk about a waste of time

Good luck

[lizardlady]

The comments about climbing mountains made me think of the song "I'm Tryin'" by Trace Adkins. Here's the chorus from the song.... Christina, you're right. Folks here are all superheroes!

But all I can do, is all I can do and I keep on tryin
And all I can be is all I can be and I keep on tryin
There's always a mountain in front of me,
Seems I'm always climbin and fallin and climbin
But I keep on tryin

There's always a mountain in front of me
Seems I'm always climbin and stumblin
And then fallin'
And then climbin'
But I keep on tryin'

[lizardlady]

Got out of bed this morning and thought "Oh-oh, do I have flare coming on?" It would seem I do.

[~Christina]

Awww Liz I hope it end before it has a chance to ramp up to high !

Cake? how are you feeling today ?