Well I find myself with another sinus infection…….and that is what got me in this boat after taking 5-6 weeks of Levaquin.
So now what do I do?
We had a LOT of rain last week which upped the humidity level, prime time for me to get a sinus infection.
All I’ve been doing is sitting here eating benadryl after benadryl to keep the pressure down behind my eyes and to get it to drain some……..but it doesn’t take away the fact I’m still infected and I’m going to have to go see the ENT (ear nose and throat doc) that prescribed this crap (Levaquin) and blew me off when I complained about how much PAIN I’ve been in since last January-February. (I did make him write it in his notes so it is in my chart about the pain……..but its been IGNORED)
To top this off, I go to my regular pain management appt on Wednesday to refill the morphine I’ve been on for over 3 years because of my back. Do you know the morphine and muscle relaxers don’t even begin to touch the pain caused from the levaquin?
I can’t take ibuprofen because I have ulcers and gastritis (thank you salmonella poisoning and its lifelong health effects)
I can’t take tylenol because one idiot Dr prescribed oxycodone (percocets) for 8 months at 8 pills per day so that was way too much acetaminophen for that time…….I could have had liver damage. (thankfully I didn’t get any damage……for once I missed out on something)
I’ve done everything I could to avoid a sinus infection. I have a severe dust allergy and I’ve been having immuno-therapy for months, giving myself shots at home once a week.
Unfortunately I don’t have any control over the weather last week…….a week of rain has done me in.
Oh yea……..and I’m allergic to penicillin. HA
AND……..all this has me teetering on the brink of a financial abyss…….
Every joint in my body is screaming 24 hrs a day. My mobility has gone down to forcing myself to move and on an as needed basis.
I used to enjoy gardening but with the rain the weeds have gone crazy…….with the rain I became sick, with the Levaquin it has robbed my body and caused so much more pain so getting outside to catch up on my gardening is out of the question.
I’m freaked out to go back to the ENT for fear he’ll ignore me AGAIN and try to prescribe levaquin or cipro for the sinus infection……….that and they’ll want $$$$$$$$$$ too. I’m not giving them another cent, not after all the hell I’m going through everyday.
I rightly don’t care anymore.
I know, go get another doc but it isn’t that easy with all my medical problems.
Eh, there……..had to vent. I’ll figure it out but I’m open to suggestions too.
A very frustrated sick person
Julie
Julie,
I don’t know what your antibiotic choices are, but I have advice on
how you can prevent sinus infections in the future. When you feel
that conditions are ripe for an infcetion, such as allergy season,
you can irrigate your sinuses using a netti pot. You could find
them in most drug stores. It basically looks like a small genie
bottle. You fill it with water, add some salt, tilt your head to
the side, and insert the water in one nostril. It should then come
out of the other nostril.
I hope you feel better, and let me know which antibiotic you ended
up taking.
Seena