I’m only at the A’s and I’m scared! I was just telling hubby 2 weeks ago that my eyesight was changing really fast for just being 42 almost 43……thinking macular degeneration aka ‘old age’ need bifocals…..but I complained while driving because I couldn’t read the road signs until I was on TOP of them…..something I’ve never had a problem with before.
Bathed my dog last Friday with the help of our Chinese exchange student. Couldn’t use my hands for days they hurt soooooooooooooooo bad. Not only my hands but the tendonitis reared its ugly head in my right shoulder, right elbow and right wrist……it just snowballed. I’ve been down for half a week and now the remnants of Fay are threatening to douse NC and I’m about to go out of my mind from the PAIN in my joints and muscles. I’m still in my pajama’s……..YESTERDAYS pajama’s!!!!!!! (yea I know, ewwwww)
My CHORE for today is to take a BATH. That’s IT. That is ALL I’ll be able to accomplish today.
Unfreakingbelievable.
Julie
Julie…. I could have written your post! Not only am I in NC, but I’ve complained all day to dh about my hands and wrists. It’s too sudden to be regular arthritis coming on. And my eyesite changed drastically during the year I was given Flagyl and Levequin.
Sherri
I’ve read where the northern climates are better for arthritis sufferers than southern climates for some reason.
Here in NC I’ve noticed, especially being near the coast, these storms ZOOM though here at a high rate of speed. I think the barometer goes crazy and stays out of whack, especially if the storm zooms past you and doesn’t drop any rain. (like today……I could have peed on the sidewalk and got it wetter than the ‘rain’ but the sky is full of rolling clouds, not a drop of rain)
Where abouts in NC? I’m near Johnson AFB (not AF family) in Goldsboro.
Did your eyesight get better? stay the same? get worse?
My hubby talked to his mother, she’s an RN and works for BC/BS in another state. He told her what is going on…..first she said the Drs in the south are QUACKS. (yea I’m seeing a duck on Friday)
She said under NO UNCERTAIN TERMS should I have been prescribed Levaquin for 5-6 consecutive WEEKS let alone Levaquin AND prednisone together…..ever.
I’m going to get my records from Walgreens tomorrow and when I go to my pain management doc on Friday I’m getting ALL of my records from him. (his physician’s asst prescribed my 1st and 2nd dose of Levaquin with prednisone for one of those weeks…..my ear nose and throat doc prescribed the levaquin for the other weeks along with prednisone for 1 week)
My MIL said that I have a damn near open and shut cause for filing a malpractice suit against the Ear Nose and Throat doc for prescribing like he did. (one week he didn’t prescribe but his PA gave me 2 weeks worth of samples) I’m getting those medical records next week if I have to drag my body down there……then I’m going to start calling more lawyers.
They prescribed far out of the pharmacological guidelines to prescribe that long.
I feel like I’ve been POISONED and nobody gives a $hit……nobody ‘gets it’ but other victims.
I know if you live in NC we probably won’t ever meet. If you feel like me, we’re not going anywhere. I can barely drag my butt out of bed let alone do basic human functions like SLEEP (whats sleep?), walk, bathe (but I managed today YAY)
I’m at a loss what to DO beyond what I’ve done so far. (and plan on in the future)
I’m in a lot of pain, the disabilities are getting worse……but I’m not about to give up or give in, I’m a FIGHTER.
I think I lost round 1 but I’m back up and ready for round 2.
Feel better…..at least you know you’re not crazy because there is another person (me) in your state that has been floxed and is experiencing many of the same problems.
One day at a time huh?
Julie
Julie…. best of luck to you. I do agree that it feels like I’ve been poisened. By the people I went to because I needed help getting better. I would have been better off to stay home. I feel better today, so far. I think you are right about the barametric pressure going crazy yesterday. I live near Charlotte, NC.
Sherri
I’m used to wasting perfectly good money on perfectly undereducated physicians with my SBO/back problems. I definitely expect the same quizzical looks when I mention the Levaquin toxicity.
Why not add another drain on our family finances by adding Rheumatologists to the mix?
I’ve been in pain for days and it finally rained a minute ago and quit. What a disappointment. If I’m going to hurt this bad I at least want a huge lightening storm, some wind, lots of thunder and lots of RAIN.
Is that too much to ask for all my troubles here?
I think about how ‘lucky’ I am. I am taking 90mgs of morphine right now per day, (extended release) yet this pain is breaking through the morphine with ease.
I hate to even THINK what this will feel like if I wasn’t on morphine??!?!?!!?! This is killing me ON it, I know it would kill me without it. I don’t even want to think how bad the pain truly is sans meds.
Feel better soon. If I find a Dr worth a $hit I’ll be sure to pass on the information. I’m thinking of going to UNC-Chapel Hill?? I’m disappointed with Duke but that might not be a bad idea either.
Julie