Kristine’s Levaquin and Cipro poisoning.
Kristine’s Story
| There is no way to describe how this has changed my life. What these drugs did to my body is just horrific.I went from a being a woman with a urinary tract infection to a woman with upwards of 65 different symtomologies, unable to take care of my family, myself. I truly feel that I am here because I somehow in the middle of complete horror found the courage to totally take my health into my own hands. What this has cost my family.. I could even begin to place a dollar amount on that…this shook us to the core…my children watching me cry uncontrollably, watching me crawl up our front walkway determined to get one bag of groceries into the house when the pain was too much to bare, not being able to carry around my youngest child who was just a nine month old baby when I was given the 1st Quinolone, watching the tears stream down my husbands face as we drove around Boston trying to find a doctor to help us…him begging me to hold on and me begging him to never let our children forget me……….the tens of thousands of dollars that this cost us are nothing compared to what we have been through because of these drugs and the cover up of their toxicity. I have had to work 24/7 for every bit of health that I have gotten back. My recovery has been a long hard journey but I am eternally grateful for every bit of it. Every day is about health in my family now and every moment is fully lived. I have spoken at alternative health conferences about the my story…my journey to wellness and my husband and I continue to speak to any group or individual that expresses interest. Every day we will work to help as many people as possible so that no one else will suffer that great horror of the quinolones.The horror of quinolone antibiotics *severe gastrointestinal symptoms extreme diarrhea nausea sudden weight loss 121 lbs to 103 lbs in 4 weeks leaky gut loss of most of good flora in gut inability to break down food abdominal pain *all over joint pain *severe burning sensation in arms *insomnia *chills (in middle of summer) *drenching night sweats *extreme anxiety attacks *night terrors *hallucinations * skin burned instantly in the sun for 4 days after Cipro *extreme pain and tendon damage over my entire body *extreme fatigue *muscle twitches( worst between my ribs, calves and face *tingling in hand and forehead *tremors in hands and toes *intracranial pressure *seizures *loss of menstrual period for 5 months Systemic candida Thrush yeast infection * burning pain in lungs *eye pain, floaters ,blurry vision, light sensitivity * swollen lymph nodes *hair loss *swollen liver *Brain fog *ear pain, occasional ringing *jaw pain *circulation problems very weird things like huge yawns that would come on uncontrollably severe burning around outline of my mouth feeling like little flickers of water were being thrown on legs Please educate others on the severe and often permanent damage caused by Quinolone antibiotics. |
December 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
A 44 year male crying like a baby children in front of his is not a site to behold.
These drugs take away every bit of self respect you had for yourself. The inept Doctors who fail to find an answer with diagnostics medicine, finally label you a nut and use the emotional turmoil generated by this poison as the real reason for the symptoms.
March 28th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Kristine,
I would love to hear more about your struggle and where/how you found a way to wellness. I too am fighting each day, determined to find a way to healing and recovery. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I am glad that you recovered completely, which gives me hope. You said you continue to speak to groups and individuals. If you can let us know your journey of recovery in details of how you were able to do this to rest of the quinolone victims, it would be a great help to us.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
i have been suffering greatly from cipro side effects for three months. please e-mail me with suggestions of what i can do to help myself recover. i was given 10 days of cipro for what they thought was epididemitis. we have later found out thru the web, that my urinary sympyoms point to intrstitial cystitis. so, i am dealing with bladder pain, and then the all-over pain, numbness, tingling, muscle wasting, ibs, panic attacks, chills, etc. from the cipro. i need help, but am afraid to go to a doctor again. please e-mail me with some info. God bless.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Hi,
I hope you are doing better I myself have been suffering a great deal of symptoms is there anything that can help recovery? Doctors don’t seem to care much I’m not sure what to do. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
June 22nd, 2010 at 8:20 pm
what if i have another night terror? i guess i’ll just run to night-terrors-children.com to get quick advice
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:03 pm
I took Levaquin 750 mg for 6 days out of the 10 it was prescribed for, and after 3 days felt very arthritic, most notably in my hands. It has been six days since I stopped the last dose. I was unable to grip my laptop to pull it out of its bag, unable to unscrew the lid of my water bottle. Next I was sore all over and couldn’t walk without assistance for a day. The next couple of days I saw some improvement in that I was not in all over pain, but now the pain, burning and popping seems to have settled in my right wrist, knee, and ankle. The left side is affected as well, but not as much. I have read some about the use of chelated Magnesium supplements to address the tendonitis, so I am starting that regimen today. I am taking the first dose of 400 mg tonight. Having read about how the Levaquin does damage at the cellular level, I am hopeful that the Magnesium will help. Supposedly it builds up ATP, which is a cellular/DNA building block (if I’m not mistaken). Wish me luck! I am not about to be laid up indefinitely by this Levaquin problem!!!