Help- the flu!!!

[pberggren1]

At least he calls back Terri. I have had doctors that never call back.

[Sangye]

I have a tendency to drag my feet if I think I'm having a flare. Looks like I might not get out of it. Darn
The cipro I took for 10 days for a UTI. The Bactrim I had been on 3x a wk since I was diagnosed in 07 so I didn't know if that was a good move. I felt a little uneasy about it.

It could be the Bactrim, a flare, or the Cipro itself. Cipro is in a class of antibiotics that is extremely hard on the body-- specifically the thyroid. It's a fluoridated drug, and the thyroid will selectively uptake fluoride instead of iodine. It can cause you to feel really lousy for some time. I had patients who took it and were "off" for up to 6 weeks after. They described it exactly as you did--hit by a truck.

Another common one in the same class is Levaquin, and a less commonly used one is Avelox. Unless an infection cultures for that class, it's good to avoid them. Fortunately I'm allergic to that class so I don't have to arm-wrestle with my docs about it.

[Terri]

I thought maybe all along that it was the cipro because that is when it (the truck) hit me.
I just didn't know why. I'm done with it now so we'll see what happens.

[elephant]

I can't take Cipro it cause me to have a very fast heart rate. I will not take levaquin or avelox unless I really have to.
Terry you probably need to get lab work done and get your thyroid checked.