sleeping better - but what is this?
Oh man...somethings going on.I feel like poop - running a low fever up and down, lost my voice, nauseated, headaches, body hurts - serious brain issues - aphasia like crazy and forgetting where i was - not so good for a preacher/teacher. (geezo pete - in the middle of the night I woke up and couln't remember where the kitchen was - derrrr I was asleep on the couch and the front of the house is an open plan - the kitchen is separated from the living room by a breakfast bar! sheesh!could be jsut a flare I guess - but I really didn't over do anything.I did run out od Cipro for a little over a week - then started up again last friday ...Maybe it's die off? And I'm Herxing? I just don't know. Don't think I herxed the first time I started on cipro...I was looking on dr Teitlebaum's web page and did a search for local practitioners since I've found NO one on this islkand who seems to even vaguely understand CFIDSa and FMS... Found on on the Big Island - not a dr - has a bS in something but is trained in Dr T's protocol and the proper testing. I emailed hehr but haven't heard back. Will have to call, I guess.All this is coming at the suckiest time.my neice is comiong in 2 weeks and I have regular house cleaning (that's enuf to make me sick right there) and have to clear out my bedroom for her and fix up my guest room (read storage room) back into a bedroom for me - and set up my glass and metal studio in there for several reasons - the room where my studio was to go has loiusly wiring and cannot support the electrical needs, and anywhere else inn the house the Demon Kitten of Wahiwa Towne runs like the deamon that she is and gets into everything - since I have lots of sheet glass and glass rods - that is a problem - in the guest room I can keep the door closed. It's just a lot of physical work - and just know i cant afford to hire help. THat leads to my other issues - I am really in need of a second job - but! 1) my health is pretty iffy right now - I just can't tell if I'll be able to make it thru on any given day. AND my congregation is going thru a really trying and difficult process of self analysis and discovery in hopes of leading toeard significant growth and change - that is why I am at this church - it is my purpose - to help them thru this process. I'f I'm working another job I'm afraid I'll be too messed up.Well I have some Very Important Things to do today - yesterday was a wasted day - only problem is I can't remember what these Very Impotant Tasks are...dang.
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fevers, headaches , nausea all part of the course unfortunatley...for about a year I lived on dry crackers they only thing that would settle my stomach even a little !!and the brain fog sheesh gotta love that stuff too nottttttttttt lol
hope you get everything done with as little pain as possible :)
Huggggsssss Deb
Sounds like EBV rearing it\'s ugly head. I hate that flu-y feeling.
I\'ve taken Cipro(it\'s the only antibiotic I can take) and I don\'t remember it making me feel yucky. I have felt very ill from tetracycline and \'cillins. I assume I am allergic to them, hence the use of the Cipro. I have also used a synthetic I only had to take for 3 days...or is that the Cipro? Been a while, I avoid the use of antibiotics but had some oral surgeries that required it.
I know that many protocols call for extended use of antibiotics BUT using antibiotics is what triggered my issues with Candida and yeast. I had a non stop yeast infection for about 10 yrs...oddly enuff I often felt better when on a sulfa drug. Weird huh?
I will begin Valcyte in a couple months, it\'s supposed to make you very sick when first starting. I sure hope it will help knock back my EBV...
So...your studio is going to be your bedroom as well? I assume this is temp, to keep your kitty out...can you combine the guestroom with the studio so you don\'t have as much work and won\'t be displaced? We are still trying to figure out how to combine a library/office and guestroom and an exercise room/videoroom with a guestroom. Looking into trundle beds, currently we have queen sized Aerobeds that we use for company. I want something more perm that doubles as a couch or seating for us when not in use as a guestroom. It will take time. So many projects...
It\'s hard to find good docs. I lost mine when I left Wa and moved back to Calif. Actually, I am still using my WA specialist but it\'s hard. We had to wait for her to get a Calif license so she could order meds and labs. Calif has lots of restrictions. You\'d think with Stanford and UCSF being here, we\'d have better docs but NO. Grrr.
If you can, find a good local doc who will work with your specialist. My PCP is very good, she doesn\'t know how to treat CFIDs or Fibro. She is great about giving me pain and sleep meds but that\'s as far as she can go...
Anyways, best of luck with all that. Hope you feel better soon. I really would like to see some of your work, plz post some pics when you get a chance. I am an artist also, a painter and illustrator.
If you have time, come join our Artists Group. :-)
ttyl and take care,
shell
Oh, ps, Cipro has been linked to tendon ruptures, you might want to talk to your doc about an alternative or not use it long term.