Immunology symptoms and conditions

Received 10 mg Kenalog with 20 mg Lidocaine on 10/12/06 for poison ivy. Partner to my own doctor didn't even have my chart until I suggested it. Poison ivy gone, but because of suppressed immune system from the 'cortisone' aka Kenalog, I have serious viral infection called para-influena upper respiratory infection. Kind immunology specialist I've seen for 23 years, says I'm to do NOTHING for at least 7 to 10 days to get over virus. Now, 11/17/06, day 12 of being sick, I still feel made of cement, and I'm thinking I might feel 'normal' again by Christmas. Also, cortisone shots increase emotional responses to life. Noreen

Thank you to those who wrote me with words of advice. I'm now 14 days out from levaquin and am feeling a bit better. I have had a complete physical and blood workup. I've also seen an allergist, a rhematologist, two ER doctors and my primary care. My primary care and one ER were at the Cleveland Clinic and advise that it's the levaquin. I have yet to run across a doc who didn't say it's the levaquin. I was sure it was MS, ALS or something worse than an allergic reaction. I am getting a little better and hope I continue on this path. I wanted to share the list of meds the allergist told me to NEVER TAKE and even suggested that I get a med alert braclet. It appears that if you have a bad reacation and take the offending agent again, next time will be worse including shock. My daughter who is an RN also agrees with the medic alert braclet. She said that if I were ever in a car wreck, one of the first things they would do in the ER was start an antioboitic IV.

The meds in the same family to avoid are:

Cipro, avelox, faxtive, levaquin, varoxin, tequin and trovan.

This same Dr. (the allregy immunology doc) says that I have had nerve damage, that I should fully recover and that it will not get worse.

My symptoms were mostly pain in my limbs, if you have had the pain in your limbs at the least please put a note in your wallet that says that you can not take the above listed drugs.

Hope this helps. God bless

Taunda

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