Your story sounds very similar to mine. The pain started in my left arm, a few days later, I had the same intense pain in the right arm. It was so bad for me i couldn't bend or straighten my arms for about a month. Don't be surprised if you have this pain in your legs also. It's been almost 8 months for me and I'm still getting "new" pains but the old ones are feeling much better. Also, don't be surprised if your dr. looks at you like you are crazy. It's been many people's experience that doctors simply don't believe us. It's a terrible feeling when your dr. gives you this medicine and then abandons you when you have a reaction to it. If this happens, find a new dr. Even if there's nothing they can do to help you, the emotional support is so important. If you feel like doing more research, check out www.fluoroquinolones.org, fqresearch.org, fqvictims.org, favc.info. Also there are support groups on yahoo. There's a link to one of them on the fqresearch site. Good luck to you and please know that it will get better but it takes a lot of time. For me, it's 8 months and although I'm doing so much better, I'm nowhere near what I used to be. I will pray for you. God Bless.