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Posted at 12:25 AM on May 28, 2009 by theone0329, #41820
hello i am a 28 year old mother of three i am going to school to become a nursing assistant just started my clinical.i have not been feeling good for the past 4 weeks went to my doc and asked for them to test my urin they took it and only did the dip stick instead of sending it to the lab the doc called me about a week later and told me everything looked good i said to him are you sure i feel like i have a uti so he told me if i am still not feeling well come back in in about a week so a week passes and now i am having pains in my back and trouble going to the bathroom so he does a (ua) i go to the lab to give urine and he put stat so the women said it should be back by tomorrow i called my doc the next day the receptionist says yes your results are in so i told her i am coming down cause she couldn't give me the results over the phone so i get ther and she tells me well it came back abnormal which i knew didn't have to pay $80.00 to tell me that i was the one telling the doctor that so anyway she tells me the doctor is in with another patient that i will have to wait i said oh no i feel like i am dying i am having so much pains in my kidneys so she said ok 1 min she got the doctor he called me down to his office and said well it looks like you had a uti and now it seems a little worse than that it might have traveled into your kidneys so i said i told you a few weeks ago when you said my urine came back fine i was in a lot of pain so now what he told me he was going to put me on levaquin 500 mg for 5 days and lets see how that works and to come back in in 2 weeks to take a repeat ua so i said ok got the prescription filled $50.00 later went home and read all the side effects and was so scared to take it but i was in so much pain and hearing about the actress who died of a ut i was so scared but i took it even know in my heart i knew it was not going to respond to me ok well let me tell you i almost had to quiet school i can hardly take care of my children just to walk up the stairs to go to the bathroom feels like i have been running a marathon for 10 miles we are a young couple and parents of 3 and i am a homemaker till i finish school so we live on my husbands pay check which really is living week by week nothing in saving cause we need every penny for bills and food but now i have been in so much pain not sleeping a wink cause i am so afraid of the nightmares that he has been home and not working which means no money is coming in at all i mean how do you tell your children well sorry i have nothing here and no money to buy you juice boxes for school i just really wanna give up i feel like i became a failure to my husband and children if i wasn't so sick he could be working and at least we can have the basics how do i tell them that we are almost out of oil and might not be able to have hot water i mean my life seems ruined all because of this drug i can not believe it i wish every day if i do fall asleep mybe it would be in my childrens best if i do not wake up but then feel like how can i even think that they love me no matter what i don't know i just can not even believe that my life turned around like this in the matter of a week how can this happen i really need help if anyone is out there please help i just wanna end it but i know deep in my heart my kids need me what to do
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 01, 2009 by cschrenk, #20251

I am a 52 year old women.On April 9th 2009, I had a back surgery fusing my two lower lumbar vertebra. I had been in pain with my back for over 20 years. This seamed like the right answer for me with a 85 to 90% success rate. The surgery went as expected and all was well. I felt pretty good coming home from the hospital. The Dr. prescribes 500 mg levaquin for 7 days to prevent and infection at the incision sight. I was on enough other pain meds I didn't realize what was happening. After about a week I thought something was going very wrong. Every joint in my body ached I can't hardly stand up my knees are in so much pain along with my hips, shoulders, elbows, and hands. My back pain is worse than before. I kept calling my Dr. asking what was wrong he had no clue, just put me on other pain meds. Each week I would call and he said I should be recovering well and didn't know what the problem was. I was looking through my papers I received when I left the hospital and found out that he gave me levaquin. I got online and found out what it does. I called my Dr. back and told I knew exactly what was happening to me. He told me he had never heard of it. Something has to be done. I have been three months trying to recover and get back to work and I can barely dress myself. I hope I don't lose my job. Is there anything to reverse this?

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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 16, 2009 by jen07, #21576

I'm 28 too & I'm in the same situation. I know how miserable and scared you are. Please hang in there, this will pass with time. I have talked to a man who suffered for 3 years & he is all better now because he started having glutathione infusions. Look into it okay, and give yourself a break. Your family loves you & I'm sure that they would be devastated not to have you. You're not a failure, you're a victim.

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