| Posted at 12:25 AM on May 28, 2009 by theone0329, #41820 |
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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?
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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