Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Gidday all you Aussies and the rest of the world-- I may be getting some good news; my previously resistant to every IV antibiotic lung infection (still pseudomonas) may be LEVAQUIN-SENSITIVE! I am awaiting a call from the doctor and pharmacist/chemist. I am still on 20mg of prednisone; I will stop taking Cipro and Doxycycline when I change over to Levaquin. I honestly can't remember; does appetite for food return as the infection is controlled? I eat 2-3 meals a day and take a liquid supplement, but I can't say I'm ever really hungry. My digestion is very very slow and I feel full for hours after a meal. Arizona, bronchiectasis, probable immotile cilia, looking for that patch of blue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 H , I am surprised that you have no appetite while you are on predsinone...I could eat anything with four legs including the table..I am still only 58kg. and 172 cm tall . Have you had any intravenous antibiotics for the pseud? that usually knocks it about a bit...I find oral AB's are pretty useless especially ciproxin even when the bug is sensitive to it in vitro. Just getting it to the seat of infection seems to be the problem. I have a Dr. who hauls me in for a periodic clean out when my tailfeathers are dragging.lol Hope you get a good result on the levaquin. Cheers Carole. > > Gidday all you Aussies and the rest of the world-- > > I may be getting some good news; my previously resistant to every IV > antibiotic lung infection (still pseudomonas) may be > LEVAQUIN-SENSITIVE! I am awaiting a call from the doctor and > pharmacist/chemist. > > I am still on 20mg of prednisone; I will stop taking Cipro and > Doxycycline when I change over to Levaquin. > > I honestly can't remember; does appetite for food return as the > infection is controlled? I eat 2-3 meals a day and take a liquid > supplement, but I can't say I'm ever really hungry. My digestion is > very very slow and I feel full for hours after a meal. > > > Arizona, bronchiectasis, probable immotile cilia, looking for that > patch of blue... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Sorry, re-read your post and it does say you have had IV abs, DOH! Have you ever been tested for one of the different forms of Cystic fibrosis? Your symptoms are pretty suspicious. They are finding that there are different tyypes of CF and some do not get diagnosed early on and are not as life threatening.Carole > > Gidday all you Aussies and the rest of the world-- > > I may be getting some good news; my previously resistant to every IV > antibiotic lung infection (still pseudomonas) may be > LEVAQUIN-SENSITIVE! I am awaiting a call from the doctor and > pharmacist/chemist. > > I am still on 20mg of prednisone; I will stop taking Cipro and > Doxycycline when I change over to Levaquin. > > I honestly can't remember; does appetite for food return as the > infection is controlled? I eat 2-3 meals a day and take a liquid > supplement, but I can't say I'm ever really hungry. My digestion is > very very slow and I feel full for hours after a meal. > > > Arizona, bronchiectasis, probable immotile cilia, looking for that > patch of blue... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hi Carol, What procedure do you have done when you say periodic clean out. nne --- Carole wrote: > H , I am surprised that you have no appetite > while you are on > predsinone...I could eat anything with four legs > including the > table..I am still only 58kg. and 172 cm tall . > Have you had any intravenous antibiotics for the > pseud? that usually > knocks it about a bit...I find oral AB's are pretty > useless especially > ciproxin even when the bug is sensitive to it in > vitro. Just getting > it to the seat of infection seems to be the problem. > I have a Dr. who > hauls me in for a periodic clean out when my > tailfeathers are dragging.lol > Hope you get a good result on the levaquin. Cheers > Carole. > > > > Gidday all you Aussies and the rest of the world-- > > > > I may be getting some good news; my previously > resistant to every IV > > antibiotic lung infection (still pseudomonas) may > be > > LEVAQUIN-SENSITIVE! I am awaiting a call from the > doctor and > > pharmacist/chemist. > > > > I am still on 20mg of prednisone; I will stop > taking Cipro and > > Doxycycline when I change over to Levaquin. > > > > I honestly can't remember; does appetite for food > return as the > > infection is controlled? I eat 2-3 meals a day and > take a liquid > > supplement, but I can't say I'm ever really > hungry. My digestion is > > very very slow and I feel full for hours after a > meal. > > > > > > Arizona, bronchiectasis, probable immotile cilia, > looking for that > > patch of blue... > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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