Guest guest Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Jodi, You poor thing--it sounds like you had herpangina ( sackie A) or hand, foot and mouth disease. My son had it last year and he was in so much throat pain like you and could not swallow. It's very scary, to say the least. Thanks for sharing your story. Antibiotics are necessary, but they have the down side as well. Clindamycin is infamous for causing C. diff colitis. Having experienced the Lyme scare and getting tested for all the co-infections as well, I can relate. I read about all the people who had been mis-diagnosed or under treated and it made me continue to up my antibiotic dose, stupidly. You are smart to avoid them if not necessary. They are life-savers, but should be used judiciously. You are right to just focus on making your food and recuperating. You don't have to do any research--you just have to pamper yourself and get well emotionally and physically. The most important thing right now is to take care of yourself. I'm sure you'll get all the info you need from your docs--it sounds like you have some good ones. Terry Re: Hi Marilyn Hi Terry,Very interesting that you digressed- I appreciate it as your experience is very informative. Not to get too much into my sob story; I had -horrible- sackie which rendered me incapable of swallowing. My health went from bad to worse. Right after that- I had impacted wisdom teeth (which needed to be removed but because the impaction was so severe they needed to treat me first) which lead me to take Clindamycin for a month which almost killed me giving me what they think of as C Diff. I was hospitalized for a month- no food, isolated room getting units of blood. I was on so many antibiotics during that time that it is a miracle I am alive really.About a year or so ago I found out that I am suspect for Lyme but am positive on all Co-infections legal to test in NY State. I am not doing the antibiotic route as I feel I will not be able to tolerate long term antibiotics.In the ER in Israel they gave me antibiotics "just in case" since my WBC was through the roof (all other hema blood values were great and Anemia was not present at all) not sure if pancreatitis can cause an elevated WBC- makes sense that it would. Getting that one dosage of antibiotics in the hospital caused me horrible anal leakage. Needless to say I am happy I did not go the antibiotic route for the Lyme Co issues. Lyme is super mysterious and chronically ill can come up pos for co-infections.It is hard to know how to proceed with all of these various critters, bacteria and viruses. It is no wonder I have been so sick.I am hoping to get more info from my GI and integrative doc as I am so not in the mood to do any research right now. I just want to focus on making my own food.Anyway, thanks for being so supportive.Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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