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So I’ve noticed the Rifampin is giving me more muscle and joint pains in the morning, mainly in my legs. I feel hot after doing my 4th infusion also. My lymph nodes in my neck feel swollen as well.

I have a headache right now around my eyes but I ate Sushi for lunch (I know!) which may be contributing and it made me really tired.

Second day of Rifampin and I’m definitely more moody and annoyed. I’m more anxious too.

After my third infusion I felt really hot.

Yesterday I noticed I felt different as well. I meant to post but I didn’t save it. I suppose I usually have a reaction (psychological mostly) when I start antibiotics so we’ll see.

Port placed

Just a couple days ago on Thursday I had a port (AKA port-a-cath) placed. My local doctor wanted it done because the PICC line I had before started looking funky to them around the insertion site.

Since then I’ve had headaches that I think are related to the pain medication they gave me (foggy on the name, but it started with an F). At first it was above my eyes but the next day it became a sharp pain on the right side of my head. I also had a minor reaction to the antibiotic they gave me (Ancef) that made me throw up before the procedure.

In other news, my insurance is now fighting me on covering the antibiotics that I just got the port for. I’m doing my best to trust in God through this instead of freaking out.

#port #reaction

Totally without energy

Last Tuesday (the 4th day into being sick) I just felt like the energy was sucked out of me. It’s been that way ever since. Yesterday I had to force myself to get up and get out of the house. My brain has been especially anemic too.

I’m wondering why though. Is this simply a lingering effect from the flu? Or does it have something to do with having a mercury exposure?

The thing is, I feel so tired but I feel toxic at the same time, so they are probably linked. Taking a sauna today left me feeling sick while I was in there.

#going down #mercury

Sick again...

I’ve had just a terrible last week. I came down with the flu on Friday night and for most of the days since then I’ve been bed-bound. Yesterday was especially bad with the fatigue to where just getting out of bed and walking around was extremely exhausting. Hopefully I can make it to work today even though I still have some head stuff: congestion, mucous, sinus pressure, etc.

Yesterday I had pretty much zero ability to think or concentrate. I tried working from home but it was extremely hard as I just wanted to sleep.

When I wake up lately, I just feel like crap, and that WAS changing before. Hopefully it goes away once this flu clears up. Otherwise, I don’t know what I’m going to do.

When checking my liver counts this last Tuesday (from 1 week earlier) they were high: ALT almost 100, AST 56. Maybe this is also contributing to how crappy I feel.

Had a terrible day today. Just feel sick and unwell and have no energy. Tingling and pressure in my head with depression. Have stayed in bed all day but ate Capriotti’s for lunch (and pizza last night). Since changing my protocol around with IV Clindamycin I’ve found my sugar cravings have really increased.

#protocol change #symptoms

Angry

I’ve been different today. I’ve been angry and aggressive and my thoughts have been shameful. I’m easily annoyed and want everyone to fail.

I added Mepron today on another note.

#anger #symptoms #protocol change

Going down

Since starting the IV clindamycin I’ve felt pretty bad. A lot of my symptoms have been worse including my fatigue, head tingling, brain fog, sound/light sensitivity, waking up at night (I think multiple times “lightly,” I don’t know). I just feel pretty bad.

And on top of that I’ve come down with a sore throat.

#protocol change #symptoms

Musical medicine

Yesterday I started IV Clindamycin 900mg 2xd and today I started Cefdinir 300mg 2xd (which was a replacement for the Rocephin).

One thing I’ve noticed is that I’ve started having a lot of the head stuff again (tingling, head pressure, some light sensitivity, increased brain fog).

I also woke up last night and I think I was literally gasping for air; but I was half asleep so didn’t think anything of it under today.

Also, side note. They turned up the heat at work and surprisingly I’m fine with it. Everyone else is complaining about being hot but I’m really comfortable. Wonder if it has anything to do with having increased heat tolerance due to the saunas.

#protocol change #symptoms #brain

Sleep is for wimps

My sleep lately has been very intermittent. I’ve been waking up at at least once a night completely and usually lightly multiple times a night. Not 100% sure why.

I’ve also been feeling very cold for the last day and for the first time in forever had to turn my thermostat up to 74 at night.

I’ve also been getting knee pain in my right knee since yesterday and now it feels swollen. Don’t know if it’s a side effect of some medication or if I really have a problem with my knee. I’m thinking if at 3 days it hasn’t gone away I’ll ask Ginger about it. I did have some back pain in my muscle the other day that has gone away. Maybe it’s related.

Update 1/29: All of this migrating pain is definitely related. It moved from a muscle under my shoulder blade to my knee and then to my upper back in my spine. Just this morning it’s in my upper spine and neck now.

#sleep #pain #arthralgia

Back on Flagyl

I’m back on Flagyl, but pulsed this time 3 days on, 4 days off. Both times I’ve done it so far I’ve herxed. The last one was pretty bad, especially with lack of energy. I’ve been having a lot of joint and muscle pains lately too.

As far as Cholestyramine, I’m now up to 1tsp. I’ve realized that it doesn’t take the place of the activated charcoal; so I still need to take that as well. Even with Cholestyramine + Activated Charcoal I’m still having diarrhea. I have been thinking maybe since Cholestyramine is so expensive that I would take another shot at Calcium Bentonite Clay or something which has always made me constipated in the past to squelch the diarrhea.

#flagyl #herx #cholestyramine #diarrhea

CSM fun

So Cholestyramine (CSM) has been a fun one. I just started going back on it a couple of days ago (Saturday) and subsequently then went off of my charcoal. I have to be careful though, because CSM has the potential to greatly increase symptom intensity and constipate. So I started at a very reasonable 1/8 tsp. So far, 2 days later, how I feel is just foggy. I feel like my body is toxic again, which is crazy, considering it should be doing the duty of the activated charcoal. Hmm...

#detox #cholestyramine

Off Flagyl, on cholestyramine

I’ve been off Flagyl and was supposed to start Tindamax which wasn’t covered at all by my insurance, so I never started. I did start Boluoke though on the recommendation of Savely’s manual that it cleans blood and potentially disrupts biofilms in the body. I’ll start GSE soon also to attack the cyst/round body form that the Rocephin forces the bacteria into in place of a prescription for the time being. I’ve always herxed on GSE. I started Cholestyramine today. People have reported having a herx-like reaction while on it. Savely has me ramping slowly, starting at 1/4 tsp 2xd. We’re hopefully by it will help with my Diarrhea situation brought on by the antibiotics which probiotics haven’t been able to get rid of. Today I felt okay. I did a sauna this morning and felt bad afterwards. I need to buy more electrolytes. Then for the last couple days I’ve been feeling more nauseous and even though I didn’t eat breakfast I wasn’t very hungry for dinner.

#diarrhea #antibiotics

The FIR sauna is here!

Started using the sauna yesterday and man it makes me tired. Hoping it’s a herx reaction, especially while on the Flagyl. Have been feeling pretty terrible lately anyways.

#sauna #flagyl #fatigue #detox

Flagyl @ 1 week

1 week on Flagyl. Feel bad when waking. Experiencing increased twitching , joint pain, muscle soreness, moodiness, cognitive symptoms. Work has been very difficult and my productivity has dropped immensely. Had to leave work early because got plain exhausted and felt like I was getting slight chills and some nausea.

#work #twitching #symptoms #nauseous #flagyl #brain fog #antibiotics

Flagyl pains

Some of the obsessive compulsive behavior has definitely stopped to the degree it had but I still have anger and irritation. Now I’m experiencing a lot of increased soreness, joint pain, brain fog, and it taking a while for me to come to when I wake up. Very fatigued also right now.

#symptoms #flagyl #antibiotics

Compulsion down, added Flagyl, adding Nystatin

Lately the obsessive and compulsive spending/sinning thing seems to have died down a little. I don’t know if it was tied to a herx reaction or what. I still feel terrible and about to start Flagyl (Metronidaloze) and possibly nystatin for the yeast problem I obviously have. I NEED to stop the crappy eating, especially the sugar.

#yeast #symptoms #diet #antibiotics

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