Alright, this is going to be a bit lengthy because I don't want to miss anything that may be important, so sit tight and bear with me.
I am an eighteen year old independent female who is currently a full time university student who also works in retail part-time, I've been consistently sick for two months now, which is not only seriously impeding my studies but interfering with making rent.
In the very beginning of February (the same day I got on the rag actually) I became ill very suddenly. Within a twelve hour period I had enormously swollen lymph nodes, dizziness, debilitating headaches, sore muscles, fatigue, congestion and a fever that fluctuated from approximately 101 to 104. (On a side note, I'm prone to high fevers, and tend to hallucinate when I get them. My highest was 107, I've reached 106.4 a few times and have been over 105.5 several times) After regaining awareness of my surroundings during a dip in my fever and hallucinations I called an associate to take me to the walk-in clinic (I'm in Canada). The doctor who received me said that I had strep, gave me a prescription for Amoxicillin for seven days and sent me on my way.
I took the medicine faithfully, finishing it all.
After the first four or five days into the drugs my throat was almost back to normal, and by the end of it I felt like a human being again.
But, three days after finishing the antibiotics, I got sick again, very quickly with the same symptoms. I managed to get myself to the same clinic before it got as bad as it had before. This time I there was a different doctor on duty, he told me that since it came back it may be mono, but he would give me antibiotics for strep again and said that if it still didn't go away I should get a blood test to see if it was, in fact, mono.
He prescribed me Penicillin for ten days.
I finished the medicine, and while my symptoms eased, they never fully went away. After roughly 7-8 days of the antibiotics I started to cough a little bit.
(Also, I feel I should mention that throughout taking these antibiotics, I kept up a steady intake of vitamins and yogurt. Although, it was hard to swallow food so I often skipped 'real' food in exchange for 'liquid meals'. Sometimes the pain was to the point in which I'd spit instead of swallowing my own saliva)
Anyways, I finished the medicine and after a day or two went back to the clinic. Another different doctor was on duty and she gave me a throat swab and a form to go to the health clinic across the road to get my blood taken to be tested for mono. She didn't want me to take more drugs without knowing what it was, but she said I could stop in during the days in which I would be waiting for the test results if the pain became too bad.
I had to wait four days, in that time period the cough became much worst and I felt constantly short of breath and when I would wake up my mouth would be coated in a mucus-like substance. I also had all of my previous symptoms; swollen lymph nodes (sore throat), severe congestion, headaches, dizziness, fatigue and fevers. When I dropped by the clinic to get the test results back, I was met by the first doctor I saw. The throat swab had proved negative for strep, and the blood test negative for mono. Then when I described the new cough, he listened to my lungs and proclaimed that I had bronchitis. With that came a new prescription lasting ten days of Clarythromycin. A strong antibiotic that had to be taken with a full meal. I think that was the only thing that kept me eating at a meal a day.
The fevers were the worst part of the whole thing, and actually lasted from the day before I went to the clinic that third time, to a few days after being on the medication, leaving me with a fever that never dipped below 101 for approximately eight days.
By this point in time, I had been sick for so long that I was constantly exhausted, requiring frequent naps which lasted longer and longer and had no appetite whatsoever. All in all, completely inconvenient for a university student, but I managed to keep up in my schoolwork, a mad feat considering my 30ish hours of homework a week.
With the end of the antibiotics came an end to the bronchitis (except the shortage of breath and cough which I was told could last quite a while longer, which, though not severe, still causes me to cough a little now)
I thought I was fixed for sure, then I caught a cold, but I figured it was because my insides were all shot from the amount of antibiotics I'd been taking. I ate regularly again, but five days later after finishing the Clarythromycin my lymph nodes swelled right back up again (to the point in which turning my neck is excruciating and if I open my mouth and look down my throat I can see them pushing it closed), and with them came a fever, congestion and all the usuals.
So I, of course, went straight to the doctor, this time to a different clinic (because the other one had been closed for the day) where the doctor took another throat swab, and now here I am, the results should be back tomorrow. I haven't eaten food more solid than cereal or lentils in two or three days and I'm having trouble getting my temperature back to normal. So now I'm losing what little weight I managed to gain back in those five days, and my energy is completely depleted again.
I'm doing my best to stay hydrated, awake and up to date with school and work, but after about two months of this, I'm exhausted to the point of extreme apathy about all aspects of life now.
Also, my roommate has remained in perfect health throughout all of this, so it doesn't appear to be contagious, and when I was diagnosed with bronchitis the doctor said it was unlikely it was viral and was probably bacterial or an infection.
Has anyone heard anything like this?
Any help at all? The doctors seem to be simply making snap decisions and throwing drugs at me, I'd rather just know whats going on and how to fix it.
I am an eighteen year old independent female who is currently a full time university student who also works in retail part-time, I've been consistently sick for two months now, which is not only seriously impeding my studies but interfering with making rent.
In the very beginning of February (the same day I got on the rag actually) I became ill very suddenly. Within a twelve hour period I had enormously swollen lymph nodes, dizziness, debilitating headaches, sore muscles, fatigue, congestion and a fever that fluctuated from approximately 101 to 104. (On a side note, I'm prone to high fevers, and tend to hallucinate when I get them. My highest was 107, I've reached 106.4 a few times and have been over 105.5 several times) After regaining awareness of my surroundings during a dip in my fever and hallucinations I called an associate to take me to the walk-in clinic (I'm in Canada). The doctor who received me said that I had strep, gave me a prescription for Amoxicillin for seven days and sent me on my way.
I took the medicine faithfully, finishing it all.
After the first four or five days into the drugs my throat was almost back to normal, and by the end of it I felt like a human being again.
But, three days after finishing the antibiotics, I got sick again, very quickly with the same symptoms. I managed to get myself to the same clinic before it got as bad as it had before. This time I there was a different doctor on duty, he told me that since it came back it may be mono, but he would give me antibiotics for strep again and said that if it still didn't go away I should get a blood test to see if it was, in fact, mono.
He prescribed me Penicillin for ten days.
I finished the medicine, and while my symptoms eased, they never fully went away. After roughly 7-8 days of the antibiotics I started to cough a little bit.
(Also, I feel I should mention that throughout taking these antibiotics, I kept up a steady intake of vitamins and yogurt. Although, it was hard to swallow food so I often skipped 'real' food in exchange for 'liquid meals'. Sometimes the pain was to the point in which I'd spit instead of swallowing my own saliva)
Anyways, I finished the medicine and after a day or two went back to the clinic. Another different doctor was on duty and she gave me a throat swab and a form to go to the health clinic across the road to get my blood taken to be tested for mono. She didn't want me to take more drugs without knowing what it was, but she said I could stop in during the days in which I would be waiting for the test results if the pain became too bad.
I had to wait four days, in that time period the cough became much worst and I felt constantly short of breath and when I would wake up my mouth would be coated in a mucus-like substance. I also had all of my previous symptoms; swollen lymph nodes (sore throat), severe congestion, headaches, dizziness, fatigue and fevers. When I dropped by the clinic to get the test results back, I was met by the first doctor I saw. The throat swab had proved negative for strep, and the blood test negative for mono. Then when I described the new cough, he listened to my lungs and proclaimed that I had bronchitis. With that came a new prescription lasting ten days of Clarythromycin. A strong antibiotic that had to be taken with a full meal. I think that was the only thing that kept me eating at a meal a day.
The fevers were the worst part of the whole thing, and actually lasted from the day before I went to the clinic that third time, to a few days after being on the medication, leaving me with a fever that never dipped below 101 for approximately eight days.
By this point in time, I had been sick for so long that I was constantly exhausted, requiring frequent naps which lasted longer and longer and had no appetite whatsoever. All in all, completely inconvenient for a university student, but I managed to keep up in my schoolwork, a mad feat considering my 30ish hours of homework a week.
With the end of the antibiotics came an end to the bronchitis (except the shortage of breath and cough which I was told could last quite a while longer, which, though not severe, still causes me to cough a little now)
I thought I was fixed for sure, then I caught a cold, but I figured it was because my insides were all shot from the amount of antibiotics I'd been taking. I ate regularly again, but five days later after finishing the Clarythromycin my lymph nodes swelled right back up again (to the point in which turning my neck is excruciating and if I open my mouth and look down my throat I can see them pushing it closed), and with them came a fever, congestion and all the usuals.
So I, of course, went straight to the doctor, this time to a different clinic (because the other one had been closed for the day) where the doctor took another throat swab, and now here I am, the results should be back tomorrow. I haven't eaten food more solid than cereal or lentils in two or three days and I'm having trouble getting my temperature back to normal. So now I'm losing what little weight I managed to gain back in those five days, and my energy is completely depleted again.
I'm doing my best to stay hydrated, awake and up to date with school and work, but after about two months of this, I'm exhausted to the point of extreme apathy about all aspects of life now.
Also, my roommate has remained in perfect health throughout all of this, so it doesn't appear to be contagious, and when I was diagnosed with bronchitis the doctor said it was unlikely it was viral and was probably bacterial or an infection.
Has anyone heard anything like this?
Any help at all? The doctors seem to be simply making snap decisions and throwing drugs at me, I'd rather just know whats going on and how to fix it.
Yes I have. My son has always had recurrent strep infections with several antibiotic courses. I have found the best treatment especially in your case is the homeopathic preparation of Mercurius 1M potency. You have to get this from a professional homeopath, who will give you instructions on how to take effectively. In the case of my son I have found that because his immune system was so weak the antibiotics (he has been on several) actually made things worse. The homeopathic remedy worked like a charm!
Best wishes,
k summerhouse
Best wishes,
k summerhouse
I'm also having very similar problems. I've now got an ENT doc involved. They should swab and culture it. In some cases is can be something resistant like resistant strep or MRSA. Scary stuff but you need to know. Good luck and hope you've solved it.