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U think the med wud actually help cuz from what I've heard the Achilles tendon doesn't even really becum inflammed like they thot and that's y they call it "Achilles tendinopathy" now instead of "Achilles Tendonitis"It couldn't hurt, and I'd appreciate it! Just post or PM, plz!
Went back to the dr. office today and it was a different doc I saw this time, but pretty much the same kinda "shuffle 'em in & out as quik as possible" deals!
Anyway, he said take a week off from exercising plus he wrote me a prescription for Diclofenac but I doubt I will even fill it. He also said if its gonna rupture, its gonna rupture no matr wat, WAT A FUKN JOKE!
I was playing a lot of racquetball at the time, and had been playing a lot over the past year. And at a heavy weight I was well trained down there for it. Still considering, the achilles symptoms I noticed were mostly general stiffness and slight ache. What supprised me was the tendons in my forearms. I was not training any weights recent, and it was bi-lateral so not related to racquet sports. In fact, I think I laid off for a couple of weeks conincidentally. All pain in all areas subsided within 10 days of discontinuing a 9 day application of Avelox. The forearms were the strangest as I can remember upon wakening, I could not straighten my arms for many minutes....
Funny thing about achilles ruptures. Everyone I met usual reports just doing some kind of stupid shit, it not just walking or standing, and boom. Also I used to think that heel pains were a sign of potential rupture, which they may be, however It has been explained to me that most ruptures occur 3-5 inches up the back of the leg, and away from the heel?!?! So the only odditiy I notice these days (which was starting prior to Avelox) is a funny feeling of tendons rolling over each other, or muscles, in that area 3-5 inches up, and just at odd times when walking.
One further note is that I had actually taken the drug once prior for about 5 days total and got scared off so backed down to biaxin at the time (which sufficed the purpose). I never had any indication of problems on that first go. The second time was the 9 day run and problems started up fast on day 3 in. So I am convinced that there is some cumulative effect on the CNS, etc.. in relation to using quinolones. But man will they know out some chest and nose bugs!!! And seemingly long term extended over a season and year now...
Thanks for the post, BBC3, it is EXTREMELY appreciative!!!
Getn a bit better day by day plus less worrisome, nervous, anxious attitude about it all!
Thx for asking, CB!
What bout U?
Making good progress but pushing too hard.
Neck: about 100%
Hands/wrists: achy a little from too much computer use at work/home (Need to cut myself off at home) To compound this I've got a case of gamekeepers thumb from a bad tackle last season that has this situation has made worse. It was healing fine then totally regressed. It is responding the slowest even with regular splinting so I wonder if I may need surgery on it. I may have needed the surgery even without the quins. If it doesn't dramatically get better in another week I'm going to go back to my doc about it and see how else he wants to evaluate it.
Knees: about 75% will get a weird snap/pop every once in awhile but less and less. I have been wearing knee wraps at the gym and that seems to help.
Heels/achilles: Initially I thought it was achilles tendonitis but that seems to have healed up 100%. My plantar fasciitis has still been bothersome however. I just can't get it to go away completely.
I was able to bench 225 5 times yesterday and do 50 pull ups so my upper body is fine. My lower body is what I am worried about. Still refraining from squats and using the bike.
I'm fairly confident within a month I will be 85%, and if I take this spring rugby season off I could be back to 100%. However, I don't think I want to do that so I think I will be spending a lot of time with the chiro/physical therapist, which BCBS covers (for me) 100%. They must hate me. But then again, it's their fault the quins are on their formulary.
I'm worried that once I get back into a contact sport shit may start falling apart, and if that happens I may have to give it up. I hope htat's not the case though.
It's been 21 days since my severe reaction, and (fingers fucking crossed) if I don't have another relapse within the next 10 days I think I will be just fine, so long as I never touch these things again.
Just a note, for those who have suffered these side effects, for some reason use of corticosteroids can bring on adverse reactions long after quin use has stopped. No one really knows why. But it's an anecdotal experience nearly all quin sufferers share. So think twice before getting that cortisone shot in the future.
GLAD TO HEAR BOUT U THINK UR GONNA MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, SIR!!!!!
What about NSAID use, wud that spur a severe reaction, or no, b/c I was thinking about taking a decongestant 1x today that contains 700mg of Tylenol, but won't if it causes regression.
Also, I am thinking about when do you think my Achilles will be back to where it was considering I only took ONE Cipro tab? They state that the mechanism of action why quinones are hard on tendons is that it may be toxic to tenocytes causing cell death PLUS it tells the tenocytes not to build back up, so its a double dose of dogshit!
I'm thinking that once equilibrium kiks in, still mabe ur tendons won't be the same ever again perhaps b/c it caused cellular death, OR mabe ur body is smart enuf to notice that the tendons need re-strengthening so they start beefing them bak up to where they were pre-quinone... at least that's what I'm hopin!
