I wanted to give hope with a positive story – I am 98% better!!I was completely healthy – took Cipro for 5 days this past July for a UTI (I rarely get them), and afterwards became extremely ill – one month later developed neuromuscular symptoms of twitching, fasciculations in arms & legs, tendinopathies in shoulders & achilles, severe brain fog, lethargy, trouble concentrating, resting tremors in my arms, 10 lb weight loss, muscle wasting. It was scary as prior to this, I was training for the New York Marathon. I had to cut back running for fear of tearing a tendon. My doc checked labs including thyroid – everything normal – she felt the Cipro just needed time to clear out of my system.
I followed the fluoroquinolone toxicity solution & diet. Cut out gluten, caffeine & sugar. I took many of the recommended supplements. It was a rough summer, but by September I started feeling better little by little & was able to cut out some of the supplements (except for Magnesium which helped my tremors & jitteriness the most). The great news is I ran the New York Marathon on Nov 4!! I feel pretty much back to normal. I am only taking Multivitamin, Vitamin D, B12, fish oil, probiotic and chelated Magnesium 3 times a day with magnesium oil. I had been very depressed even reading the “Hope” stories as they were all pretty bleak. I figured maybe people started to feel better & then moved on & never checked back in to update. I wanted to give people a positive outcome. I am so grateful for how I feel today!! I still am careful with caffeine, sugar & gluten. I think I look leaner & have adapted to my diet. I just notice occasional tremors & muscle twitches if I forget to take my magnesium for a day or two.
This was my 6th marathon – and although I didn’t train completely, it was not my slowest! Time can heal. Thank you!!
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Wow!! How lucky you are to have recovered in 3-4 months AND be able to run a marathon! That is truly lucky and awesome for you! Congrats on that feat! So many of us are still fighting a year or more out. One day at a time and patience for most of us……congrats on your very speedy recovery!
Janet -I know exactly what you mean – The brain fog was most disturbing for me- I felt like a zombie. The strange thing is – I am not sure what made that go away. I slowly cut out the N-Acetyl cysteine and the Coenzyme Q – and oddly enough, after stopping those 2 (after 2 months), my brain fog improved. I don’t know if one of those 2 may have been affecting me adversely after awhile or not. Or maybe it was just time.
Dear Erin, Please consider sending your story to CBS 60 Minutes. 60m@cbs.news.com
Our stories need to be heard, Dan
Erin – did you feel the Toxicity Solution book was helpful? Thanks
Congratulations!!!
Hi Erin,
I am also a marathon runner; had an adverse reaction to cipro in Sept. 2019. I am still recovering and making good strides but have a long way to go and not back to running yet. Any chance I could get in touch with you somehow? I am hoping to do another marathon again in the future and I think hearing from someone who has recovered from this AND managed to do that would mean a lot to me.
Either way, congrats on your recovery!
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