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Andrea
4 years ago
Hey guys, can some of you explain to me the dangers of coloscopy please. Thank you
Dee
4 years ago
Andrea. I’ve always known D Mannose to be only a preventative of UTI but I did find this recipe to cure a UTI somewhere (I don’t remember where?) but no harm to try it?
1 tsp. of D Mannose in glass of water
Repeat every 2 hours for 2-3 days or until symptoms are gone. I have not tried it as have not had a UTI since being floxed. I do use NOW brand D Mannose powder. Just FYI!!
Hope your UTI gets better soon!!
Dave pollard
4 years ago
Andrea, I got so caught up on recovery and being so sick that I neglected dental hygiene. Easy to do when you’re in such discomfort. Two root canals also ….Yikes!
Lukasz
4 years ago
Guys, any of you know if “Mixed growth of doubtful significance” from a urine test sample (microbiology report) and “No malignant cells seen – Urothelial cells with inflammatory cells” from a urine test sample (cytology report) is something to be concerned about? My doctor says all is well but why then do these two observations come up? Perhaps I’m misreading the results?
Andrea
4 years ago
Thanks everyone for the infos about colonscopy.
Another question. Has anyone ever taken aspirin after being floxed? I remeber a year ago, maybe more, I took it for 10 days straight for an inflammation in my urethra caused by a cathether, with no side effects, and today I took an aspirin because my back was killing me. I’m always a little worried when I take a drug now, so I’d like to read your experience. I know every floxie should avoid NSAIDs, but I remeber reading an article on this website that explained how aspirin is a little different from the rest of the bunch
Dee
4 years ago
So here is the latest. I posted awhile back that I seemed to have had a reaction to Lidocaine injected into my skin to remove 2 benign skin growths. I soon started to have small itchy red bumps pop up here and there for the past “7 weeks!” The worst reactions were close to the very slowly healing areas. A couple of new spots on my back started to even scab over! Soooo I went to my Derma and had her cut out one of the spots (without lidocaine, ouch!) and it turns out it is contact dermatitis! I found a article in a Dermatology journel that talked about a delayed allergic reaction to lidocaine causing contact dermatitis ( which is extremely rare) of course! Anyway the itching red bumps are driving me crazy!!! The typical treatment for the dermatitis is steroid creme. Of course I have turned it down. But these bumps flaring up and especially the itching is driving me bananas!! I’m trying to hold out hope that because I was floxed this is taking an extra long time to calm down??? I’m about ready to try a small amount of low dose steroid cream but of course don’t want to complicate things more!? Any ideas and or suggestions?? Do you think if I keep waiting it out it will eventually go away??
Sooooo frustrated as I’m doing pretty good with the rest of my recovery!!
Dee
4 years ago
Thanks L. I’m trying to wait it out and not use steroid cream. I need to eventually address this and put a stop to it and so far it just keeps on nagging at me. 7 weeks seems like a long time after the lidocaine to keep reacting? But I will try to grit my teeth and hope time will calm it down. It is getting hard though with these bumps and damn itching. I’ve been taking Claritin the last couple of days hoping that might calm things but I haven’t noticed much change?
Dee
4 years ago
Henk and Don, thank you for your suggestions on treating my contact dermatitis. I ordered some aloe Vera gel and am trying some colloidal silver spray. Henk, how did you apply collidial silver? Did you have a spray did you put liquid on a Cotten ball?? Just curious. I sure hope time like most of these damn Floxie flareups will eventually make it disappear! Why do you think I’m reacting with the dermatitis 7 weeks after lidocaine? Do you think cause I was floxed it will just take an extra long time to calm down and go away? I hope!????????
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!!!
As always, thanks for all your help and suggestions!!
Dee
4 years ago
Madge. That was kind of my thinking. If these red itchy bumps don’t start getting better soon I was going to test a low dose steroid cream on one bump to see how I did? Did you just buy an over the counter steroid cream or a prescription dose?? I hate to turn to using a steroid creme and I will give it a little more time but may have to try steroid creme to bring this stuff to an end!! Thanks Madge! Merry Christmas!!
Lukasz
4 years ago
I’m a little early with this message but seeing as I may not have a chance to pop onto here tomorrow, I want to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a New Year filled with good health, make that great health, and much happiness. I’m truly blessed to have found this community and I’m very grateful for all the help and support I’ve obtained here. Thanks to all of you for being so kind over the years. God bless you all.
Attys
4 years ago
Since I was floxed I have lost huge amount of weight, I have never gained it back. For those who lost weight have you ever gained your weight back and after how long? I try to eat around 1600 – 1800 kcal per day, usually liquid food. 18 months later I am still on 20% lost of my original weight. I am also catching stomach bugs quite often (fever + joint paint, runny nose, sore throat). Has anyone suffered the same symptomps? Did it improve eventually?
Dee
4 years ago
Atsy, when I got floxed I too had stomach issues already. IBS, acid reflux, occasional diarrhea. I was overweight also. I lost 50 lbs in the first 4/5 months!!! I had a small appetite and wasn’t absorbing nutrients very well. Now 2.5 years later I have all my weight back on. I actually could lose a little! I just slowly started to get my appetite back and pretty much eat what I want now! I did take probiotics and that is about it. I would say time started to heal my gut!! Don’t give up! I’m sure in time with healthy eating and probiotics (some Floxie’s have a lot of luck adding fermented food). I would try to add more solid foods to your diet in small amounts! Lots of fruit, veggies and clean meat!
Slovakia
4 years ago
Hi guys, i was toxic in april, i have question, can i eat candies (candy) ? Or my symptoms will be worse … tanks for anwer!!!
Henk Noordhuizen
4 years ago
Has anybody heard from Selcem,the turkish Floxie,lately? I hope she’s doing fine but I’m a bit worried because after her husband descided ti divorce her and their little baby girl,she stopped posting,here.Selcem,when you still read the FloxieHope messages,please,let us know how you’re doing!
SLOVAKIA
4 years ago
Thanks for answer, i drink before alcohol and candies and i think my symptoms are worse ( problems with vision, eyes). I have very strange vision , everything what have light, for exemple lámp, i see a lot of, hundreds floaters and rays from lamps to the ground.. its horrible and this is my the worst problem. I i visit my ste doctor, but everything is ok. So maybe its not only eyes problém but braun (nerves). Idk how should i heal from this , my muscles pains are gone but this … someone have the same problem? Tanks for helps! We are here all family
Michael
4 years ago
Does anybody find their neuropathy is worse in the morning? Any ideas why and/or solutions?
Michael
Andrea
4 years ago
Reading all these comments about prostatitis, I want to share my “knowledge”.
I have a lot of issues with my bladder. Basically, from the exams I’ve done, it expands too much, so it doesn’t “push” all the urine out, and the result is a constant feeling of pressure on my pelvic area and I go to the bathroom very very often. I’m talking about at least 10-12 times day and night, but sometimes even more. So I’m lucky if I can sleep 3 hours straight at night. Maybe 4 if I’m blessed. Many times I can’t even sleep because of that pressure. Anyway, the cause of all this trouble isn’t clear. Some say it could be my bladder neck, some say it could be genetic, some say it could be the prostate. I don’t really think that the root of my problem are prostate related, but an iflammed prostate can defenetly make things worse. So some time ago, a couple of months, more or less, I gave up cold turkey, 2 foods that, according to many studies, your prostate hates : milk and any kind of dairy and eggs. I also avoid sugar as much as I can, but after 10-12 days of a dairy and eggs free diet, the pain in my pelvic area started to get a little better. So, to anyone who’s suffering from prostate issues, I suggest to try to avoid these kind of foods and see what happens.
Andrea
4 years ago
Also there are plenty of TENS devices on the market that supposedly can help with pelvic floor issues
Don M
4 years ago
To all you that are discussing IC and chronic prostatitis. Look into infrared light therapy for discomfort relief. There are bulbs, panels and hand held cold lasers available. It is not a lasting fix but there is no harm in repeating it often. It works! Been used world wide for many years. Cold laser and infrared light therapy is ignored far to often.
Michael
4 years ago
I will say regarding prostatitis, I was getting sicker and sicker with my Cipro – resistant infection, the urologists were not picking it up on simple urine cultures because it doesn’t show. I had two have TWO semen cultures before it was picked up. If it wasn’t I would have chronic prostatitis now I believe. The bacteria form biofilms in the prostate which make it really hard to cure with antibiotics…. holy crap I’m glad that’s over.
Hey guys, can some of you explain to me the dangers of coloscopy please. Thank you
Andrea. I’ve always known D Mannose to be only a preventative of UTI but I did find this recipe to cure a UTI somewhere (I don’t remember where?) but no harm to try it?
1 tsp. of D Mannose in glass of water
Repeat every 2 hours for 2-3 days or until symptoms are gone. I have not tried it as have not had a UTI since being floxed. I do use NOW brand D Mannose powder. Just FYI!!
Hope your UTI gets better soon!!
Andrea, I got so caught up on recovery and being so sick that I neglected dental hygiene. Easy to do when you’re in such discomfort. Two root canals also ….Yikes!
Guys, any of you know if “Mixed growth of doubtful significance” from a urine test sample (microbiology report) and “No malignant cells seen – Urothelial cells with inflammatory cells” from a urine test sample (cytology report) is something to be concerned about? My doctor says all is well but why then do these two observations come up? Perhaps I’m misreading the results?
Thanks everyone for the infos about colonscopy.
Another question. Has anyone ever taken aspirin after being floxed? I remeber a year ago, maybe more, I took it for 10 days straight for an inflammation in my urethra caused by a cathether, with no side effects, and today I took an aspirin because my back was killing me. I’m always a little worried when I take a drug now, so I’d like to read your experience. I know every floxie should avoid NSAIDs, but I remeber reading an article on this website that explained how aspirin is a little different from the rest of the bunch
So here is the latest. I posted awhile back that I seemed to have had a reaction to Lidocaine injected into my skin to remove 2 benign skin growths. I soon started to have small itchy red bumps pop up here and there for the past “7 weeks!” The worst reactions were close to the very slowly healing areas. A couple of new spots on my back started to even scab over! Soooo I went to my Derma and had her cut out one of the spots (without lidocaine, ouch!) and it turns out it is contact dermatitis! I found a article in a Dermatology journel that talked about a delayed allergic reaction to lidocaine causing contact dermatitis ( which is extremely rare) of course! Anyway the itching red bumps are driving me crazy!!! The typical treatment for the dermatitis is steroid creme. Of course I have turned it down. But these bumps flaring up and especially the itching is driving me bananas!! I’m trying to hold out hope that because I was floxed this is taking an extra long time to calm down??? I’m about ready to try a small amount of low dose steroid cream but of course don’t want to complicate things more!? Any ideas and or suggestions?? Do you think if I keep waiting it out it will eventually go away??
Sooooo frustrated as I’m doing pretty good with the rest of my recovery!!
Thanks L. I’m trying to wait it out and not use steroid cream. I need to eventually address this and put a stop to it and so far it just keeps on nagging at me. 7 weeks seems like a long time after the lidocaine to keep reacting? But I will try to grit my teeth and hope time will calm it down. It is getting hard though with these bumps and damn itching. I’ve been taking Claritin the last couple of days hoping that might calm things but I haven’t noticed much change?
Henk and Don, thank you for your suggestions on treating my contact dermatitis. I ordered some aloe Vera gel and am trying some colloidal silver spray. Henk, how did you apply collidial silver? Did you have a spray did you put liquid on a Cotten ball?? Just curious. I sure hope time like most of these damn Floxie flareups will eventually make it disappear! Why do you think I’m reacting with the dermatitis 7 weeks after lidocaine? Do you think cause I was floxed it will just take an extra long time to calm down and go away? I hope!????????
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!!!
As always, thanks for all your help and suggestions!!
Madge. That was kind of my thinking. If these red itchy bumps don’t start getting better soon I was going to test a low dose steroid cream on one bump to see how I did? Did you just buy an over the counter steroid cream or a prescription dose?? I hate to turn to using a steroid creme and I will give it a little more time but may have to try steroid creme to bring this stuff to an end!! Thanks Madge! Merry Christmas!!
I’m a little early with this message but seeing as I may not have a chance to pop onto here tomorrow, I want to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a New Year filled with good health, make that great health, and much happiness. I’m truly blessed to have found this community and I’m very grateful for all the help and support I’ve obtained here. Thanks to all of you for being so kind over the years. God bless you all.
Since I was floxed I have lost huge amount of weight, I have never gained it back. For those who lost weight have you ever gained your weight back and after how long? I try to eat around 1600 – 1800 kcal per day, usually liquid food. 18 months later I am still on 20% lost of my original weight. I am also catching stomach bugs quite often (fever + joint paint, runny nose, sore throat). Has anyone suffered the same symptomps? Did it improve eventually?
Atsy, when I got floxed I too had stomach issues already. IBS, acid reflux, occasional diarrhea. I was overweight also. I lost 50 lbs in the first 4/5 months!!! I had a small appetite and wasn’t absorbing nutrients very well. Now 2.5 years later I have all my weight back on. I actually could lose a little! I just slowly started to get my appetite back and pretty much eat what I want now! I did take probiotics and that is about it. I would say time started to heal my gut!! Don’t give up! I’m sure in time with healthy eating and probiotics (some Floxie’s have a lot of luck adding fermented food). I would try to add more solid foods to your diet in small amounts! Lots of fruit, veggies and clean meat!
Hi guys, i was toxic in april, i have question, can i eat candies (candy) ? Or my symptoms will be worse … tanks for anwer!!!
Has anybody heard from Selcem,the turkish Floxie,lately? I hope she’s doing fine but I’m a bit worried because after her husband descided ti divorce her and their little baby girl,she stopped posting,here.Selcem,when you still read the FloxieHope messages,please,let us know how you’re doing!
Thanks for answer, i drink before alcohol and candies and i think my symptoms are worse ( problems with vision, eyes). I have very strange vision , everything what have light, for exemple lámp, i see a lot of, hundreds floaters and rays from lamps to the ground.. its horrible and this is my the worst problem. I i visit my ste doctor, but everything is ok. So maybe its not only eyes problém but braun (nerves). Idk how should i heal from this , my muscles pains are gone but this … someone have the same problem? Tanks for helps! We are here all family
Does anybody find their neuropathy is worse in the morning? Any ideas why and/or solutions?
Michael
Reading all these comments about prostatitis, I want to share my “knowledge”.
I have a lot of issues with my bladder. Basically, from the exams I’ve done, it expands too much, so it doesn’t “push” all the urine out, and the result is a constant feeling of pressure on my pelvic area and I go to the bathroom very very often. I’m talking about at least 10-12 times day and night, but sometimes even more. So I’m lucky if I can sleep 3 hours straight at night. Maybe 4 if I’m blessed. Many times I can’t even sleep because of that pressure. Anyway, the cause of all this trouble isn’t clear. Some say it could be my bladder neck, some say it could be genetic, some say it could be the prostate. I don’t really think that the root of my problem are prostate related, but an iflammed prostate can defenetly make things worse. So some time ago, a couple of months, more or less, I gave up cold turkey, 2 foods that, according to many studies, your prostate hates : milk and any kind of dairy and eggs. I also avoid sugar as much as I can, but after 10-12 days of a dairy and eggs free diet, the pain in my pelvic area started to get a little better. So, to anyone who’s suffering from prostate issues, I suggest to try to avoid these kind of foods and see what happens.
Also there are plenty of TENS devices on the market that supposedly can help with pelvic floor issues
To all you that are discussing IC and chronic prostatitis. Look into infrared light therapy for discomfort relief. There are bulbs, panels and hand held cold lasers available. It is not a lasting fix but there is no harm in repeating it often. It works! Been used world wide for many years. Cold laser and infrared light therapy is ignored far to often.
I will say regarding prostatitis, I was getting sicker and sicker with my Cipro – resistant infection, the urologists were not picking it up on simple urine cultures because it doesn’t show. I had two have TWO semen cultures before it was picked up. If it wasn’t I would have chronic prostatitis now I believe. The bacteria form biofilms in the prostate which make it really hard to cure with antibiotics…. holy crap I’m glad that’s over.