Kick It Up A Notch

I had a follow up appointment two days ago.  Yesterday I began antibiotics intravenously.  In a way it was my own doing.  I told Dr. K that my body could handle more.  And it can, I can.  The side effects from the Levaquin were minimal at first and then tapered off.  I mean, I have felt worse for longer periods of time.  Time to bring out the bigger guns. 
Yesterday I received my first dose.  Let me state that I am well aware that staying out past 3 am was probably not my smartest move and did have an effect.  However, I still ended up with a fever and slept the day away for the most part.  I am on the baby dose for another week, going twice a week while continuing oral antibiotics, and then increasing the dose.  I am finishing up the Levaquin and moving on to Doxycycline.   On the plus side I should have great skin and no worries about syphilis!
I am frustrated by the no work out rule.  I finally found a Bikram studio with in a reasonable distance and now I am not able to take advantage of it.  The good news is that with the discovery of the food allergies, I have managed to drop over 5 lbs without any effort.  If you can call avoiding any food that has yeast or eggs or gluten in it effortless.  The only time I find myself cringing with desire is when I am dealing with PMS and all I can think about is a greasy pepperoni pizza (oh how I have missed you). 

Week One

Well, nearly a week and I am still standing.  Mostly.  The first few days were a little rough.  The levaquin left me extremely drowsy and a little bit nauseous, but I seem to be adjusting to that.  It's the random fiery burning sensations in the joints that freaks me out a little bit.  My energy is way down overall.  All in all not a horrible experience.  I just hope its working.  This coming week building a garden and getting back to Bikram Yoga are on my agenda.  I also have a few job interviews scheduled (fingers crossed).

Day The First

This morning I took my first dose of Levaquin. Now, it certainly doesn't help that this past week has been stress filled and I have been very physical (moving) without being able to give my self much rest. So it really doesn't surprise me that I woke up feeling like I had been run over by a truck, twice. But after taking my dose all I wanted to do was sleep - hard. However I had to wait for the cable guy to arrive so that wasn't going to happen. So I know it makes me drowsy and I know it makes me nauseous - a fact I discovered after I ate my lunch. Meh. My joints are burning but that could be due to a number of different things. Now I'm hungry and would do anything for a grilled cheese, tomato and bacon sandwich and a bowl of soup, but that is not allowed (yay allergies killing my list of comfort foods), cranky and sore!!!