coltsfan715
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I hate to say it but I do know how you are feeling. I got this way alot the few years before my transplant - meaning I just didn't understand WHY the things I was doing - that had worked in the past - were not working anymore.
As for calling the doc I think that is a good idea. You may have sensitivities to the meds in labs results but in actual usage they may not be as effective for you and maybe they can give you something else.
As for how long it takes to get over or start feeling better once starting IVs. For me it varied. I went for years and would feel better within 24 hours. Then as I entered adulthood it normally took a few days. In the 2 years before my transplant it would take weeks. The last hospital stay I had before my transplant I actually told my mom I guess the IVs just aren't working like they used too. I had spent 3 weeks on IVs and had regained about 3% of the 9% that I had declined when getting sick. I still felt crappy for the most part and was just coming out of the "funk" at the end of the 3 weeks of meds.
I am not trying to scare you by relating this issue to the time of my transplant - but for me I think it is important. After my transplant they did extensive cultures on my lungs and discovered 2 types of bacteria that I had never cultured in basic hospital cultures before. I personally think that I started culturing those bacteria around the time I started to decline and that is why I was having such a hard time recovering even while on IVs. They were treating what they knew I had but the two things that were there but unidentified were going untreated.
Also something to consider which I know happened to me off and on growing up - sometimes the abx would wear me out. I would start feeling better then after a few weeks I would be just drained from the effects of the meds on my body. I would normally still be reouping for about a week after being off of IVs. That may just have been me though.
I hope you start feeling better and that you get some answers from your doc tomorrow.
Take Care,
Lindsey
As for calling the doc I think that is a good idea. You may have sensitivities to the meds in labs results but in actual usage they may not be as effective for you and maybe they can give you something else.
As for how long it takes to get over or start feeling better once starting IVs. For me it varied. I went for years and would feel better within 24 hours. Then as I entered adulthood it normally took a few days. In the 2 years before my transplant it would take weeks. The last hospital stay I had before my transplant I actually told my mom I guess the IVs just aren't working like they used too. I had spent 3 weeks on IVs and had regained about 3% of the 9% that I had declined when getting sick. I still felt crappy for the most part and was just coming out of the "funk" at the end of the 3 weeks of meds.
I am not trying to scare you by relating this issue to the time of my transplant - but for me I think it is important. After my transplant they did extensive cultures on my lungs and discovered 2 types of bacteria that I had never cultured in basic hospital cultures before. I personally think that I started culturing those bacteria around the time I started to decline and that is why I was having such a hard time recovering even while on IVs. They were treating what they knew I had but the two things that were there but unidentified were going untreated.
Also something to consider which I know happened to me off and on growing up - sometimes the abx would wear me out. I would start feeling better then after a few weeks I would be just drained from the effects of the meds on my body. I would normally still be reouping for about a week after being off of IVs. That may just have been me though.
I hope you start feeling better and that you get some answers from your doc tomorrow.
Take Care,
Lindsey