Monday, December 6, 2010

Get sick to get better?

As you might know, Mepron has kicked my ass.  I went from functionally ill to bedridden. 

So I stopped the drug. 

Two days later, and I'm functional again. 

Maybe this is the wrong decision.  I don't know.  Maybe my body will adjust.  Maybe I have to get sick before I get better.  But I'm just not in a place where that's an acceptable response.

There are many in the Lyme community who believe this get sick to get better theory.  They call it a herx, though I've heard people question whether it is the same thing as the initial Herxheimer reaction that occurred with syphilis.  The thing is, though, I've never herxed with any drug.  I've only gotten better.  And then stalled out.

I'm dizzy.  So so dizzy.  And I have to take really deep breaths to feel like I'm getting enough air.  Other than that, I'm better.  I have more energy.  My muscles don't hurt.  My joints don't hurt.  I'm functional, though being dizzy all the time does have some major drawbacks, as I'm sure you can imagine.

The question is do I give up feeling relatively good to go through several weeks of hell to the point that I am literally housebound, in hopes that I feel better in the end?  Are there other alternatives that might not make me as sick?  Is it possible that at this point the meds are causing some of the symptoms? 

I really don't know the answers, but we're going to be bringing this up to the doctor when we go see him next Friday.  For now, I'm resuming my functionally sick life.

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