Thursday, August 27, 2009

Relapse

I write this almost 3 years after I got breast implants on 12/26/06. I relapsed over 9 weeks ago - very severely. I went off my medication in May because I was doing so well. I had been on it almost 2 years and was even thinking of doing a fitness competition again. I was loving life and so happy again. I took a vacation to the lake in August and came home with a bladder infection. I went to the urgent care & they gave me the antibiotic Cipro. I took it and immediately relapsed... I couldn't concentrate at work again, my speech slurred, my brain and vision were foggy, I was terrified that this was happening again. Within 2 weeks, I was relying on everyone around me to drive me to the doctor, calm my fears, and take care of me again. I went on disability from work again, this time for 2 months. I was depressed and regretful again and it has been terrible. Cipro has made lots of people sick, as I have found on the Internet. My Dr. thinks the UTI and the Cipro were trauma to my body and my body went into memory mode from the implant illness. I don't have any diseases, my bloodwork is perfect.. but my immune system attacks itself when something foreign enters it ever since the implants, so I have to be careful. I am thankful to God that I am slowly getting better again and I had supportive people to take care of me.. but this is just a reminder of how much I have to take care of my body for the rest of my life now.