1 year post flox - mild case

Hey everyone. Some people know my story but I’ll give a small recap. I was floxxed a year ago by 7 pills of moxifloaxcin. I never had an infection but the doctor told me to take them without giving me anything I should know about them. She actually said, “don’t take vitamins with them” I still don’t know why she told me this. I took a probiotic throughout it and maybe that saved my gut.

Right away I had brain fog and loss of appetite. I just thought it was normal since antibiotics are just generally bad for you. I asked my doctor because I was having some chest pain and I couldn’t sleep. He said keep taking it. Worse yet, they messed up my test for my infection that wasn’t there so I had to re do it after the 7 days of moxi. After the 7 days of moxi they wanted to prescribe me another 7 days since I was still having symptoms. It ended up being a pelvic floor dysfunction and healed on its own. However that’s when other symptoms came up.

I would have aches in my wrists first, then another day it would be my elbows, then my Achilles, and my heels. I could not stand long at all. I was able to walk still but was not easy and I could long walk far. My knees would flare up from walking around the block. I could not keep playing pick up basketball and was basically a couch potato for 6 months.

Other symptoms were jaw soreness, white tongue, weird eye pain at times.

After that 6 months things started improving. I played beach volleyball over the summer which I did pretty well. I normally do multiple sports over the summer but I only did volleyball because it didn’t require running. Then starting in the fall I was doing even better and was asked to play softball in the fall and I was able to do it. That was the first time I started running at full speed. Then I started playing pickleball and had a lot of fun with no complications. Now finally, I started playing pick up basketball again. I’m so fortunate I am able to do this again.

I am getting married next year who has helped me along this process who I owe so much to. I was worried this would make me limited in the wedding and in life in general. At one point I asked her if she still would love me if I couldn’t walk anymore…she’s amazing.

I absolutely hate giving a percentage of where I’m at. But I’d say I’m fully recovered but also learning to live with changes from this. My heels can still get sore from standing for long periods of time. It’s actually better walking than standing. TMI I have had some internal hemroids or fissures that have been super annoying which idk if it’s from flox but I never had any issues before.

Other than that I still take supplements but not as much. I’ll take vitamins D and C everyday. I’ll take fiber, magnesium at night. I take 2 antihistamines a day as well. I’ve learned a lot in the last year. Physical health is a privilege and you also have to fight in order to keep it. Also, I can’t end this story without saying how God has helped me through all of this. I definitely got caught doom scrolling so many times on this app and relying on my faith in Jesus instead of looking up worst case scenario situations helped me a lot with my mental health. I hardly find myself on this page anymore but I know recovery stories help people because it helped me.

Peace everyone 🙏