Under left ribs in back pain/weight loss/fevers/left shoulder pain/fatigue

[hukleberrie]

Originally Posted by butrfligirl28

The symptoms are not always worse in the morning. I am not sure where you read that. Most of my symptoms are worse after activity. Fibro is very complex. It's sufferers share the common symptoms, but others can vary greatly. Some are able to work, while others are completely disabled. I hope you do see a rheumatologist. It's a shame that no one has sent you to see one before now.

Really? Somewhere online is where I read that about fibro. Huh.

My pcp has been doing tons of tests. Now she wants an MRI & a hema test of my poo (ick). Then she says if nothing shows up I should have the scope going up my yahoo & down my throat. I don't want to do that. How do you test for fibro? I am in pretty good shape & do yoga every day.... I thought that would help with muscle issues if that's what my problem is , but it is still painful. They worry about the weight loss... Is this also a symptom of fibro?

[Carol656]

You should stop taking Cipro. It sounds to me like you're having a bad reaction to the drug. I took this drug two years ago when I was 25 and it gave me the same symptoms that you described. I ended up in the hospital because of it. They told me I had a kidney infection too but then all my tests came back normal. I had difficulty breathing, pain in my ribs, rapid heart beat, fatigue, joint pain, numbness/tingling in my arms and legs, painful/frequent urination, ringing in my ears. It might take a long time for the side effects to go away. I stopped cipro while I was still sick and it took about one year for the side effects to disappear. And if it happens that you do have fibro you shouldn't be taking cipro anyway because it destroys muscle tissue.

[hukleberrie]

I only took that Cipro for 3 weeks. That was in June. I did ask my doctor if that would be a side effect, but most of the problems started after I was done with taking it.

They ended up finding out that I had colitis. That was the cause of the weight loss. I had a horrible time with the colonoscopy/EGD that I had. It sucked. I didn't have diarrhea though, although I did have blood in the stool. THAT is probably from the Cipro.

Thing is, I am PRETTY sure it was a kidney infection. Although I had no burning with urination, I had the shakes, high fever & very dark cloudy urine. When they tested it, it was positive. My wbc count was 17. I was pretty ill. And the Cipro did work.

But now I am in a lot of pain. I had OMT by an osteo off & on. I have been doing physical therapy. The PT said that lactic acid sits in the muscles & causes these lumps, trigger points. Myofascial pain, I guess. She pushes on the spots & boy it is so painful. But, if it will work, I will do it. I do stretches twice a day along with my yoga. Then I do PT twice a week.

I did go to a rheumatologist when I was young who told me I was going to arthritis problems when I got older. I thought that was strange. But now I am totally wondering what my problem is. This myofascial pain sounds like it. I hope it's fixed soon!

[coolied]

hukleberrie, Cipro is a nasty drug........ as far as side effects go, read the info on the following page (especially under side-effects):

[url]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a688016.html[/url]

some are chronic, not only while you are taking it, and in some people even one dose is enough to cause them......... look into it anyways........

[hukleberrie]

I did look that up & had looked at it before, but it says to STOP taking them if that begins, & I wasn't taking it when it started hurting. Now they think I have scoliosis & a rib out (being hypermobile certainly doesn't help).

I seriously doubt it was the Cipro that caused this chronic pain. I have even discussed it with my osteo & he said it wouldn't cause this pain I have.