Posted 10/10/2012 12:08 AM (GMT -5)
Some of you may have read my post about wondering if 6mp and was causing my sores. Went to the doctor and apparently the sore on my mouth is a side effect of the 6mp—prescription cream prescribed. He looked at the others and was worried about a staph infection, MRSA, specifically (because that's all I need right now) so he swabbed the ooze coming out of it and prescribed a different prescription cream for the ulcer. Test results came back yesterday and while it wasn't MRSA, it was an infection so now I'm on the antibiotic Keflex for 7 days. (This is in addition to the 34-week taper of the antibiotic Vancomycin I'm on for the c-diff.) I also have a cold.
6mp is an immunnosuppressant, right? I feel like it's helping my proctitis (almost too much ... I go the tiniest amount, although the urge is terrible and then every 3rd of 4th day I go a lot) but I have all these sores now (mouth, tongue, abdomen, leg) and lately I feel like I get these week-long colds at the drop of a hat. I mean, I know it's tis the season and my daughter is now back in preschool bringing home all sorts of new fun germs but argh! I'm up to 17 pills a day + 2 prescription creams + my enema at night.
Half the time I wonder if my "feeling generally bad (tired, headaches, etc.)" isn't just because of the infection(s) I'm fighting + the proctitis but side effects from all this medicine I'm taking!
Clearly I just need to vent. Thank you for listening. :)