Sunday April 3rd started off like a normal Sunday. I made breakfast, my own little ‘egg mcmuffin’ sandwich on my hearty healthy grain bread. Edna came and we went to the gym together and then I went to meet my friend Liz for lunch.

By the time I got to lunch, I was feeling a bit off, but really didn’t make too much of it. By the end of that day I was at Cindy’s house and had to drive with my window open (it was cold that night) so that I wouldn’t be sick. Barely made it home and in my door before I was very sick….all night long!

My mom asked me what I ate and I could only think of the egg first thing in the morning, so when I went to the fridge, and saw that the box was expired, I thought great – food poisoning.

So, I was sick for a day and a half, and then it went away. Yeah….not quite….came back about four days later with VENGENCE!!! I was so sick that I ended up at York Central ER for several hours. That was just the start….there were:

2 ER visits (one including a IV hydration hook up that took 2 hours)
4 sets of blood work
3 sets of ‘other’ samples
Gallbladder ultra sound
and 21 days, yes I said 21 DAYS of Cipro.

All of the tests came back clear – no salmonella, no e-coli, no hep A, gall bladder clear….this was just a nasty bug that refused to go away.
After the 2nd visit to the ER, they perscribed 7 days of cipro. That was great, it worked – until 36 hours later when all the symptoms came back again. Another 7 days of cipro….great, all the symptoms went away – and then came back 8 days later – TWO DAYS BEFORE MY TRIP! That freaked me out. So much so that I changed all my travel plans and went on Cipro for the 3rd and hopefully final time.

Reluctantly I went on the cipro three times. No one wants to be on antibiotics for that long, but clearly this was some sort of superbug that didn’t want to leave my body just yet.

I went on my trip to visit Brad and it was great. It wasn’t my dream trip up the PCH with my friend, but California and hwy 1 isn’t going anywhere so we will get there someday. Great sights in LA, and fun with friends and then three days in Sin City having fun….it was a brain vacation that was well needed, well deserved and well appreciated!!!

It is now 11 days off the cipro and I am afraid every morning when I wake up that I will be sick. But….it hasn’t happened so far, so I think I am hopefully in the clear.

Thank you to everyone who has messaged me and asked how I am doing. I appreciated all the calls, messages, and wishing me well. It was a really rough six weeks and I am hopefully on the other side of the mountain!