Ciproxin and tendonosis

On you post approximately 4 months ago, you appeared to be recovering ok.  Would you give an update as to how things are now.  Do you know if Emma is back to normal?  For my part it is two years of misery, no improvement.

Up and down really. I've continued to bike as well as swimming I don't really know if that as helped to be honest. The worst thing is my heels (around area of insertion of achilles tendon to the heel bone) my knees have started aching as well now if I spent too much time on them. I got referred to a rheumatologist and I had loads of blood tests done - all negative. I even had an mri of my achilles tendons and there's no damage showing so they don't know whats cauisng the pain. They referred me for physio but it's not helped. I'm hoping time is the only healer on the one john. Keeping m chin up though and doing what I can. Its a struggle sometimes with having young kids as I dont get to rest much.

I've since spoken to two cyclists in uk,  one who's elite level and both are 3 and 5 years out from a reaction to the drug.  They're back racing now but the one was crippled for 12months. It was his bike he used to get himself better nothing else but ignoring the pain and cracking on with things.

What was your experience with ciprofloxacin?  How soon after did rupture occur? How old are you and was this the first time you'd had this type of antibiotics?

It woild seem that rupture is more likely to happen in the early months and anything over a year tendon pain or niggles wlmay remain but rupture is less likely. The bottom line is no one knows how to counter act the drug damaging tissue, tendon, nerves etc. Websites advise you to pour all sorts down your neck with things like magnesium, vit d etc but I've been hesitant to shove more pills down my neck woth very little evidence it even does anything. I think it must throw your body out of whack.

Did you complain to your gp? I really would like to make a complaint however all my bloods and mri have come back normal so I have very little grounds. What I do know is that before taking these tablets I was mid way though trainong for the uk ironman and now I'm doing the least amount of exercise I ever have. trust me if I could pick up from where I've left off I would but if I've been on my feet most the day its a lot of pain.

It would appear thedamage is done on a cellular level which just don't show up on scans and tests. All I can is hope for the best. Since this happened I've been eating a very clean diet and barely touched any alcohol but seems to have made no difference.