PLEASE PRAY FOR ME: Cat Bite & Rabies Shots!

[orangemm]

She's right, Kim........I know antibiotics are a nuisance; I was sick for days taking mine a couple of months ago, but please check with your doctor. Please?

[Grace]

Kim - several years ago I got bit by one of my own cats. I was stupid and waited 36 hours before getting treatment. I ended up on 2 antibiotics, each to be taken for 10 days.

Along about the end of a week I got Thrush and GI problems. Try eating yogurt, and go to a health food store and get some Lactobacillus acidophilus capsules. Those should help with both problems.

[kb2yjx]

Kim!!!! Please go back on the antibiotics!!! You must take them for the number of days that they are prescribed!!! OR there is a chance that the infection could get worse!!! Cat bites are just awful because, like us, the cat's mouth is very dirty(that is loaded with bacteria). And the bite is a puncture wound!!! The bacteria can get trapped inside if the wound did not bleed enough. PLEASE take the meds!! As Grace suggested, eat yogurt, or if you do not like yogurt, you can take acidophilus caps OR there is for humans, I think it is called Lactinex(sp???), which will soothe your GI tract!!! The Clan wants their Auntie Kim to get all better soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: Tina Peepers has great empathy with you!! She is taking Clindamycin 1 ml. bid x 14(!!) days for her pulled tooth!!!

[Medusa]

Just a thought: perhaps you can ask your dr. if you could try erythromycin instead of clindamycin. I did two rounds of clindymycin recently w/no side effects but no success either. Erythromycin has always worked for me. I know that each is prescribed for different reasons but it couldn't hurt to ask.

[momcat]

Oh Kim, Please don't go off your meds!!! Listen to Grace and Sandra, they're trained, experienced medical professionals and believe it - THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!! If your meds are causing side effects, you need to tell your doctor immediately if not sooner. Just maybe there's something else that can be done for you.
I have to see an endocrinologist on a regular basis for diabetes. There are times that I don't want to bother with insulin shots or any of the other things I need to do anymore because no matter what I do the diabetes isn't going to go away so why bother. My endocrinologist is very supportive, we talk about it and she very often makes changes that makes all this easier while still maintaining effective treatment. Your doctor wants to help you but needs to know what's going on.
As always, you remain very much in my prayers!

[kimlovescats]

I did stop both of my antibiotics and I have faith that all will be fine! I was on them a full 5 days and the infection cleared completely by the 2nd day. I will watch the wounds closely and at any sign of infection, I will quickly see a doctor. Remember, I was on TWO antibiotics at the same time and very high doses ... so they cleared it very quickly!

I have read all the horror stories online about stopping antibiotics too soon and such but I also have faith in my own body to heal properly. If I am wrong, then I have another antibiotic that I am able to take (Keflex) that I should have remembered to tell the ER doctor about. These are the ones that I am allergic to as far as we know:

Erythromycin
Levaquin
Penicillin

other meds:
Codeine
Percocet (pain med)

Some of them don't suggest Keflex since it is a derivative of Penicillin, but so far I have always done well on it .... except the impending yeast infection I always get afterwards! If they just go ahead and RX me a Diflucan pill then that's no problem at all.

I will try to remember to mention the stopping of my AB's tomorrow when I go for another rabies shot. If the RN thinks it is a big deal then I will see about getting a script for Keflex. OK?

[Taz_Zoee]

Actually now that someone mentioned this......
Bruce's sister-in-law is going through a horrible illness and has been since about October of last year. And we believe it stems from having been on an antibotic for strep for a couple of days then the doctors got the culture back and she didn't have strep so told her to stop the medicine. Even though she was feeling better while on it, she stopped it "doctors orders". Then about a month later she got sick and none of the antibotics that would have normally helped her worked. And for about a month or so she couldn't even use her arms...AT ALL. She has lost too much weight and has relapses still to this day, about 8 months later. She is not completely back to her regular health yet.
With all that you do, I wouldn't want to see something like this happen to you, or anyone for that matter. I will hope that this will not happen and you will be all in good health here SOON!

[4 Dog Mother]

Kim, I am just reading about this - I am so sorry that you got bit AND had to have the rabies shots. And of course, the troublesome antibiotics. I hope that you are feeling better each day and you know that you are the important one in all of this - it IS important that the cat be found and whatever needed done to be sure no one else has to go through the shots etc. We had cats when I was very young but I don't remember ever getting bit. Julia, my sister, has cats now and fortunately none have ever bit me although Cubby would have to liked to when we were trying to clean him up last week.

Hopefully this is the end of all the things that have been happening to you and you can have a good summer!