5 MONTHS UPDATE
ORIGINAL POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/floxies/comments/1sf4tsk/new_floxie/
Hi Yall,
So I want to provide an update as some people have asked me.
I am basically fully cured. I went from being scared to walking with walking on fiber glass feeling to this weird lingering achy feeling in my feet that still kind of concerned me to nothing.
Now my collagen disruption unfortunately, I think did not heal. I used to be a very cute older woman who most people thought I was in my late 20s/early 30s. My saggy neck has not gone back to normal and I have deep nasolabial folds. I lost 15 LBS and never really regained it back. I lost a lot of muscle. Not atrophy, but a lot of weight and lost my plumpness in my breasts and butt. But I worked out for the first time at the gym last week. Full blown weights as if nothing ever happened and I was expecting me being in pain and horribly sore, but nope. I just had normal soreness. I honestly think those that scare you into being bed ridden is not good advice. I think you should keep moving even if you are in pain. Of course do not go full blown, but I never stopped walking. Even if I was in pain, etc. I still walked. I did invest in OOFOS sandals that support the arch, but please do not stay bed ridden if you are able to move. Keep moving!
So I want to give you hope. You will be ok! I am a 41 year old (just turned 41 in July) American Latina woman (Cuban/Mexican) living in the USA. Oh! And for those foot fetishest ha KIDDINGGGGGGGGGG, but I think my feet look normal now (see pic). That "baggy" lymphedema skin I had is tighter now so I am hoping my face and neck will also go back to normal too. It's like it changes daily. Sometimes my neck looks tight some days it looks puffy and swollen so IDK.
Lymphatic massage though please do not do! I feel this triggered it and when I could not eat spicy food, but I am starting my red light sessions this weekend at a professional plastic surgeon's office who use the "Da Vinci Medical TheraLight 360" which I found to be the top in the area. I also did the Ammortal Chamber and NovoThor and about 4 intravenous infusions of mitochondrial support, collagen, and detox and bought myself an actual red light panel I can use at home then I will still do the oxygen therapy. I am heavily using collagen, but the rest of the drugs I honestly stopped. Magnesium did not help me. I still cannot sleep. I think once I go back to my 8 hours of actual full blown sleep the wrinkles, under eye gauntness, etc will clear up as sleep is very important and I NEVER had sleep problems before this drug, but I also had a mental health issue last year with a trauma bond so that made it worse. So I had a double whammy, but honestly I think most of you will heal.
Oh! And I still get heavy skin imprinting which tells me again my collagen and skin barrier is still not normal or fully healed* And for the past 2 months I been partying like crazy lol. I loveeee dancing and I have been going to so many concerts and clubs and dancing my ass off and my feet have taken it pretty good. I even took off my boots off and danced in my socks ha. I love hardstyle/house/trance/goth-industrial music and there's a lot of footwork and jumping so yeah :p I have two parties this weekend. A live bar event Friday which will be mostly sitting and a concert Saturday where I will be dancing then Lily Palmer and Sara Landry coming up! So I am excited. The first couple of times I had pain, but again, I did not care. I have a very high pain tolerance and I am used to having pain so just took it. Again, everyone is different, but I think we should not be afraid to still live normally.
PS: I want to show the timeline too as these reactions honestly are delayed! So maybe I will get new issues later on, but hoping it is the end.
Phase 1: A day after taking the drug. Limb numbness, one eye blind. 24 hours later gone.
Phase 2: About a month later THEN the ankle and feet pain started.
Phase 3: Same about two months later collagen disruption. Saggy neck, deep lines, skin imprinting.
I warn everyone to not take this drug nowadays. If you have any questions. Let me know. I am an open book!