Day 3 of Quad Treatment
Hey there! I am on day 3 of quadruple therapy. Day 1 started okay but by the evening I was down with nausea and the worst headache. I attribute the headache to caffeine withdrawal and the nausea to the meds. Day 2, the fatigue and nausea kicked my butt. Couldn’t keep anything down and had to call in for Zofran. By the end of yesterday I realized it was the Tetracycline that was specifically making me sick. Also, weird body odor and I never smell. Today the headache comes and goes and I’m feeling a little better about my situation. I’m surviving off bone broth and steamed eggs - very little appetite.
I wish I had done a little more preparation before starting - probiotics early, a little less Thai food. I did purposefully put on a little extra weight, because I know I’ll lose it. The meds suck but I think my body is also angry at the crazy shift in my diet.
I have Omni-Biotics AB10 coming and mastic gum. Tonight I’m trying ginger tea before my final dose of tetracycline. Reddit has helped way more than my doctor, who prescribed probiotics that don’t even work with antibiotics. I’ll try to keep this thread updated… next week I have to be able to work on this.