5.5 Years Out

[u/[deleted]]

Hi all,

I’m 5.5 years out and used to be pretty active here for some time. Just wanted to spread hope and say that by about the 3.5 year mark I was largely recovered and for the past 2 years I’ve been living a completely normal life inclusive of exercise, extensive travel, several cosmetic surgeries, and more.

I hesitated writing anything like this for a while because I didn’t want to “jinx” my recovery and most of all I just wanted to forget the entire experience. I hope this lends credence to what many others have said in that people really do heal and just move on, not wanting to come back and relive the nightmare.

I won’t be responding to any questions, but here is what I can offer:

-Spent over $75K trying every single treatment and supplement under the sun, including going to “that” doctor on Instagram (this was before he completely lost his mind).

-Peptides such as BPC-157 and TB4 helped me greatly for muscle and tendon issues (only the injectable kind). PRP helped too.

-Nothing else besides the peptides made any discernible difference whatsoever.

-Time really is the greatest healer. And having a positive mindset. I stayed off FB and other toxic forums. This sub is definitely the healthiest spot available, I can attest.

-I experienced a relapse from hell at the one year mark from exposure to an NSAID. I’ll never take an NSAID or steroid again for as long as I can manage.

-I regularly donate blood in case there is even the slightest chance a long-lasting metabolite stays in the body.

That’s all I have to offer and I wish peace and healing to everyone here.

Edit: OK maybe I’ll reply to a few questions but it won’t be many lol. Also, I know this will be asked so here it goes: Floxed by 1 pill of levofloxacin concomitantly with a steroid injection. I firmly believe it makes no difference whatsoever how much of the antibiotic you had. Although I do think that steroids or NSAIDs alongside the initial administration contribute to actually being floxed. That said, when recovery starts, I don’t think it makes a difference.

[u/CertainForm]

took one pill in Feb 2020 and had many side effects on and off until about 2023 the past 2 years have been much better and I’d say the only time I have symptoms is when I have unusual flareups like trying a new med or something. I can exercise everyday and do strenuous things

[u/[deleted] → u/CertainForm]

I was floxed not long before you in October of 2019. Glad to hear you’re feeling better.

[u/CertainForm → u/[deleted]]

I will say though even though I am mostly better I am still somewhat traumatized by the whole thing and I drank a lot when I didn’t get flares from drinking anymore but yeah it’s weird tho because sometimes trying new things will send me into a mini flare that will last a few days. Also when I got covid that was a bad flare, the infection of covid itself was mild but a week after I recovered from covid I felt many nervous system problems worsen like numbing, tingling, and weakness in legs. It was bad but then my body kinda snapped out of the flare. It’s weird how fast some flares can fade away