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Obedient Little Puppy · Jun 1, 2010

The doctor said the infection is clearing, but the colour of my toe keeps changing from pink to red and back again. Right now it's almost purple

I'm seeing him again the day after tomorrow, so I hope that he can do something more

L8NightQ · Jun 2, 2010

olp - are you taking any other supplements or vitamins? (including C, Ginkgo, garlic, goldenseal, etc...)

If you are, please check each one for interactions with your antibiotic.

SubAnna · Jun 2, 2010

L8NightQ said:
olp - are you taking any other supplements or vitamins? (including C, Ginkgo, garlic, goldenseal, etc...)

If you are, please check each one for interactions with your antibiotic.

Yes this is a very good point

I once had this seemingly impossible to beat pneumonia.. In the end the meds werent working because I was taking a supplement at the same time.. It was magnesium or iron I think?

Obedient Little Puppy · Jun 2, 2010

No, the only other thing I'm taking is pills for a bladder problem, which the doctor assured me will be okay taken alongside the toe antibiotics. And if it turns out I need stronger antibiotics, then I'm fucked, because I'm allergic to penicillin

SubAnna · Jun 2, 2010

Obedient Little Puppy said:
No, the only other thing I'm taking is pills for a bladder problem, which the doctor assured me will be okay taken alongside the toe antibiotics. And if it turns out I need stronger antibiotics, then I'm fucked, because I'm allergic to penicillin

Wow that sucks.. I hope it works out for you soon - not being able to do my running would kill me.. It sucks having to not exercise due to injury-stuff..

Obedient Little Puppy · Jun 2, 2010

Thanks

I'm going to be seeing the doctor in just over 12 hours' time, so hopefully something good will come of it

Darktruth · Jun 2, 2010

Obedient Little Puppy said:
No, the only other thing I'm taking is pills for a bladder problem, which the doctor assured me will be okay taken alongside the toe antibiotics.

Go to your pharmacist love, doctors arenâ€™t trained to know about that sort of thing. Doctors know whatâ€™s wrong with you; pharmacists know what drugs react badly with other drugs. He might be an excellent doctor but theyâ€™re just not trained to know about all the drugs and such things that a pharmacists is. He is probably right about this though because antibiotics are normally taken with other drugs, it was more â€œin the futureâ€ advise for everyone.

The only bit of advice I can give you is to stay away from sugary things. Youâ€™re on antibiotics which means itâ€™s a bacterial infection and bacteria survive on sugar so the more sugar you eat (including sweet fruits) the longer it will take to heal.

If, like me, you don't eat a lot of sugar then I'm out of ideas...sorry.

Problems with feet are normally the most painful because youâ€™re always on them so I really hope you get better soon OLP.

SubAnna · Jun 2, 2010

But doctors must know about drugs too.. Otherwise, how can they prescribe them and be safe about it?
Yes, it's not like you can just decide to use your feet less

Once a bee stung me under my foot.. Ouch. Big time. That area under your feet is so sensitive..

I wouldnt want to have painful feet for long, like you OLP..

Darktruth · Jun 2, 2010

SubAnna said:
But doctors must know about drugs too.. Otherwise, how can they prescribe them and be safe about it?

They do, just not as well. Have you ever been to the pharmacist and been told that some drug isnâ€™t available today BUT they have another drug that will do the same job? Chances are the pharmacist knew they would clash with another drug you were taking.

You donâ€™t ask the butcher to cook you a meal and the chief to butcher a carcass.

Obedient Little Puppy · Jun 2, 2010

That's the weird thing. The infection isn't actually causing me any constant pain. I only became aware that there was any pain when the doctor squeezed the top of my toe

Also, he told me I can only wear open toe footwear while it's healing, and around this time of night my feet often get quite cold

And I've spent a bloody fortune on powders and sprays to use on all my socks and shoes

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