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[Guest guest]

Leonie,

Thank you for remembering and asking.

About two weeks ago, I wrote to our group stating that I was going to

see an orthopedic surgeon about acute pain in my right knee. That is

a knee had undergone arthroscopic surgery in late August 2007 and was

then pain free for almost 11 months, but it returned to acute pain in

mid-July 2008.

I did see same surgeon on August 5, expecting that he would once more

order an X-ray and then an MRI, and then find another meniscal tear

which he would then fix with more arthroscopic surgery. Instead, he

immediately found swelling caused by fluid buildup. He drained 30 cc

of synovial fluid from my knee and injected some slow-release

cortisone in its place. My knee has been fine ever since -- but that

was only 5 days ago. He said, " That should fix the problem. Come back

if the pain returns. "

I don't know what specifically caused the flare and fluid buildup,

but rich food and over-exertion were certainly among the causes. In

the days prior to the problem, I had done very strenuous breaststroke

swimming and walking. The moral is that if you have joint problems,

watch what you eat and do not stress your joints.

Sincerely, Harald

At 07:21 PM 8/10/2008, you wrote:

>Hi Harald,

>

>Any news about your knee ?

>

>best,

>Leonie

[Guest guest]

Harald - so glad you received a diagnosis & treatment. I'm sorry it

happened to begin with. Thank for sharing your story.

This just reminds me of something sort of related but not exactly. Has

everyone been hearing all the hoopla about Cipro & tendon damage?

Apparently, it's a real problem.

Amy

Harald Weiss, Technical Marketing Group wrote:

>

> Leonie,

>

> Thank you for remembering and asking.

>

> About two weeks ago, I wrote to our group stating that I was going to

> see an orthopedic surgeon about acute pain in my right knee. That is

> a knee had undergone arthroscopic surgery in late August 2007 and was

> then pain free for almost 11 months, but it returned to acute pain in

> mid-July 2008.

>

> I did see same surgeon on August 5, expecting that he would once more

> order an X-ray and then an MRI, and then find another meniscal tear

> which he would then fix with more arthroscopic surgery. Instead, he

> immediately found swelling caused by fluid buildup. He drained 30 cc

> of synovial fluid from my knee and injected some slow-release

> cortisone in its place. My knee has been fine ever since -- but that

> was only 5 days ago. He said, " That should fix the problem. Come back

> if the pain returns. "

>

> I don't know what specifically caused the flare and fluid buildup,

> but rich food and over-exertion were certainly among the causes. In

> the days prior to the problem, I had done very strenuous breaststroke

> swimming and walking. The moral is that if you have joint problems,

> watch what you eat and do not stress your joints.

>

> Sincerely, Harald

>

> At 07:21 PM 8/10/2008, you wrote:

>

> >Hi Harald,

> >

> >Any news about your knee ?

> >

> >best,

> >Leonie

>

>

[Guest guest]

hi amy my mom has OA and after a couple of courses of cipro for an

intestinal infection she got really bad pain in her hip - she thinks the

cipro may have really worsened a previously exisitng problem.

monique

[Guest guest]

That's the same thing I've been hearing on other groups. It's either

that cipro made existing problems worse, or that people developed

symptoms that they didn't have before. Maybe the people with new

symptoms didn't know they already had an issue(s). (who knows)

There's a LOT of people who do not report any after effects. But I

don't think I should chance it. Apparently science doesn't know why it

causes problems. There's a whole lot that science doesn't know.

Amy

Sauve wrote:

>

> hi amy my mom has OA and after a couple of courses of cipro for an

> intestinal infection she got really bad pain in her hip - she thinks the

> cipro may have really worsened a previously exisitng problem.

>

> monique

>

>

[Guest guest]

friend had a similar problem with another abx (pristinamycin), biaxin

was the cure, pain was like sciatica nerve area.

look up biaxin and sciatica

s

On 11 Aug 2008, at 21:02, Sauve wrote:

> hi amy my mom has OA and after a couple of courses of cipro for an

> intestinal infection she got really bad pain in her hip - she

> thinks the

> cipro may have really worsened a previously exisitng problem.

>

> monique

>

>

[Guest guest]

agentbleu,

I have had back pain for a long time and last year it was so bad I could

hardly walk, besides my feet hurting, the doctor put me on Biaxin in January and

within three months the pain in my back has almost gone away. I never thought

Biaxin was helping. Thanks for that info. I am now on Minocin for RA and DM

(Dermatomyositis -skin)

Eva

Agentbleu <colourbleu@...> wrote:

friend had a similar problem with another abx (pristinamycin), biaxin

was the cure, pain was like sciatica nerve area.

look up biaxin and sciatica

s

On 11 Aug 2008, at 21:02, Sauve wrote:

> hi amy my mom has OA and after a couple of courses of cipro for an

> intestinal infection she got really bad pain in her hip - she

> thinks the

> cipro may have really worsened a previously exisitng problem.

>

> monique

>

>