Good news and quick question for the girls

Hi folks,

Just a quick update to hopefully spread a bit of positivity. I have been on antibiotics for well over a year now, and have just been given my last prescription for three months of Dozy/Tinidazole. Hopefully I will be getting off the drugs for good after this. Pretty much back to me again, although lots of side effects from tablets still ( nausea on and off, oral thrush etc). Have started a beginners jogging programme, and can't stop smiling. There is hope out there!

I just wanted to ask a quick question though - do these drugs interfere with hormone levels? I have made lots of progress on this front (gone from only 3-4 periods per year back to nearly normal) as the lyme has gone. But, I have started getting some dark hair on my chin in the last few months - ugh! Is this normal???

Keep on smiling folks!

 

I'm so glad to hear you're getting better! Thanks for sharing - we all need to hear those positive stories!

I've never heard of antibiotics themselves interfering with hormones, although I've always been told that they make birth control pills less effective, and since birth control pills are hormones...there may be a connection there. More likely it's the Lyme itself affecting your hormones, but as your treatment progresses those issues should correct themselves.

Thanks for the replies. It's funny, as I was reading through them all I started laughing at myself... I really must be a lot better if a few stray hairs are all I have to worry about. How things change... I'm sure it will all settle down in the end!

Flowergal - I have coped with the nausea by eating lots before taking my tablets (plus a full glass of water with them), taking probiotics between doses and when I feel the worst eating ginger biscuits. It has got progressively better over time, but I still get bad days. The thrush has been more awkward. I didn't get any for the first year then it just appeared and wouldn't shift. I was given drops which made it go away while taking them, then it came back two days later. Then I was given tablets which made me all shaky. I now just use mouthwash regularly and do my best to keep sugar levels low. Doesn't stop me having the odd chocolate though :o) Need to keep my mental health good too...

Thanks folks!