Hi All, I need some serious advice and write this with a heavy heart….as I am very torn and am looking for some affirmation. This inquiry regards my own personal health. I have not had an illness in over 15 years (nor a high fever) that I have not been able to take care of with herbs and diet. In addition I have not taken any form of conventional medicine in that time period as well. 3 weeks ago, I came down with a serious sinus infection…it lasted roughly 10 days and I used a variety of immune boosting herbs and medicinal foods. It cleared up and I was fine for a week. Last Monday evening, I started feeling really weak and my mouth was very hot. I had a temp of around 103. The next day I woke up with severe congestion and had orange mucus from post-nasal ( a color I have never seen before) and still had a fever of around 101. I went to the doctors to get some tests as there was wheezing in my lungs, so they had me get a chest X-ray (something else that I am really against, but felt like I had no choice in the event of possible pneumonia). It was thankfully clear. The doctor was cool in terms of not pushing antibiotics on me but was deeply concerned because of my fever and thick bloody & yellow mucus that I was getting from my congestion. She prescribed one anyway and said if the fever doesnt go away it would be a good idea as all signs point to a bacterial infection and they worry about it turning into something worse. At the time, I had no sore throat and had no intention of taking the antibiotic as it strongly goes against my beliefs and everything that I have worked hard for as a holistic practitioner. The next day I had the sorest throat and actual canker sores on the back of my throat (this has never happened before) they made me come back in for blood tests (mono included and was neg) and strep. No strep but some of my blood levels were off and my platelets were low. My WBC was normal. I then saw an ENT yesterday who said probably tonsillitis and that I needed to take this antibiotic. Out of fear and feeling worse than I ever had I took 2 days of this antibiotic and am so upset that I did but am not sure what to do at this point. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am stressing so hard over this and am still feeling really weak and sick. I do know that from research certain supplements and herbs can lower platelet counts, such as echinacea which I had been taking a lot of. I did pick up some colloidal silver today and was considering Manuka honey as well. Fellow herbalists….bottom line, is there ever a time when you have to suck it up and take an antibiotic? Thank you so much in advance and thanks for taking the time to read this. Namaste, Christina
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:54:06 +0000
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