My Quin Story

Life After Levaquin, A Challenging Journey

The Obnoxious Patient

admin | May 15, 2010

It is a shame in American today, that the patient knows more about a medical condition than the doctor. If that makes me obnoxious, then label me “guilty as charged!”, but forgive me if I don’t sit idly by while the doctor dismisses the information that I present to him/her.

Recalls and Congressional Hearings

admin | February 26, 2010

Toyota recalls millions of cars and has to appear before congressional hearings because of the possibility that a defect cause 275 crashes and 18 deaths over 11 years, and the fluoroquinolones antibiotics have caused, at the very least, 163,329 ADR’s and 3,124 deaths, and no hearings, no outcry, no acknowledgement from the medical community?

Helping the Newly Floxed: Comfort and Information

admin | January 21, 2010

I have found that most people want the truth; they do not want to be lied to or have any information candy coated. Other the other hand they do not want to be punched in the face with it either.

Connecting The Dots

admin | January 3, 2010

It is a paradoxical irony that we then must turn back to the same system that hurt us to attempt to troubleshoot our problem.

Just be glad you don’t have…

admin | December 30, 2009

Most people, even the suffering, are intelligent enough to be glad that they don’t have something worse.