Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD SYNVISC INJECTED INTO MY SHOULDER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND HAVE FELT LIKE I HAVE THE FLU EVER SINCE. I BECAME VERY NAUSEATED THAT NIGHT AND EXTREME CHILLS. I WOKE UP WITH A SINUS LIKE INFECTION, COLD THAT SEEMS LIKE A FLU AS I JUST FEEL LOUSY AND TODAY ABOUT A WEEK LATER, MY KNEES ACHE AND THEY RARELY DO. I HAD A FLU SHOT EXACTLY A MONTH PRIOR AND THE NURSE THEN COMMENTED THAT I SEEM TO HAVE A VERY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TEMP 99.3, SO PERHAPS SHOULD WAIT FOR IT, BUT THE DR GAVE IT FLU SHOT ANYWAY. I DID NOT FEEL SICK UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE SYNVISC SHOT, SO I AM NOT SURE IF I WAS ALREADY FIGHTING SOMETHING OFF, IF THE TWO SHOTS WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OR IF I WOULD HAVE REACTED ANYWAY. I HAD NOTICED AROUND THE TIME OF THE FLU SHOT I ALSO HAVE A SMALL LYMPH NODE NOTICEABLE BEHIND MY LEFT EAR. I ALSO HAVE THYROID DISEASE AND MY DR JUST INCREASED MY THYROID MEDICINE LAST MONTH AS WELL FROM 25 MCG LEVOTHYROXINE TO 50. THE ONLY OTHER THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT I HAVE GILBERT'S SYNDROME AS WELL SO PERHAPS METABOLIZING THE SHOTS IS CHALLENGED A BIT. FLU SHOT GIVEN EXACTLY A MONTH PRIOR AND THYROID LEVOTHYROXINE RECENTLY INCREASED. ALSO TAKING CELEBREX 2X DAY CAPSULES -100 PER-, WELLBUTRIN 75M SIMVASTATIN 10M, DESIPRAMINE 6M - I THINK ALL ARE MCG?... RECENTLY WITHIN 2 WKS WEANED OFF FROM 2 WK TRIAL OF LYRICA WHICH DID NOT HELP PAIN AT ALL AND HAD STRONG WITHDRAWL SYNDROME, EXTREME NAUSEA FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS STRAIGHT. HAD A CORTIZONE SHOT 2 AND 1/2 MOS AGO AT DR'S OFFICE; ALREADY CHECKED AND NOT SUPPLIED BY THE MFR LINKED TO RECENT FUNGAL MENINGITIS CASES - THANK GOD!