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What kind of mobility can I expect with an antibiotic spacer in my hip
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@linjane I was taking three different antibiotics at first vancomycin, rosephin, and ranvampyn. I hope I spelled them correctly...lol, but I started having a reaction to vancomycin and the rosephin, and the ranvampyn (which was an oral antibiotic). So they took me off the vancomycin and rosephin. And replaced it with ranvampyn in iv form, and teflero. I'm just hoping they cleared the infection, because this spacer is very uncomfortable and painful. I've had the spacer in now since November 7
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I can sympathize completly looking back and its still early days for me so mobility is not all as I would like it but I'm getting there. The spacer is an evil instrument of torture! Can you weight bare at all? I just realised I was also on oral Rifampacin with the Vancomycin! When I left hospital they stopped the Vancomycin and switched it to Teicoplannin which is once a day.The drugs you talk about are very powerful and broad spectrum. it's just a shame you don't know what infection you are fighting as you could have definitive confidence that they are the right ones. This is a waiting game for us all and every stage is full of angst. You must have confidence and positivity and if your inflammatory markers are decreasing take hope from that. I'm sending all the positivity I can. Please let me know how you get on. Lin x