Definitely No to the antibiotics being the cause. My weakness and inability to walk and seeing blood in urine (infection) was well in progress as I was hospitalized and took my last step/fall. Though the antibiotics may not have improved my neuropathy in progress at that point, it definitely wasn’t the cause. I will say that now that I have PN, I don’t like the feeling I get when I’m prescribed antibiotics; I feel they make me feel weaker, and always ask for the least “neuro-toxic”. They (medical journals) are backing off the “take all of the antibiotics, even if you feel better” rule, and while I am not recommending this to anyone, I generally do not finish all of them if I feel it’s affecting my PN (provided I feel the antibiotics have done their intended work), because sometimes I feel like it takes a week or two for my legs to get back to “normal for me”, and it’s scary.