Achillies Tendinitis

If there was a possibility of a complication Drew has experienced it. Just when Drew starts to feel better another complication hits. Drew started experiencing heel and lower leg pain. Since he has not been that active he knew he could not have hurt himself. His ankles started swelling- which I attributed to the high dose predisone he is on. So he spent two weeks with his legs propped up, which helped the swelling but not his pain. Drew went to see an orthopedist and the diagnosis was Achilles Tendinitis which was due to one of the medications he was on from his transplant! I have never heard of a drug causing tendinitis (shows you what little I know). Luckily the solution was to stop taking the offending drug which in this case was Bactrim. Bractrim is an antibiotic which targets bacteria which grows in the urine. Drew has not had any Bractrim since Wednesday and already his pain has gotten better.