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jeshyrHello friends,
OK, so a few posts ago I was grumbling about a cold I got from my flatmate. Little did I know, that was just the start!
I took my virus-ridden self to the doctor on Monday and he said "why yes, you have a cold!" and also we suspect my weird bladder symptoms are a nagging case of interstitial cystitis which is not very good news. Anyway he said although my cough sounded impressive it was not bacterial but wrote me a script in case it turned bacterial - thank you angel doctor who understands how difficult it is to get there and back and how important it is to conserve energy!
So on Wednesday I woke up coughing up quite nasty looking stuff and phoned the doctor again. He said to get the antibiotics and start them, but as he hadn't phoned me back until 6pm and I wasn't feeling so awful then, I delayed the antibiotics until Thursday (today).
In the mean time on Wednesday while coughing and waiting for the doctor to call back I managed to pull some chest muscles coughing, which really didn't help matters.
Aaaaand so today I trundled down to the pharmacy in my powerchair to acquire some antibiotics, some cough medicine, some throat lozenges and some vitamin C. Also bought a wonderful tube of tissues because I forgot to take my hanky when I went out, and the tube was cute :)
I didn't cough so much during the day today so that was OK. About 3pm when I tried to rest I started coughing worse so I took some cough medicine. I was really tired so I vaguely registered that I was very itchy but didn't bother to investigate before I went to sleep.
Woke up a bit after 6pm when my evening carer got here and took more cough medicine and antibiotics and throat lozenges. When I wandered out to the kitchen 15 minutes later she pointed out that I was bright red and I realised that I was so itchy I'd scratched up my scalp and arms as well as my face. Sure enough, I was covered in bright bright red and very much itchy.
Phone calls to the pharmacy ensued because I am assuming it was the cough liquid - I've had the same throat lozenges and antibiotics before but not the cough stuff. But the cough liquid is carefully labelled "Benadryl PE: Dry cough and nasal congestion" in a dark red box and the stuff I usually take to deal with allergy attacks is also "Benadryl" (it's the "Original" one) and also in a dark red box. So we checked out and there's not a single active ingredient in common between the two despite the very similar name and labelling, so I loaded up on Benadryl Original and put a very large label on the other one to remind me not to take it.
And now, thirty minutes later, I'm now feeling considerably less horrendous. I'm still itchy but only in patches instead of all over and I can suddenly do magic things like thinking!
So yes, the universe is being very sucky and unfair today and I would like to lodge a complaint!
On the positive side, I got my helper tonight to make a big batch of chicken and corn soup the way my Nana makes it so I now have good chicken soup to make me feel better. This chicken and corn soup has major placebo properties because it was my Nana's recipe, plus it's gentle on my very sore throat which is nice. It's amazing how recipes from one's childhood can conjure up a feeling of safety and wellbeing, isn't it...
I hope you are all feeling rather better than I am just now!
Hugs,
r
OK, so a few posts ago I was grumbling about a cold I got from my flatmate. Little did I know, that was just the start!
I took my virus-ridden self to the doctor on Monday and he said "why yes, you have a cold!" and also we suspect my weird bladder symptoms are a nagging case of interstitial cystitis which is not very good news. Anyway he said although my cough sounded impressive it was not bacterial but wrote me a script in case it turned bacterial - thank you angel doctor who understands how difficult it is to get there and back and how important it is to conserve energy!
So on Wednesday I woke up coughing up quite nasty looking stuff and phoned the doctor again. He said to get the antibiotics and start them, but as he hadn't phoned me back until 6pm and I wasn't feeling so awful then, I delayed the antibiotics until Thursday (today).
In the mean time on Wednesday while coughing and waiting for the doctor to call back I managed to pull some chest muscles coughing, which really didn't help matters.
Aaaaand so today I trundled down to the pharmacy in my powerchair to acquire some antibiotics, some cough medicine, some throat lozenges and some vitamin C. Also bought a wonderful tube of tissues because I forgot to take my hanky when I went out, and the tube was cute :)
I didn't cough so much during the day today so that was OK. About 3pm when I tried to rest I started coughing worse so I took some cough medicine. I was really tired so I vaguely registered that I was very itchy but didn't bother to investigate before I went to sleep.
Woke up a bit after 6pm when my evening carer got here and took more cough medicine and antibiotics and throat lozenges. When I wandered out to the kitchen 15 minutes later she pointed out that I was bright red and I realised that I was so itchy I'd scratched up my scalp and arms as well as my face. Sure enough, I was covered in bright bright red and very much itchy.
Phone calls to the pharmacy ensued because I am assuming it was the cough liquid - I've had the same throat lozenges and antibiotics before but not the cough stuff. But the cough liquid is carefully labelled "Benadryl PE: Dry cough and nasal congestion" in a dark red box and the stuff I usually take to deal with allergy attacks is also "Benadryl" (it's the "Original" one) and also in a dark red box. So we checked out and there's not a single active ingredient in common between the two despite the very similar name and labelling, so I loaded up on Benadryl Original and put a very large label on the other one to remind me not to take it.
And now, thirty minutes later, I'm now feeling considerably less horrendous. I'm still itchy but only in patches instead of all over and I can suddenly do magic things like thinking!
So yes, the universe is being very sucky and unfair today and I would like to lodge a complaint!
On the positive side, I got my helper tonight to make a big batch of chicken and corn soup the way my Nana makes it so I now have good chicken soup to make me feel better. This chicken and corn soup has major placebo properties because it was my Nana's recipe, plus it's gentle on my very sore throat which is nice. It's amazing how recipes from one's childhood can conjure up a feeling of safety and wellbeing, isn't it...
I hope you are all feeling rather better than I am just now!
Hugs,
r
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Date: 2011-07-07 12:01 pm (UTC)I hope the soup helps and you feel better soon.
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Date: 2011-07-07 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-07 01:28 pm (UTC)Isn't it "speshul" to have paradoxical reactions? Grrss.
When I have coughing fits, it helps to prop up with pillows so I'm mostly vertical.
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Date: 2011-07-07 04:56 pm (UTC)I hope you feel better soon.
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Date: 2011-07-07 05:15 pm (UTC)What did your doctor suggest about the cystitis? I think that might be what I'm dealing with too.
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Date: 2011-07-10 10:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-07 06:58 pm (UTC)hope you feel better soon!
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Date: 2011-07-08 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-08 09:38 am (UTC)Hope you are feeling a bit better and that the meds are starting to work some magic - hugs from Cathy in NZ