Saturday, November 11, 2006
Mostly Better
I should probably state that the bus ride is over. I'm feeling mostly better.
I still have lots of congestion and am on some antibiotics and have also been extremely tired. I don't think the antibiotics I pleaded for last Tuesday are working well (let's just say that today I asked Brian to buy some cranberry juice in my desperation) and will try to call tomorrow.
My left eye itches and I feel a little achey. The apartment is too cold. My right hand is a little bit chafed and my left thumb is somewhat crushed from trying to knit with squeaky chenille.
My hair is stupid and I have acne. My right hip is giving me some twinges and I can't remember when I last changed the fentanyl patch.
My lower back is sore. I've been feeling some tightness under my left breast and naturally worry about it. I keep having to sneeze and the wires in my braces are getting too long and poke into the sides of my cheeks.
But I can't complain.
I still have lots of congestion and am on some antibiotics and have also been extremely tired. I don't think the antibiotics I pleaded for last Tuesday are working well (let's just say that today I asked Brian to buy some cranberry juice in my desperation) and will try to call tomorrow.
My left eye itches and I feel a little achey. The apartment is too cold. My right hand is a little bit chafed and my left thumb is somewhat crushed from trying to knit with squeaky chenille.
My hair is stupid and I have acne. My right hip is giving me some twinges and I can't remember when I last changed the fentanyl patch.
My lower back is sore. I've been feeling some tightness under my left breast and naturally worry about it. I keep having to sneeze and the wires in my braces are getting too long and poke into the sides of my cheeks.
But I can't complain.
Labels: antibiotics, braces, Brian, fentanyl, hair, hip, infection, nausea, tired
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Back Behind the Wheel: driving the porcelain bus with stops at Yakville, Puketon, and Barfburg
I have no idea why. I stayed home from work (I called in, using one of my SHORT term sick days--which is actually kind of rare for me) and prayed for sleep to avoid having to deal with the queasiness and excess salivation that precedes an "episode."
Several occasions saw me drooling uncontrollably into the toilet. Nobody ever talks about that particular symptom of nausea. It's never that much of a surprise to throw up because of the whole saliva thing. When I slept I found myself embroiled in very violent RPG videogames of my dreaming brain's device. (It turns out that it's not actually that much fun to be Sydney Bristow, particularly not when everybody is shooting at you.)
Today at infusion they gave me more drugs--this time I got kytril, which is a very good anti-emetic, and zantac for my stomach. They did not make me swallow pills, either, which is probably a good thing.
When I complained about my sinuses, I also got an antibiotic for an infection. I had a cold last week and the sinus agony is living on. I don't have a fever, but I typically don't for sinus infections. Anyway, I feel much better and have a prescription for a couple of days' worth of kytril which I should take whether I feel nauseous or not. If you can stave it off it's better than trying to treat it once the nausea is rearing its ugly head and you are once again behind the porcelain wheel.
Several occasions saw me drooling uncontrollably into the toilet. Nobody ever talks about that particular symptom of nausea. It's never that much of a surprise to throw up because of the whole saliva thing. When I slept I found myself embroiled in very violent RPG videogames of my dreaming brain's device. (It turns out that it's not actually that much fun to be Sydney Bristow, particularly not when everybody is shooting at you.)
Today at infusion they gave me more drugs--this time I got kytril, which is a very good anti-emetic, and zantac for my stomach. They did not make me swallow pills, either, which is probably a good thing.
When I complained about my sinuses, I also got an antibiotic for an infection. I had a cold last week and the sinus agony is living on. I don't have a fever, but I typically don't for sinus infections. Anyway, I feel much better and have a prescription for a couple of days' worth of kytril which I should take whether I feel nauseous or not. If you can stave it off it's better than trying to treat it once the nausea is rearing its ugly head and you are once again behind the porcelain wheel.
Labels: infection, infusion, kytril, nausea, sick days, videogames, zantac
