It's been a few days since I have been contactable, but I have been officially dead.
Sunday night I went into a coughing fit and couldn't breathe, collapsed on my bathroom floor, and was proptly taken to the doctor who prescribed Biaxin, an antibiotic. He, and the pharmacist, only told me to drink lots of water. I was given no list of side effects, and assuming there was a list in the bag with the meds, did not ask other than whether it affected birth control or not (it does not).
Monday morning I woke up with horrible stomach cramps. Wonderful. My first day of work and I can barely move. I went to work, solved my vacation problem, sat in my Info Center for 4 hours, until Adam very kindly came and got me. I thought maybe my stomach cramps were due to starving myself all day. Not so. After eating a plate of pasta, I found myself in much more pain (with a whole new disgusting side effect). I figured it would go away, most anti-biotic side effects do in time. Tuesday I woke up in worse pain than Monday. I trod off to work, had a training session, sat in my Info Center, had a short meeting with my volunteer, then Adam again kindly drove me home where he laid in bed with me and rubbed my tummy. I spent the next couple hours in complete agony. I called the pharmacist to ask how long these symptoms would last for. He said most people who experienced side effects experienced them for the entire run of the medication. I was supposed to take this stuff for TEN MORE DAYS. Fuck that. My mom told me to get off them right away. So I did. I took yesterday off, sadly, just to give my body a day to recouperate. I feel A LOT better. Especially considering I lost 3 lbs haha. Now I have to gradually increase my food intake so I don't gain it all back.
So here I sit on Thursday morning, my stomach still feeling woozy and not right, getting ready to go to wonderful work.
Work is amazing. I love sitting in my little booth, doing not much of anything. I probably have the best job ever.
10 days until Edmonton. I'm pretty effin' excited. Hot tubs, sex, dildos, good food, MAC Shopping SPREE!! Aieee!
Sunday night I went into a coughing fit and couldn't breathe, collapsed on my bathroom floor, and was proptly taken to the doctor who prescribed Biaxin, an antibiotic. He, and the pharmacist, only told me to drink lots of water. I was given no list of side effects, and assuming there was a list in the bag with the meds, did not ask other than whether it affected birth control or not (it does not).
Monday morning I woke up with horrible stomach cramps. Wonderful. My first day of work and I can barely move. I went to work, solved my vacation problem, sat in my Info Center for 4 hours, until Adam very kindly came and got me. I thought maybe my stomach cramps were due to starving myself all day. Not so. After eating a plate of pasta, I found myself in much more pain (with a whole new disgusting side effect). I figured it would go away, most anti-biotic side effects do in time. Tuesday I woke up in worse pain than Monday. I trod off to work, had a training session, sat in my Info Center, had a short meeting with my volunteer, then Adam again kindly drove me home where he laid in bed with me and rubbed my tummy. I spent the next couple hours in complete agony. I called the pharmacist to ask how long these symptoms would last for. He said most people who experienced side effects experienced them for the entire run of the medication. I was supposed to take this stuff for TEN MORE DAYS. Fuck that. My mom told me to get off them right away. So I did. I took yesterday off, sadly, just to give my body a day to recouperate. I feel A LOT better. Especially considering I lost 3 lbs haha. Now I have to gradually increase my food intake so I don't gain it all back.
So here I sit on Thursday morning, my stomach still feeling woozy and not right, getting ready to go to wonderful work.
Work is amazing. I love sitting in my little booth, doing not much of anything. I probably have the best job ever.
10 days until Edmonton. I'm pretty effin' excited. Hot tubs, sex, dildos, good food, MAC Shopping SPREE!! Aieee!
Have a great day!