In a message dated 02/17/2002 7:31:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Debbie - how are YOU? >> Thanks for asking for me. I feel intermittently better which I guess is normal-when the mediations wears off my fever goes back up & the aching starts again. I guess I have a combination flu/strep. Actually I won't ever know if I really have strep since when I tried to get the culture on Saturday I found out that the inadequate office at my doctors staff had never faxed over the order as promised & when I called the answering service for Dr. Szeto said that Dr. Fallorino was on call, so I called her office and was told that Dr. MacReynolds was on call, so I called his office & was told that he was only a pediatrician so he couldn't treat adults. Talk about run-arounds so I went back to Fallorino's answering service & they said "duh" they didn't know-maybe she was on call for herself when it was an adult patient. This doctor has been on call for Dr. Szeto for the last 11 years that we have been a patient & she has yet to see us. She just prescribes medicines right & left over the phone without even hardly asking your symptoms. Well, in this case she call me back seeming very annoyed that I had bothered her & she said to just skip the strep test & she called in Amoxicillin (or however you spell it) so I didn't have to wait at the lab after all. I would have liked to know if I had it though. My throat is worse than ever-swollen & sore. I fact it looks like I have tonsils when I had them removed when I was little. My glands are swollen & sore I my head keeps pounding. I have been taking my prescription Orudis (painkiller) and X-tra strength Tylenol every few hours all day but the headache never completely stops. Yesterday I went out to pick up the antibiotic & my boys from the pinewood derby (younger DS's car one 2nd place for best looking-looked like a skateboard) and while I was out I felt a lot better. It was a nice day & the fresh air felt good. I got stuck taking my DS to the birthday party myself since DH got stuck on a double-shift. He had 3 people call in sick with the flu. He is so tired from all these hours-5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 3 days in a row is really taking his toll on him. I really hope he doesn't get this but he did have a flu shot at work. Anyway the birthday party was in the middle of the "Boonies" 1/2 hour away so the people insisted that I just stay and wait for him rather than come back. I told them that I may be contagious but that didn't seem to bother them & she is a nurse at a Children's hospital. I tried to keep my distance & sat quietly in the corner just observing everything all night. I ate a piece of pizza, and some cake & ice-cream, which was the first thing I'd eaten except for a few crackers since Thursday when I had just picked at the rice at the Chinese restaurant. Anyway, they gave me a few Motrin when my headache started getting worse & I was OK until I got home. Wow, I don't know if it is like when you don't really have to go to the bathroom until the toilet is in sight or your a little kid & you handle the pain until you see your mother's face, but the second I walked in my house the whole nine yards of symptoms came flooding back. I barely made it down the hall to tuck my kids in bed before I practically crawled to the living room couch. I guess I just have to wait it out & let this stupid flu run its course. There is no school tomorrow since it is President's day & DH has off Tues. & Wed. so he can take the kids to school so maybe sleeping in will help. Nights & mornings seem to be the worse. Right now I am not too bad-if I don't swallow or turn my head. The headache is always there. I am not nauseous anymore but my throat hurts too much to eat so maybe at least I will take off a few more lbs. At least something good will come out of this. I think I am down about 20 lbs since Christmas - now only about 50 or 60 more to go!! LOL Unfortunately the clutter seems to be multiplying as I lay on the couch & I can't do anything about it. Hopefully the boys will take sympathy on my & do a few chores to help me out. They aren't very good in the chore department. Older DS just came downstairs & said that he felt nauseous & had a sore throat & was going to lay down. That is just wonderful since he just got over missing 10 days of school for bronchitis. At least he isn't in the middle of any major projects right now & the marking period just started. Please keep us in your prayers-he is not an easy patient-especially if I am not feeling well either. I better go-my knuckles are starting to ache. Debbie in Delaware *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
