Thanks to everyone who replied to my last thread about being sick. Yes, I’m still sick. Just when I think I can’t take anymore, it’s another day and I’m taking some more.
I am now on Ceclor. This is my third round of antibiotics. First was Zithromax (5 days), then a 3 day hiatus, then 10 days of Biaxin (which did nothing - at least the Zithromax knocked it back for a day or two!), which makes this a grand total of 18 days of being extremely ill. I’ve been going to work but suffering a great deal. The pain in my throat is extravagant. When I look in the mirror, both tonsils are bright red and covered with huge white circles - not sure if they’re clumps of Strep, or worn off areas where the skin has been infected off. All I know is that it hurts like hell. I’m starting to not be able to talk.
The doctor was optimistic about the Ceclor working, so keep your fingers crossed for me. If I’m not better by Monday, he’s going to give me a shot. Ironically, if I wasn’t severely allergic to penicillin, I probably wouldn’t have gone through all this. My doctor says I’m a “perfect candidate for penicillin therapy” - except for that one little thing, of course. The one where I can’t breathe. I jokingly (but secretly seriously) told him to go ahead and give me the penicillin shot and send me home with an Epi-pen. He said he’d have some explaining to do to the authorities if that happened!
Anyway, I guess I’m just whining at this point. At least I know what it is - resistant Strep - and that at some point, God willing, it will go away. Tomorrow I’m meeting my new dude’s parents for the first time (He and I have been dating about a month). I hope that I can talk and I’m not looking too horrible.
Whine! Whine! Send me your thoughts/prayers/anything!!! Thanks!!!
