Yes, I am not your number one fan at the moment.
You’re sick, and I appreciate that.
It’s not fun hawking up phlegm every 3 minutes, and the coughing is both annoying and painful.
You’ve been invaded and overrun with bacteria, and I know it’s not your fault, but
JEEZ
I’m trying to make you better!
I sat in the clinic for an hour waiting for a script, and then finally get in to see the doc.
Doc:“Yup, chest infection, I’ll write a script for penicillen”
Me:“No, I can’t take that, MY BODY decides to come out in a rash and tries to kill me with anaphylaxis.”
Doc: “Ok, what about streptomycin?”
Me:“No, MY BODY thinks it would be fun to erupt in large ulcers, ALL OVER MY MOUTH, TONGUE AND THROAT everytime I take that stuff.”
Doc:“Ok, anything you can take?”
ME:“Yup, tetracyclines. It likes them.”
Doc:“No good for chest things, want to risk a cephalosporin?”
Me:“Uh, do I need to?”
Doc: “You need something, or this is going to turn into pneumonia.”
Me: “Ok, I’ll give it a go.”
So I hand over 14 euros, and go home with a weeks supply of ceflaclor.
Now, I know it might mess with my contraceptive pill, but that’s not a problem, I started a new packet yesterday, and won’t see my fella for another 3 weeks, so I can deal.
I also know to call 999 if I get wheezy or blotchy, and have a follow up appointment booked for next week, in case I need steroids.
So, with my flatmate beside me in case something dreadful happens, I take the pills.
Great, nothing happening.
Fantastic. Maybe it’s going to like this stuff.
I take more paracetamol and go to bed.
I wake up to throw up.
Great, I have nausea and vomiting.
EVEN BETTER, I have diarrhoea too.
That’s all right, just a little adverse reaction.
Nothing I can’t cope with.
But no, MY BODY has decided to spring something else on me.
I’m OVULATING. fan-fucking-tastic.
I don’t need this.
Not the cramping
or the spotting
or the mood swings
or the headaches.
I know this comes in the spectrum of “hormonal interference”, but 12 hours after taking the pill? Isn’t that a bit extreme?
I look at the leaflet in the packet, and realise the only adverse reactions I don’t have are thrush, confusion and vertigo…yet
WHY THE HELL CAN’T YOU RESPOND TO MEDICATION LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES AND NOT FIND SOMETHING FUN ON THE ADVERSE SIDE EFFECT LIST TO EXPERIMENT WITH!!!
The worst thing is that I know that none of these are reasons to stop taking the stuff. So I’ve just made myself feel REALLY miserable in the hope that I’ll feel better next week.
And in the process discovered another antibiotic MY BODY doesn’t like.
:rolleyes:
I know this is a pathetic rant, but I’m not really in a good ranting place here…
From the amount of typos in the preview and the incoherence of the first draft, that confusion could be setting in…
