Blech

[ravan]

I don't feel good...
Thursday started on the antibiotics, and the Vicodin. That was ok, but I ended up about an inch off the ground. My jaw and teeth were sore, but I didn't care, unless I clenched.

Friday, I started my day with a headache, a sore jaw, an antibiotic, and half a vicodin. Problem is, the infection and the penicillin are having a war, and my body is the battleground. Alternating feeling feverish with cold chills sucks. I threw up on the way to work. I went inside when I got there, used the bathroom, emptied my barf cup, and told my boss I was going home and why. I slept most of the day, in spite of the headache.

Today, I haven't thrown up. This is good. Of course, now I have the trots (the antibiotic has killed all the heppy bacteria in my GI tract, of course), and still have the headache. I've been eating stuff like tortilla chips for the fiber, just so I don't "run dry".

Apparently these are normal side effects to antibiotics, that "go away with treatment" (i.e. the antibiotic starts winning.) I usually don't react this badly. OTOH, this is the first time I've taken penecillin at the start of a tooth infection (the previous time the doctor precribed keflex.)

I need a haircut, but I can't go out.

Comments

Hey, did the dr. tell you

[mlion.livejournal.com]

about taking acidopholous when you're doing antibiotics? It'll keep yeast infections from popping up when you least need them. I usually take 3 per day when I'm doing antibios.
You can pick the tabs up at nearly any health food store, just make sure you stick them in the fridge after you've opened them.
Sorry you're feeling lousy; hope you get better soon.