Allergy Girl
Okay, I'm Allergy Girl.
First off, I discovered last summer that my sinuses are not all that great and that I will have to be on Claritin and utilize a prescription nasal spray from time to time. This is fine. It's not a big deal.
What IS a big deal is that last week, I was prescribed Amoxicillin (500mg capsules, three times daily). I took those for about a week...and the prescription was for 14 days.
The reason I stopped? I'm ALLERGIC to Amoxicillin. I don't have very many medication allergies, except for Tetracycline, which makes me get these weird purplish spots all over my legs, but this one takes the cake!
I woke up Monday morning...COVERED in a rash (hives, really) on about 90% of my body. It's not just little red speckles all over. It's fucking itchy as hell, too. It's not really on my face or neck, but I can feel the beginnings of it...
I couldn't make it to the doctor yesterday because of work (Fobby Cherie was out of the office on a pre-planned vacation so I was the only one around), but I did today...and they confirmed my allergy to Amoxicillin, even marking it in my file at the medical center. So now I have two confirmed medication allergies, Tetracycline and Amoxicillin.
So now I am on the 'roids. Steroids, that is...Prednisone. For about a week. I've taken a couple today, since receiving my prescription this morning, and already I see an improvement, but there's nothing the doctor can do about the itchiness except to tell me that I should take more Claritin and if that doesn't work, to chase it down with a Benadryl.
WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?
Also, I'm still coughing from the sinus infection, even though it's cleared up quite a bit. And I hate using the Nasarel nasal spray because it fucking stings my nose and the doctor says that's normal.
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Gloria text me this evening...I am a bonafide walking pharmacy.
Another thing is...and I know it sounds like I'm complaining...and I guess I am...but the 80-degree weather PLUS the itchiness factor does not help. I realize there are people suffering from 40-below-type weather, ice, and other not-fun things. But 80-degree weather and reddened, itchy skin do not go well with each other.
Oh, and when someone talks to me at work and I happen to be standing...I'll stick my hands in my back pockets. They THINK I'm just putting my hands in there, but in reality, I'm secretly scratching my butt because that's freaking itchy, too. Ha.
First off, I discovered last summer that my sinuses are not all that great and that I will have to be on Claritin and utilize a prescription nasal spray from time to time. This is fine. It's not a big deal.
What IS a big deal is that last week, I was prescribed Amoxicillin (500mg capsules, three times daily). I took those for about a week...and the prescription was for 14 days.
The reason I stopped? I'm ALLERGIC to Amoxicillin. I don't have very many medication allergies, except for Tetracycline, which makes me get these weird purplish spots all over my legs, but this one takes the cake!
I woke up Monday morning...COVERED in a rash (hives, really) on about 90% of my body. It's not just little red speckles all over. It's fucking itchy as hell, too. It's not really on my face or neck, but I can feel the beginnings of it...
I couldn't make it to the doctor yesterday because of work (Fobby Cherie was out of the office on a pre-planned vacation so I was the only one around), but I did today...and they confirmed my allergy to Amoxicillin, even marking it in my file at the medical center. So now I have two confirmed medication allergies, Tetracycline and Amoxicillin.
So now I am on the 'roids. Steroids, that is...Prednisone. For about a week. I've taken a couple today, since receiving my prescription this morning, and already I see an improvement, but there's nothing the doctor can do about the itchiness except to tell me that I should take more Claritin and if that doesn't work, to chase it down with a Benadryl.
WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?
Also, I'm still coughing from the sinus infection, even though it's cleared up quite a bit. And I hate using the Nasarel nasal spray because it fucking stings my nose and the doctor says that's normal.
Like
Gloria text me this evening...I am a bonafide walking pharmacy.
Another thing is...and I know it sounds like I'm complaining...and I guess I am...but the 80-degree weather PLUS the itchiness factor does not help. I realize there are people suffering from 40-below-type weather, ice, and other not-fun things. But 80-degree weather and reddened, itchy skin do not go well with each other.
Oh, and when someone talks to me at work and I happen to be standing...I'll stick my hands in my back pockets. They THINK I'm just putting my hands in there, but in reality, I'm secretly scratching my butt because that's freaking itchy, too. Ha.