Comments | kettunainen: Lucky, lucky me!

kettunainen

Lucky, lucky me!

Jan 21, 2006 23:14

I don't have the FLU!
I have STREP THROAT!!!

...or maybe it's mono, but I don't think it is. Typical incubation period is 4-8 weeks, and it's been 10 weeks since I might have been exposed to the virus (N shared a drink with C on Halloween, who shortly thereafter came down with mono. I swapped spit with N the following day or the day after -- can' ( Read more... )

health, worries

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lepke January 22 2006, 04:41:07 UTC

oh you poor old bean!

kettunainen January 22 2006, 04:46:46 UTC

you're totally right about the saltwater gargles. It's pretty disgusting, but it works wonders!!

lepke January 22 2006, 06:08:44 UTC

if you think thats gross...jason snorts the salt water! apparently it gets to places garggling doesn't. i don't...*shudder*

tamago23 January 22 2006, 06:52:18 UTC

I always thought snorting saline was hideous, but a few weeks back while I was totally miserable with a cold I finally whipped up a batch of saline and tried it. And holy cow, it was AWESOME. Not nearly as gross as you'd think (just do it in the shower or over the sink) and I couldn't even believe how much better I felt afterwards. And the feeling-good lasted for hours.

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tamago23 January 22 2006, 06:51:10 UTC

I was just about to recommend the same place, it's my local office and I love them to bits. :) A visit costs about $40 and if you plead poverty they're generally pretty good about giving you samples of medicine rather than making you buy it at the pharmacy.

If you can see Dr Choi on Monday, he's my doctor and I've gone on and on at length in my journal about what an awesome person he is.

axequeen January 22 2006, 05:37:18 UTC

Yeah..sorry about that. Believe me, it wasn't intentional. I would much rather not have had the damn mono.

tormenta January 22 2006, 07:34:04 UTC

*hugs*

The cold that I had had a sore throat associated with it that A- thought was strep when he had it this week.

He had shakes and chills and felt feverish.

So... it could be either.

Mono is not a very useful diagnosis (ie. your having it has no relevance to whether you feel better or worse in the long or short term... my mono experience was pretty mild... and it doesn't help you treat it) but is associated with positive strep throat diagnosis.