"I'm not dead yet!"

[zandperl]

Woke up this morning with a low grade fever and sore throat. Or maybe "continued to not be asleep" might be better, since I didn't sleep more than an hour straight all night long. Had the AC on all night and it didn't help, so between that and the fever of 99.5F I concluded I was sick. Called the local mega-university's health services triage

Comments

[rubicat]

Oh, no! I hope you're able to get the fever down. Can you take Tylenol/acetaminaphen? That's supposed to be good for a fever.....

un-ate the soup

Aw. :(

[zandperl]

I'm waiting for a call back from my doctor. I took some tylenol this morning, and I'd forgotten to take more until you mentioned it. You can tell my brain's not working right.

[benndragon]

This might be a silly question, but did you take the tylenol before or after un-eating the soup? If it came out again it can't do its thing so well :(.

[zandperl]

I took a Theraflu hours before the soup so it was already in my system, and then the Tylenol a couple hours after the soup so it was unaffected. I once threw up right after taking a birth control pill, and was worried until I remembered that this sort of thing was one of the many reasons I use two methods of birth control.

[hrafn]

LOL at "hamthrax" :)

I hope you feel better soon. Also, in case you didn't know, it is safe to take ibuprofen and acetaminophen at the same time; they work differently, so if the Tylenol doesn't help you, you can take ibuprofen without worrying about killing yourself.

[benndragon]

Once when I had strep throat with a high fever I was alternating max Tylenol and max Ibuprophen with 2 hours between each dose at the suggestion of my doctor. You shouldn't do that for more than a day or two and talk it over with your doc/the triage nurse first if you think about giving it a go. But yes, it can be done.

[zandperl]

Got the term "hamthrax" secondhand through NPR. They were having a call-in contest to name it something more PC than "swine flu." I don't know if hamthrax was the winner, but I certainly like it.

[parrot_lady]

my old inhaler(albuterol) I could use the same as my new one (preventol) 2 puffs twice daily as needed- so I know thats at least a safe dose.

Hope you're feeling better soon- I've been down almost a week with something.

[zandperl]

I asked a nurse when I went to the doctor this afternoon/evening: 2 puffs every 4-6 hours. I've never needed more than a single puff at a time, so that's why I forgot.

[fireaphid]

Oy, I hope you're feeling better by the time you read this! I'm sending you a digital soup filled with virus-fighting magic *waves fingers* so get well soon!