Posts by somebodylovesme

thanks! Nope, not pregnant, although it does sound like that, I guess! I finished a glass of water which is the first thing I have kept down in two days. I will finish out the antibiotics...

ugh I can't even think straight. Thanks for the advice and well wishes, all.

SLM

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Antibiotics for a virus? And what's a sure-fire fix for nausea?

by somebodylovesme in

it started thursday with a nasty cough.

friday morning, i felt like crap and was coughing up crap so i went to the doctor.

he told me i have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).

somebodylovesme

Thanks... It isn't working for me so far, but I will keep squeezing. lol. Distracts me, if nothing else!

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Antibiotics for a virus? And what's a sure-fire fix for nausea?

by somebodylovesme in

it started thursday with a nasty cough.

friday morning, i felt like crap and was coughing up crap so i went to the doctor.

he told me i have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).

somebodylovesme

avishai:

Where on the wrist? Directly below the heel of the hand? Or further down the arm? I had heard of that before but wasn't sure where the point was...

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Antibiotics for a virus? And what's a sure-fire fix for nausea?

by somebodylovesme in

it started thursday with a nasty cough.

friday morning, i felt like crap and was coughing up crap so i went to the doctor.

he told me i have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).

Thanks. That makes sense... I have a pretty sensitive stomach anyway, so that could be it. I am a university student and my pharmacy is part of the school - it is not open on weekends, either. :( But first thing tomorrow, you can bet I'm calling....

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Antibiotics for a virus? And what's a sure-fire fix for nausea?

by somebodylovesme in

it started thursday with a nasty cough.

friday morning, i felt like crap and was coughing up crap so i went to the doctor.

he told me i have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).

somebodylovesme

I am having the most miserable weekend.

It started Thursday with a nasty cough. Friday morning, I felt like crap and was coughing up crap so I went to the doctor. He told me I have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).

So, I came home and got online and looked up information on bronchitis. I found on numerous pages that it is almost always a virus and that antibiotics do nothing to help it. greeeeaaaaat. Anyone know anything about this? Isn't taking antibiotics unnecessarily bad for you because you can build up a resistance?

Of course, I am also insanely nauseous . I don't know how this fits in with bronchitis, but I can't keep anything down - not even the antibiotics. (Hell, not even water today!) So they're definitely not doing any good nor any harm, I guess. But I'm completely miserable. I've puked three times today... the third time was sparked by a sip of soda. This is not good. I'm starting to wonder if I have the flu on top of bronchitis, or if I'm allergic to the medicine, or what the heck is going on.

I know a message board is not the best place to seek medical advice. I plan on calling the doctor tomorrow (dang doctors with no weekend hours!) and asking what to do. But in the mean time... anyone know any ways to combat nausea? As I am sitting here, I feel like I might need to run and worship the porcelaine god once again...

Thanks.
SLM

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If You Found A Wallet----Would You Turn It In??

by minimus in

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friends

would you have to think about it??

?

somebodylovesme

Absolutely yes. With ID, send it back. Without, put an ad in the paper, like someone else said. I am known for losing things (although never my wallet) and could only hope people would send things back!

If it's not yours, don't keep it.

Off that subject... we've been getting someone else's bills. Have no idea how -- it's someone else's name with our address, and it's not a former resident. Monday morning, gotta try again to call the bill people and say HEY, they don't live here! Little things like that annoy me.

SLM

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Pet peeve #24.

by onintwo in

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why is it that cashiers hand you your change back with all of the loose change on top of haphazardly stacked bills?.

man, that pisses me.

i remember years ago when i was trained, we always handed the change back into the open hand.

somebodylovesme

Ah! I hate that too - because the change often slides right out of my hand. It's like they throw it at you.

When I worked a pizza place, I always counted back the change. It's just the right way to do it, and (as this thread shows) people appreciate it.

SLM