what the *(&#(@$)?

[spazzdog]

Hey! I get that for my doggie when he gets colitis... and he gets it in pill form.

Perhaps the people pharmacy has it in pill form and then you wouldn't have the icky taste.

spazz

[mommelisa]

Hey! I get that for my doggie when he gets colitis... and he gets it in pill form.
Perhaps the people pharmacy has it in pill form and then you wouldn't have the icky taste.

Yep! Same stuff. It comes in pill form for people, too, but it starts to dissolve the minute it touches liquid, so you put it in to your mouth and it starts to fall apart immediately!

[spazzdog]

oh...... yuck!

This is a prescription that calls for a JELLO SHOT!

[nuthatch]

I love that name...probably named for the flagellum of the wee critters swimming around inside! Uggg!

[mommelisa]

oh...... yuck! This is a prescription that calls for a JELLO SHOT!

WAIT! The worst part of the whole thing, besides the vile taste, is that you cannot have any alcohol during the time you're taking the medicine!! lol! It supposedly makes you violently ill (i didn't test it out!). So for the full course of the meds and three days afterwards, no shots.

My girlfriend had a birthday while I was taking the meds and so my husband I and went to dinner with her and her husband. The all had a drink or so before dinner then a couple of bottles of wine with dinner... Ever been the one that is stone cold sober when people are philosphizing over a bottle of wine???

[LBTC]

okay, so I'll be making an appointment with my GP this week. I will ask her to test for:
mono
ear infection
parasite
and ensure that the blood test I had tested for iron, electrolytes, etc.

any other suggestions?

I did a kickboxing class on Friday. it went well. I have worse sinus symptoms this weekend. and have had chills again, but not consistently. and saw stars when I was doing laundry. I hope to do two pretty easy rides this week. I definitely want to know if it's mono as that enlarges the spleen, leaving it much more prone to rupture during intense exercise or physical contact. I imagine kickboxing and mountain biking would both be dangerours

anyway, if any of you have further suggestions, please let me know. I am not happy about getting sick after every long ride and really want to get over this so I can stop complaining/worrying, etc, and get back to being the bubbly me that world expects to see!!

Namaste,
~T~

[nuthatch]

This is very worrisome! I'm glad you're going to see the doc about it - it's just not right that your immune system is so taxed. Keep us posted..

[snapdragen]

Last year I had the sinus infection from hell. It took close to 8 weeks of antibiotics to get rid of the thing - and then only when the Doc pulled out the major big gun drugs. The standard antibiotics did nothing, he finally put me on Moxifloxacin - for bacterial infections.

Also, if it's your sinus area, you might try warm saline.

http://allergies.about.com/cs/treatment/a/aa040802a.htm

Sending good health vibes