what the *(&#(@$)?

[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

[LBTC]

Thank you ALL for your good ideas.

so, I've been to the eye doctor. all checks out normal. one more test on Tuesday just to be sure.

and I saw my GP again today. the blood test I had that was normal covered: iron, thyroid, diabetes, leukemia, there was more but I can't remember.

I'll do a fasting blood test on Monday. no food past midnight, test at 8:00 am. we'll look for lots of things: electrolytes in liver and kidneys, mono, perimenopause, oh, I can't remember it all. Oh, and she figured I should do it after a training ride. so me and DH will do a medium-hard ride on Sunday. can't ask for a better weekend than that!

this afternoon I saw a massage therapist. she's awesome. she didn't have a definitive for me, just thinks that I'm not shedding my waste well enough. (if it was waist, I coulda told her that! ) she agreed that I'm healthy, doing pretty much the right things and we've got an energy blockage or something like that. this first session was interview and what felt like relaxation massage (nice! ) but it got my body to tell her what was wrong. next session will be a cranial sacral session (goody! I haven't had one of those yet!! ) and I'll be able to tell her about the test results and the other health professional I'll see on May 26. I think we'll make some progress with her! oh, yeah, and one point on my back made my insides feel funny. so I told her and she said that's where my kidneys are. curious.

she also suggested more b vitamins, and more yoga. I've been a yoga slacker. often sitting down at the laptop before eating, using up lots of time, then barely having enough time to eat and feed the dogs and cats, and everything else I gotta do....

so tonight I was a good girl. I fed the dogs, did yoga, ate a nice meal, now I"m sitting here. but it's friday so I don't have to worry about work tomorrow

ah, well...

thanks again for your support. Hopefully getting back to it this weekend won't be too hard on me.

I hope you're all having a great weekend!

namaste,
~T~