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affreca ([personal profile] affreca) wrote2008-01-30 02:53 pm

Nothing New

Still sick. Went out yesterday to pick up antibiotics (figure they can't hurt) and groceries. [livejournal.com profile] lawnchair is also still sick, though he drags himself to work. I'm out of kleenex.

[identity profile] graydown.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Misusing antibiotics hurts everyone (http://www.ent-consult.com/antibioticabuse.html).

[identity profile] affreca.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You are preaching to the choir here. I always finish antibiotics that I start. I am reluctant to use them. However, I have been sick for several weeks. It definitely started out as a cold, and progressed normally as such. I felt almost healthy last Monday, and woke up Tuesday with sinus pressure. I waited a couple of days, then went to Watkins. I probably have an opportunistic sinus infection, which could be viral or could be bacterial. My body is not kicking this on its own, so I filled the prescription. Antibiotics won't help if it is viral. But I cannot stand to be on sudafed much longer, or I shall forget how to think (and they'll think I'm making meth in the garage).

Sorry for the rant, but do not assume that I need such advice.

[identity profile] affreca.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's OK. It is just a slightly touchy subject for me. You couldn't have known that I debated with myself for days because this is the second time this year I've taken antibiotics, and I feel guilty about it.