How are you? You mentioned pneumonia on the fast food thread.
Have you been seen by a doctor? Antibiotics? There are resources here.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
::echoes concern::
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I'm on 875mg amoxicillin bid since Sunday night, but I'm steadily feeling worse. I've graduated to not being able to draw half a breath because my chest is so tight, coughing up phlegm, watery eyes...and this is on top of the extremely sore throat and really bad headache from before. It's not pretty.
I'm also taking NyQuil/dayquil to try to mitigate some of these symptoms, and running my warm steamer with vaporizer at night, but it still hurts too much to lay down, so I'm sleeping in my computer chair. It's not comfortable, so I'm very sore and tired from not sleeping well.
I'm calling the doc again in the morning, if I don't start feeling better by then. I can't afford to go see her, but at this point, I can't afford not to, KWIM?
So yeah, I mentioned pneumonia, but it was (hopefully) in jest. Thanks for thinking of me.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Well, that's a solid dose of Amoxil for an adult. Strep throat shouldn't be resistant anyway.
Do you have a history of asthma or wheezing in you or your family? Any chance you have or could pick up some Mucinex? (and is your profile email address up to date?)
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
No history, don't have any but can get some tomorrow, and yes. Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I am certainly no doctor, but I know both times I had pneumonia, amoxicillan wouldn't work for me. It's worked for other things, but for the pneumonia, I ended up on something called zithromax.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Z-packs are expensive. Gosh, I hope I don't need that!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Boon, there are some clinics in your area, if you can't afford the doctor. Want me to find them for you?
(And if you can't afford your medicine, please e-mail me.)
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I appreciate it, but it won't be necessary. My doctor will let me pay $5 every two weeks if I need to; I've always paid up front in her office at each visit, but she's told me many times that I can take as long as I need to pay her.
I did find a free Rx discount card called Together Rx Access. My $24.99 amoxicillin cost $17.59 with it. Not a huge savings, but every dollar helps, right?
Actually, this is the sort of thing we have a credit card for. If I need expensive drugs or tests or whatever, we'll use the credit card. I hate to do that, but we just had to use our $4500 emergency fund to replace the engine and do some other work on my van.
Oh, and I'm up at 4am because I woke the entire household up with my coughing. Nice, huh?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I find ice cream solves a wide swath of maladies.
Perhaps Drs. Ben and Jerry should take a swing at it. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by Boon: I appreciate it, but it won't be necessary. My doctor will let me pay $5 every two weeks if I need to; I've always paid up front in her office at each visit, but she's told me many times that I can take as long as I need to pay her.
I did find a free Rx discount card called Together Rx Access. My $24.99 amoxicillin cost $17.59 with it. Not a huge savings, but every dollar helps, right?
Actually, this is the sort of thing we have a credit card for. If I need expensive drugs or tests or whatever, we'll use the credit card. I hate to do that, but we just had to use our $4500 emergency fund to replace the engine and do some other work on my van.
Oh, and I'm up at 4am because I woke the entire household up with my coughing. Nice, huh?
Okay. Glad to know you'll get care if you need it.
Sorry you're sick. Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Awww, get well soon!!!
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Thanks, guys.
In other news, it looks like Dan's coming down with what I've got, Jen's completely fine (but still on antibiotics), Boo has a gooey green discharge from his nasal orifice, my dear, darling husband is grouchy 'cause I've kept him up most of the night with my coughing, and I've had...maybe an hour's sleep tonight.
Doc's office opens in ten minutes. Think I'll be her first phone call of the day?
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
And...the only good news about that is that I'm scheduled to take the boys in at 11:15 and the doc will pull my file and check me over as well, at no cost. (The kids have insurance, I don't. I love having a doctor who cares.)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
That sounds like a good doctor. I'm glad you're in such caring hands.
Pneumonia sucks.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Well, it's not strep.
It's also not the flu.
She's not sure what it is, except that it's resistant to amoxicillin.
My throat is "raw," my ears are "severely infected, especially that right one," and my chest is congested and tight, with a "rattle." Also, I have allergies (it's spring-like here).
She's put me on cipro, rhinocort (samples, no cost), albuterol w/nebulizer (loaned and samples, no cost), and lortab syrup for the cough. If I'm not markedly improved by Saturday morning, I am to have her paged at home and she'll meet me Saturday afternoon at the clinic she works at on Wednesday afternoons.
Boo and Dan are also to get amoxicillin, and Dan also needs a few sessions with the albuterol. He also has pretty severe seasonal allergies, so she's put him on singulair for the season.
Oh yeah, she also wrote a script for Hubby for cipro and wrote him a note for work, in case he doesn't feel well enough to go to work this weekend. Actually, she said he shouldn't go in, but she understands if he has to. Right now, he's mostly okay, but if his sore throat/cough gets any worse, he's not gonna be able to do his job...and that's not even considering the danger of passing this on to his coworkers.
Hopefully, this'll fix us up.
The good news: the roast I put in the crock pot at 4am because I couldn't sleep...yeah, it was a yummy lunch, and not too hard to chew, so it didn't hurt my ears, and had no sharp anythings, so didn't hurt my throat. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Now I am VERY glad you are getting treatment. And I bet that doc is, too.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Boon, I hope you feel better soon. BTW, did you get my response to your email last week?
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I did, and I even referenced it in the fast food thread. Thanks for your insight, I think you nailed it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
What kq said!
Feel better soon, hon!
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Okay, so I'm back for (hopefully) the last time before a decent night's sleep (properly doped up on lortab) to sing the praises of my new FREE perscription card.
The cipro doc put hubby and I on is $77.39 for each of us, and the lortab is $20.99. The card knocked the prices down to $15.35 and $5.25, respectively. I saved 77%! I didn't even have to use the credit card!!! Yay!!!
Again, it's Together Rx Access, and it's FREE for those of us who live in the US, meet income requirements, and have no other perscription insurance.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
That's good to know, Boon. I hope you all start feeling better very soon. Try to get more rest, though. Good luck.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*joins, in case she needs a prescription med her dad can't get her before she gets health insurance*
Thanks, dear!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Sweetheart, you bring good things out of bad.
Take care of yourself.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I hope you all get better soon.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
How are you?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
And while we already have a "Hey, Boon" thread up, have you got your present and note yet? Or have you been too sick to get to the P.O.? Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Nothing there yet, as of this morning.
FYI: Cipro is a miracle in a little orange bottle. That is all. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Not there yet? Stupid Postal Service.
I wanna know if you like it. [/needy]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(Soooo glad the Cipro is working!)
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I went to Mexico and bought drugs.
Seriously.
All legal to have in the US, actually, and it was a real eye opener to me to see the difference between the prices here and the prices there. And yes, I went to a reputable place, and the containers were sealed.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My mom has a friend who brings us dymetapp from Mexico-- the old formula, before they changed it and it stopped working.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
Feel better!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
How are you doing now, hon? Better, I hope!
And did the present get there? Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I'm okay, but for the lingering, chunk-spewing cough. The kids are MUCH improved. Hubby, on the other hand, is still very congested.
And, no present as of yesterday. I'll check the mail again tomorrow when I take the kids swimming. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Dangit! It shouldn't have taken more than five days.
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Thanks for thinking of me.
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Thanks for your insight, I think you nailed it.
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