Random Thoughts IX (The first 8 were probably better)

[BCClone]

Dr appointment at 9:15. With a nasty doctor who I don't care for. She overthinks and is going to save the world from prescription drugs by rarely prescribing any. Only one I could get into. Going through my medical books, guessing walking pneumonia.

 

[CloneLawman]

Dr appointment at 9:15. With a nasty doctor who I don't care for. She overthinks and is going to save the world from prescription drugs by rarely prescribing any. Only one I could get into. Going through my medical books, guessing walking pneumonia.

You should sit down or at least stop walking. Then the pneumonia will resolve into standing or sitting pneumonia--much less severe.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Dr appointment at 9:15. With a nasty doctor who I don't care for. She overthinks and is going to save the world from prescription drugs by rarely prescribing any. Only one I could get into. Going through my medical books, guessing walking pneumonia.

Based on the warm Iowa weather and probable mosquitoes I am going with zeka. Yup, gotta be the zeka.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Starts like a head cold that lasts way past the 7-10 days, progresses to dry unproductive uncontrollable cough, exhaustion, feeling like you can't take a deep breath, heaviness in your chest, ear aches, maybe some small patches of red rash on your torso?

I've had it twice (Mycoplasma pneumonia, aka walking pneumonia). Bad news is it took a while to diagnose because it mimicked other stuff. Good news is both times the correct antibiotic knocked it back quickly after it was finally diagnosed.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Starts like a head cold that lasts way past the 7-10 days, progresses to dry unproductive uncontrollable cough, exhaustion, feeling like you can't take a deep breath, heaviness in your chest, ear aches, maybe some small patches of red rash on your torso?

I've had it twice (Mycoplasma pneumonia, aka walking pneumonia). Bad news is it took a while to diagnose because it mimicked other stuff. Good news is both times the correct antibiotic knocked it back quickly after it was finally diagnosed.

Damn, girl, that's the zeka!

 

[BoxsterCy]

Staying on topic, we are all going to die from antibiotic resistant afflictions thanks in part to people like the American gal my sister saw at a drug store here asking for TEN of the antibotic zipstrips. Assume she is taking these back to the USA so she can give them to her kids every time they have a common cold or something.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Agreed. People gripe about antibiotics fed to livestock, but then demand them for common viruses. Then there are the ones who, when they are given a legit 10-day Rx for a bacterial infection, take their antibiotics for 2-3 days then stop as soon as they are "feeling better". Meanwhile, they've improved the resistance of the bacterium infecting them.

 

[carvers4math]

I haven't taken an antibiotic in 35 years. Does that make me more or less like to die from killer antibiotic resistant bug?

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

We have service delivery managers that schedule weekly calls and are late every week to their own call. To me that shows a complete disregard for the client.

 

[carvers4math]

I haven't taken an antibiotic in 35 years. Does that make me more or less like to die from killer antibiotic resistant bug?

I take it back, forgot I had strep not too long ago. Plus I am allergic to a bunch of the old antibiotics. I'll probably just be screwed because of people that pop them every time they have a sore throat.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I take it back, forgot I had strep not too long ago. Plus I am allergic to a bunch of the old antibiotics. I'll probably just be screwed because of people that pop them every time they have a sore throat.

No problems for me with the cillin family but the cycline & mycin families are tough on my stomach. I can handle a 3-day zip pack but the ten day courses have me puking by the 4th to 5th day.
I don't know if I have a weak immune system or if I'm just ridiculously unlucky...but the mycoplasma and streptococcus seem to love me.

 

[BCClone]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[wxman1]

We have service delivery managers that schedule weekly calls and are late every week to their own call. To me that shows a complete disregard for the client.

One of the podcasts I listen to is the Entreleadership podcast. One of my favorite interviews from that is with one of the assistant coaches from the Dream Team. He talks about how they had all of these big name players and their biggest fear was getting them all to buy in and put their ego's aside. The head coach walked into the first team meeting and said that if they were late they were telling the others they don't respect them and think they are better than them. Every one of them bought in and the latest anyone was to anything was 15 minutes early.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

Did she order any labs - blood, throat swab? If your self-diagnosis is wrong and you have some sort of viral infection, those antibiotics aren't going to do jack for it.

 

[wxman1]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

Reminds me of when MrsWx was having more preeclampsia symptoms so we went in. Long story short they sent her home after talking with her OB since she had an appt scheduled for the next day and was to be induced in two days. The nurse (who was an idiot) was reading off all of these symptoms that she should come back for which were all of the same things we came in for that night. Fast forward to the OB appt and apparently the resident didn't tell her all of the symptoms which she would have authorized her getting admitted and inducing. Two hours later she was induced.

 

[BCClone]

Did she order any labs - blood, throat swab? If your self-diagnosis is wrong and you have some sort of viral infection, those antibiotics aren't going to do jack for it.

Did an influenza swab which was negative. That pushed her to RSV for adults. Everything I got is to clean up my lungs which is my issue. I'm not breathing right and that's screwing other things up.

The steroids are what I really wanted. Calm down the lungs, get rid of inflammation and allow the crap in them to loosen up. After raising pigs for a long time, I have been able to use what fixes hog problems into what would be good for humans. Man you times what vets and doctors perscribe and the same thing, just different names.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

Man card suspended for 30 days. You were not bleeding profusely, having chest pains or running a temp of over 103 and went to the doctor?

Am making a small concession today. I am wearing an ID bracelet my sister gave me. So if I drop dead running the iguana trail this morning they have a contact number for my sister.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Did an influenza swab which was negative. That pushed her to RSV for adults. Everything I got is to clean up my lungs which is my issue. I'm not breathing right and that's screwing other things up.

The steroids are what I really wanted. Calm down the lungs, get rid of inflammation and allow the crap in them to loosen up. After raising pigs for a long time, I have been able to use what fixes hog problems into what would be good for humans. Man you times what vets and doctors perscribe and the same thing, just different names.

The steroids make sense. Absent a microbial infection, the antibiotics do not. Additionally, without lab analysis it's virtually impossible to pinpoint which microbe should be targeted. Some meds work better on certain microbes; others are less effective on one microbe but on the mark for a different type of "bug".

 

[carvers4math]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

I assumed from all the paranoia you could just get your antibiotics from the chicken dinner.

 

[CloneLawman]

Was hoping for an antibiotic or steroid of some sort. She tells me to get OTC mucinex. I'm P.Od. She then tells me to call if I seem to be slipping. I told her I came in because I felt I went backwards from yesterday and can't regulate my temp. (I told the nurse this). She looks startled and gives me both. Winner winner chicken dinner.

BCClone the med-seeker.