Guess who was in the ER twice within a 24 hour period?
9 years ago
Me. Yes. Me.
I got a bug bite that reacted badly and had a ring around it, which is a large sign of a tick bite. My mother has chronic lyme and my sister had lymes disease, because of where we all work (at a vet clinic) I'm at a higher risk of getting lyme as well. So I went to the doctor (I really dislike hospitals, its a big fear of mine) and had the doctor look at it. He didn't know what kind of bite it was but he prescribed me Amoxycillin for two weeks just in case it was a tick bite and it transmitted lyme among the other tick-bite diseases.
The night of my last dose of amoxycillin, I became unbearably itchy all over. I broke out in hives and Azzy took me to the ER at 4am in the morning. The ER doctor looked and said it was probably an allergy to the amoxycillin and to stop taking it immediately as well as a strict regiment on benadryl and zyrtec for two weeks. The next day I couldn't go into work because the benadryl made me literally unconscious for the whole day.
The next night at about 7pm I noticed an aching pain in my back when I'd swallow. I took more medicine and it seemed to help so I went to bed as normal. At about 1am I noticed it started to hurt when I'd try to swallow, and my hives got noticeably larger again. I went into the ER again and saw a new doctor and he told me my tongue was starting to swell up and my throat probably was too, hence why it hurt when I swallowed. He gave me a large dose of steroid and took an x-ray to make sure my air way wasn't compromised. Lucky for me it wasn't, and the majority of the swelling was around where the worst of the hives was.
SO, now I'm on lots of loopy making drugs, one tries to put me to sleep while the other tries to keep me awake, its a weird combination...
Hope everyone has NOT had the June of medical issues I have, and summer's been at least pleasant for you all.
~Angel~
I got a bug bite that reacted badly and had a ring around it, which is a large sign of a tick bite. My mother has chronic lyme and my sister had lymes disease, because of where we all work (at a vet clinic) I'm at a higher risk of getting lyme as well. So I went to the doctor (I really dislike hospitals, its a big fear of mine) and had the doctor look at it. He didn't know what kind of bite it was but he prescribed me Amoxycillin for two weeks just in case it was a tick bite and it transmitted lyme among the other tick-bite diseases.
The night of my last dose of amoxycillin, I became unbearably itchy all over. I broke out in hives and Azzy took me to the ER at 4am in the morning. The ER doctor looked and said it was probably an allergy to the amoxycillin and to stop taking it immediately as well as a strict regiment on benadryl and zyrtec for two weeks. The next day I couldn't go into work because the benadryl made me literally unconscious for the whole day.
The next night at about 7pm I noticed an aching pain in my back when I'd swallow. I took more medicine and it seemed to help so I went to bed as normal. At about 1am I noticed it started to hurt when I'd try to swallow, and my hives got noticeably larger again. I went into the ER again and saw a new doctor and he told me my tongue was starting to swell up and my throat probably was too, hence why it hurt when I swallowed. He gave me a large dose of steroid and took an x-ray to make sure my air way wasn't compromised. Lucky for me it wasn't, and the majority of the swelling was around where the worst of the hives was.
SO, now I'm on lots of loopy making drugs, one tries to put me to sleep while the other tries to keep me awake, its a weird combination...
Hope everyone has NOT had the June of medical issues I have, and summer's been at least pleasant for you all.
~Angel~
Working on getting better, but the stuff they got me on is making me a little bit loopy lol. So I'm just slightly goofy or sometimes talk way too fast. I'm really hoping to be off of it soon, it either slows me way down or speeds me way up.
Thanks for the kind words :)
~Angel~
I'm doing better on a mixture of medications for the next couple of weeks. My immune system needs to settle down and the antibiotic needs to get fully out of my body before I can be off of all this stuff though. I'm resting! And...being loopy on my couch at home haha!
~Angel~
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thats always normal, lol.