Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


-t - Mar 16, 2005 8:35:04 am PST #6863 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now I know why my doctor sighed with relief when she asked me what medications I was taking and I said "nothing". I know it won't last.


beth b - Mar 16, 2005 8:36:34 am PST #6864 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

ahh allergy season - unfortunatly singular is only being taken by a friend of mine that has an allergy cocktail - singular, a dailly inhaler and clarinex. durring the bad season - add an emergency inhlaer (abuteral) , benadryl, sudefed ,and allegra.


Steph L. - Mar 16, 2005 8:37:21 am PST #6865 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Connie, I suspect it needs to be taken for a few days to get the drug to a steady-state level in your blood. The first few days it might help somewhat, but after a few days is probably when the maximum effect would kick in.


ChiKat - Mar 16, 2005 8:37:26 am PST #6866 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Teppy, is it one of those that has to be taken for several days before effetive? Because Doc was making noises like I'd see immediate results.

Not Teppy, but my doc told me it would take a few days to a week to see results. And, that has been my experience.


Connie Neil - Mar 16, 2005 8:42:04 am PST #6867 of 10001
brillig

Stupid doctor. He practically told me it was a "take when you need it" drug.


ChiKat - Mar 16, 2005 8:44:05 am PST #6868 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

My doc told me it is a "take every day" drug. I've gone off it a couple of times because my prescription ran out. It would take about 4 days for enough of it to leave my system, then I'd start coughing again. I'd get the prescription refilled and it would take about 4 days for the coughing to stop.


vw bug - Mar 16, 2005 8:45:36 am PST #6869 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

I wish my UPS delivery would come. I haven't showered yet, 'cause I've been waiting for it. Just my luck, it'll come at 5pm.


Emily - Mar 16, 2005 8:59:46 am PST #6870 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I'm very fortunate to have very few side effects from the current meds.

We hates MAOIs, yes we do....


Ginger - Mar 16, 2005 9:00:44 am PST #6871 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Coincidentally, I spent an hour this morning at my HMO talking with a nice woman about drugs to make me less twitchy and let me sleep. She seemed appalled that no one had prescribed me any sleeping medicine. I didn't go into the whole story about how the oncologist didn't want to prescribe anything because it could be habit-forming. This being the same oncologist who gave me all the gloomy statistics. My feeling is that once I've had more time to adjust to the whole cancer thing I'll be happy to work on the minor annoyance of getting off sleeping pills. I think the anxiety is partly the fact that I finally feel better from all the treatment, so my mind is now free to run in "now what do I do" circles, and partly from the tamoxifen, which is known to cause anxiety and depression. I do wonder about whether tamoxifen really causes anxiety, in that most of the women taking it have had cancer, and therefore might not be all that cheery anyway.

The HMO now has a system in which you get to spend a lot of time with a fancy nurse (her card reads RN, MS, CS), who then consults with the doctor, rather than 10 minutes with the psychiatrist. She was trying to figure out how to work around the tamoxifen, two blood pressure medications, two asthma medications, one allergy medication, and my tendency to have every medication on earth keep me awake. Sigh. At least it was good to talk to someone who seemed determined to make me feel better. It was like talking to a nice grandmother with a prescription pad.


vw bug - Mar 16, 2005 9:01:35 am PST #6872 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

We hates MAOIs, yes we do....

Yes. Poor Emily had to also deal with my lack of food options when on that one. I think she was just as thankful as I was that I went off of it.