Good luck Aims! Here's hoping your new boss isn't, well, corporate Voldemort.
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
billytea - May 22, 2008 4:47:00 am PDT #57 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Steph L. - May 22, 2008 4:50:04 am PDT #58 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Steph, when I've gotten that, it's been skin yeast infections.
Has it happened within a day of starting the 'roids? I assumed that the fairly short reaction time meant allergic reaction.
Plus, having had allergic reactions to other drugs (because my body apparently WANTS TO KILL ME), this is pretty much the same.
t edit I know it sounds crazy, but when my ear canals itch uncontrollably, it's a sure sign of a systemic allergic reaction.
Jesus. I've become one of the patients we publish articles about in my own journal.
vw bug - May 22, 2008 4:53:48 am PDT #59 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Ok. Very good points. You're probably right. And, honestly, it doesn't surprise me. Steroids are evil.
t /issues
hippocampus - May 22, 2008 4:56:13 am PDT #60 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
new-job~ma for Aims
no-fever~ma for Dylan
continued (and heaps of it) School~ma for Burrell and Frances
calm~ma & perfect-home-finding~ma for SuziQ
smite~ma for Sparky
Steph L. - May 22, 2008 5:05:17 am PDT #61 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Very good points. You're probably right.
Well, I'd never presume to diagnose someone else (although I'm sure I *have*), but since my immune system is determined to kick my ass, I *do* recognize these symptoms when they show up *in me.*
The super fun part is that I've been totally off my Zoloft for 1 week today, so I'm already having withdrawal-induced BIG TIME mood swings. Add 'roid rage to that, and I am 10 pounds of crazy in a 5 pound bag.
My co-workers are calculating minimum safe distance.
Sparky1 - May 22, 2008 5:07:18 am PDT #62 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My co-workers are calculating minimum safe distance.
They should play it safe and send you home to enjoy a 3-day weekend!
vw bug - May 22, 2008 5:09:09 am PDT #63 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Add 'roid rage to that, and I am 10 pounds of crazy in a 5 pound bag.
I can *so* relate. And recently. My last steroid-induced crazies were added to already-stressed crazies and almost landed me inside the hospital. It's so not fun, and I'm sorry you're getting to experience it too. I never wish steroids on anyone.
Miracleman - May 22, 2008 5:14:35 am PDT #64 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Is derby big there?
I don't know about "big", but there's a local league. Aims was talking about trying to join at one point.
Ginger - May 22, 2008 5:21:28 am PDT #65 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Steroids are evil.
Except when they're the closest thing medicine has to a miracle.
t hugs steroid shots for neuroma, tennis elbow and poison ivy
I hope it's a great day of many great days to come at your new job, Aimee.
Steph L. - May 22, 2008 5:22:00 am PDT #66 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It's so not fun, and I'm sorry you're getting to experience it too.
It's just bizarre, because, like I said, I've taken this exact dose pak before, and never had this reaction.
I just looked in the mirror, and my face is WAY more flushed than it was when I left the house. It feels like a sunburn. (And I haven't been in the sun recently. Plus my makeup has a 15 SPF.) Grr.
Steroids are evil.
Except when they're the closest thing medicine has to a miracle.
Right? It's just SO WEIRD that a drug that's supposed to STOP inflammation is making me all inflame-y.
My drug of choice: irony.