Snerk.

I hope the resolution is smoother than anticipated, meara.

Another day in bed for me. I apparently have zero resistance to any bug in the air at the moment and a chest cold has me miserable. I have so much to do, and yet I just can't manage to find the will to do it. Blah.

I apparently have zero resistance to any bug in the air at the moment and a chest cold has me miserable

I feel the same way this year.

Meara, it sucks but totally helps to give your mgr that heads up/mea culpa before he/she gets gobsmacked with that email also.

IOmeN, totally forgot to refill my celexa ontime and have accidentally been withdrawing for days. Was chalking the dizziness and general gronkiness to the continuing chest cold but no, I definitely have not had those pills in my day planner/pill thingey for several days. Submitted refill request. Maybe it's time to see if i can survive without it....

Steph, if you are around, can I ask a drug question?

If a person had a bad reaction to iv Bactrim, does it necessarily follow that that same person would have a bad reaction to oral Bactrim?

I've got this ear infection...which is actually holding pretty steady with no fever or other symptoms...and a TUB of Bactrim from last year. I doubt I'll need drugs but, just in case.

If a person had a bad reaction to iv Bactrim, does it necessarily follow that that same person would have a bad reaction to oral Bactrim?

Based on how bad your reaction was, I would stay away from oral Bactrim. I think the delivery route (oral vs. IV) would probably just delay the reaction, because it goes through your digestive tract and whatnot (as opposed to the intravenous route bypassing all that).

Pretty much if you have a bad reaction to a drug, you should stay away from it in all forms.

Okeydoke. Now I need to figure out what to do with a, did I mention, TUB of Bactrim.

It's weird. I took it for years and years for utis without an issue.

The reaction last year really wasn't that bad. Just the rash all over. No breathing problems or anything like that.

I've also got Clindamycin, which Dr. Internet tells me will also work.

Yeah, but a rash all over can become more severe and lead to your skin, basically, coming off. Like a severe burn. Better to avoid it.

And people just develop drug allergies. It's weird. I took penicillin forever and suddenly developed an allergy when I was 21.

Yeah. I'm getting that.

I'm sliding into 'the change' and a LOT is changing. I think this might be part of that.

Have I said lately, how much I appreciate your expertise and generosity in sharing it, Steph? Well. I do. A lot.

Tep's drug knowledge helped me avoid a full-on panic attack at the SF2F. It was awesome. The Ativan Kristin gave me on Tep's okay - not the panic attack.

And people just develop drug allergies. It's weird. I took penicillin forever and suddenly developed an allergy when I was 21.

I've been allergic to amoxycillin since I was a child. Earlier this year, we found that Ryan had inherited my allergy (treatment for tonsilitis). I used it as an example a couple of months afterwards when he was asking about getting sick, and whether people ever didn't get better. I didn't really feel he was ready to broach the whole "Death stalks every one of us" deal just yet, nor did I want him freaking out the next time he had a sniffle; but I wasn't going to lie to him either. This shared allergy provided a good nonthreatening example of a chronic condition that he could easily grasp.

Though perhaps next time we discuss it I should mention the potential for us to LOSE ALL OUR SKIN should we ever get back on the penicillin habit. That's definitely something worth knowing.