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.

Tep's drug knowledge helped me avoid a full-on panic attack at the SF2F. It was awesome.

I probably shouldn't admit this, but I totally don't remember this. What night was it?

Prom night.

rash all over can become more severe and lead to your skin, basically, coming off

Yeah, that would kind of make me go "OK, avoid like all the plagues of Egypt, gotcha."

In my experience, immediate managers are pleased to have someone say Mea culpa on their own recognizance. Most managers don't enjoy the kind of meeting you're dreading any more than you do. If nothing else, you become known as someone who owns their own oops.

Yes. It sucks to do but admitting there is a Thing and dealing is easier.

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

Not the kind of thing you want to poke at with a stick. You had a reaction. It's not going to lessen. Pretty vaguely (not even Dr Googling) sure that Clindamycin is different but really be aware of reactions. They don't mess around.

Prom night.

Before or after I had my own meltdown because people kept getting in my personal bubble, especially the unwelcome Attack Hugs From Behind? Because I may be blocking that out.

Pretty vaguely (not even Dr Googling) sure that Clindamycin is different

Yeah, Bactrim is...a sulfa, IIRC, and clindamycin is a...not a sulfa. Beta-lactam? Maybe? I'm going to commit to this guess, hit "Post", and go check myself.

t edit Nope. Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic. Still, it's not a sulfa, so not in the same class as Bactrim, so there shouldn't be any cross-reactivity.

Before or after I had my own meltdown because people kept getting in my personal bubble, especially the unwelcome Attack Hugs From Behind? Because I may be blocking that out.

I got the Ativan before Prom. I was with a bunch of other women - smonster, amyth, Kristin ... I think askye, maybe? and couldn't stop crying and couldn't breathe. I was on Lamictal at the time and Kristin called your room to ask about the possible interactions.

But I tell ya what - Ativan washed down with a couple of glasses of champagne helped it all go away! At least for the night, which is what I wanted!

God. Thinking about that period in my life, I was such a hot mess. Just diagnosed with BP, still getting my meds worked out, Joe and I were not at our best ... I probably should have been in a hospital at that point.

and clindamycin is a...not a sulfa.

That was about as far as my brain went, yes. "There's a thing. And then this is another different sort of thing."

But I tell ya what

Kinda awesome we collectively know how to take care of people and how to mix whatever with stuff or circumstance. And that you got to enjoy the weekend.

Yep. The Clindamycin worked fine for the infection last year.

Dr. Internet says that it works on this kind of infection too.

Here's hoping!

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.

Is allergy to antibiotics like bee sting allergy in that the first instance of a reaction may be relatively mild but repeat exposures can be killer?

Also, having had reactions to zithromycin and one or more antibiotic eye drops which caused a doctor to casually mention that it might be a sulfa allergy, would I get any benefit from insisting on further investigation?

meara, I'm sorry that there is suckitude at work.