That's my girl... That's my good girl.

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


Shir - Jan 08, 2014 1:51:07 am PST #7933 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thanks, WindSparrow. I would like to visit all Buffistas in their natural habitats, but there are only so many places I can see in one month. Hence the F2F question, to make sure I'll get to meet as many Buffistas as possible.

meara, I'm sorry about all of the workshit.


Steph L. - Jan 08, 2014 3:44:01 am PST #7934 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

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?

Well, considering that azithromycin is *not* a sulfa (were the eye drops?), I'd give that doctor the side-eye. But also keep an eye on any antibiotic in the -mycin family -- EXCEPT clindamycin, which is actually NOT in the same family of drugs. I know it's weird as hell, and it was named poorly.

Azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin -- all in the same family. Clindamycin -- different family.


WindSparrow - Jan 08, 2014 5:31:05 am PST #7935 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

The one AB eye drops they list in my official list of allergies is trimethoprim-polymyxin B. Following the reaction to that, I had another reaction to the Gentamicin eye drops the doc at the clinic was not completely certain was allergy because it might have been some weird interaction between that and Naphcon A I was using concurrently to treat the original allergic reaction. The pharmacist at Walgreens gave the doc the side eye over that idea on the grounds that I was leaving sufficient time in between doses of the two eye drops that the two drugs shouldn't really mess with each other.


Trudy Booth - Jan 08, 2014 5:37:40 am PST #7936 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

So a sulfa allergy IS a "thing". Is it only in antibiotics?


Hil R. - Jan 08, 2014 5:42:54 am PST #7937 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So a sulfa allergy IS a "thing". Is it only in antibiotics?

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Dana - Jan 08, 2014 5:45:30 am PST #7938 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I don't have an allergy, per se, but the one time I was on a sulfa drug, I didn't eat for three days.


Trudy Booth - Jan 08, 2014 5:50:42 am PST #7939 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

My one friend takes antibiotics baaaaaaadly. She just noticed that she seems to have less "coming out both ends" when the pill bottle smells sweet as opposed to sulphury.


Steph L. - Jan 08, 2014 5:58:55 am PST #7940 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

She just noticed that she seems to have less "coming out both ends"

Well, antibiotics will screw up intestinal flora with no remorse.


Trudy Booth - Jan 08, 2014 6:01:24 am PST #7941 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

They do. And she's better when she takes a pro-biotic along with it... but the sulfas seem to do her more wrong than the nons.


juliana - Jan 08, 2014 6:37:14 am PST #7942 of 30002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

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.

Hey, me too! I keep thinking I should get one of those Med-Alert bracelets, but I don't.

I remember SF F2F meltdowns. I was at home, by myself for mine. Good times.