Nothing
like having to take an antibiotic and having an intense allergic reaction. Only rarely can I consume medications without
some sort of complications, but this time was over the top. Years, back, I learned I was allergic to
erythromycin. Within twenty minutes of
taking it, I felt like my head was in a vice, felt sick to my stomach, every
part of me hurt like a prize fighter had beat me up and I was suddenly tired—so very tired. In addition, as if the other reactions
weren’t enough to convince me to never take the drug again, I felt like I was
some drug addict having terrible withdrawals.
Like everything I heard was fuzzy.
And like I wasn’t one with my body.
Flash
forward to yesterday when I went to my doctor and needed an antibiotic. Aware of my allergy to erythromycin, she was
careful to prescribe something not anywhere near from the same drug
family. But…as my luck would have it,
within twenty minutes of taking the offensive drug, my body reacted the same as
it does to erythromycin. Not good!
So
picture this, there I am, having to drive my youngest son here, there and
everywhere and take him to open house at his school that evening. All this while I could barely function. I managed to make it through yesterday. But by the time I was at open house, I was
literally crawling at a slug’s pace, it being an extreme effort to lift each of
my feet to walk the campus. Did I
mention I run marathons and don’t get tired?
LOL.
After
open house, I came home. It was only
8PM, but I was so exhausted that I poured myself into bed and slept for the
next sixteen hours, only waking long enough to drive my son to school in the
morning then going back to bed. Finally
able to pull myself from sleep, I decided against taking any more of the
antibiotics and headed to my doctor’s office to get a new prescription. Thankfully, they gave me one I’ve had in the
past without any ill side effects.
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