would you like a little reheated mashed potatoes with your whine?

[mylittleredgirl]

I know, I know, enough already with the whining and the carrying-on, so I can only suggest filtering me until sister gets back from work or I figure out a way to GNAW OFF MY OWN JAW (quite the conundrum!), one or the other.

Anywayz, yesterday, I go to my second emergency session at the doc's, and she's all *concerned face* and "OMG INFECTIONNN" and, well, infections are really gross. Apparently, infection also means that I can no longer use ice to help manage pain, and because my liver's getting all jacked up, I have to reduce my pain meds, which leads to a lot of OH MY GOD PAIN AND WHINING, etc.

Question for doctor-folk: I'm on a new antibiotic now called clindamycin which says not to lie down for half an hour after taking it. Why? Mumsey suggests it might burn a hole in my throat or something if it gets stuck there.

Question for hippie-folk: What sort of pressure points should I be hitting for tooth/mouth/jaw pain? The bodywork training feels very far away right now.

In my vicodin-induced haze yesterday waiting in the pharmacy shopping center (also holding a used DVD store) I apparently bought Sex and the City. The hell? *commands televised wenches to distract me*

Comments

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Nix that... I looked it up, and your mom was right. ;)

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

EEK! How totally horrifying, but, er, okay! Good to know.

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Well... it won't literally burn a hole in your throat, heh. I guess they just don't want to risk an acid-reflux kinda thing because it would irritate your throat. So in a way I was right, too... if you're sitting up, it'll go down faster and be absorbed into your system before it gets the chance to cause any trouble. Sounds like some pretty powerful stuff! It's like... the Navy SEALs of the antibiotic world. It'll get the job done. ;)

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

Navy SEALs!! Sweeeet! I read the label for drug interactions and the language seemed a little strong in the "THIS DRUG DOES NOT TAKE PRISONERS" sort of way. I wondered if all antibiotic packaging had gotten so aggressive, but apparently not. *feels speshul* *takes acidophilus and yogurt*