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

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

Antibiotics shouldn't linger in the esophagus ever, they can cause heartburn or worse. They shouldn't be allowed to linger in the body at all, so drink lots of water. At least you're not allergic to pennicillin, eh? *pets*

Acupressure points in the feet would be the base & higher of your big toe on the interior side, both feet, and the point between your big toe and the next toe down just under the "webbing" also on both feet. And the liver is on the outside of the right foot, not at the ball of the foot but just down (i.e. towards the heel) from there. Though I imagine at the moment a whole foot massage would probably not hurt.

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

Toe webbings seems to be the winner. OMG YAY. You rock.

*drinks lots of water and eeps a bit*