Feeling woozy

Hey, it's my 300th entry! And I feel like crap! Oh well. Last Friday I had some sort of spell of severe lower abdominal pain that was immediately followed by what seemed to be a Urinary Tract Infection, so I've had a yucky week so far. Friday afternoon (of course never on a Monday) I suddenly got this horrendous stabbing pain in my lower abdomen/pelvic area and (according to my husband) turned completely gray, started sweating like crazy and then both my arms and legs went completely numb. It felt like electric shocks were running down my arms and legs, I could not even move my hands. I seriously thought either my appendix had burst or I was having some sort of stroke or something. Scared my husband so badly he took me to the local emergency room.

But after we'd sat in the waiting room for about an hour (and they hinted it would be another four or five hours until I could be admitted) the pain subsided to bearable and all I wanted to do was go home, so we did. Then during the weekend I started having all of the classic bladder infection signs, so I took some of my all purpose Keflex and called for a Monday appointment. By Monday, though, I tested negative because I'd taken antibiotics, but the nice lady doctor gave me the requisite Bactrim and the analgesic that gives you neon urine.

So I'm winding up day three of five of my Bactrim treatment and it's helping with the UTI, but I've been feeling just totally wiped all week. Shaky and braindead, headaches, and I've been having some sort of weird non-stop acid reflux, which is a great appetite supressant -- maybe I'll lose some weight this week. I actually have a little burst of energy right now because it's been like 12 hours since I took my pill (next one's at bedtime).

So I grab my handy dandy Pill Book and look it up:

Side effects: Allergic reaction (itching, rash, hives, edema), drug fever, nausea, stomach upset, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, tingling in the arms and/or legs, depression, hallucinations, ringing in the ears, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, tiredness, weakness, nervousness and FEELING OF APATHY.

What, no suicidal tendencies? Weirdly enough I haven't gotten my normal case of hives and swollen eyes that I usually get with almost any drug these days (I'm hyperreactive) but I sat on the couch all evening literally unable to move. And I had eBay auctions ending tonight, it felt like rocket science just trying to answer all my emails. Yeah, I'd call it a feeling of apathy. And I've been shaky, wek and nervous, had a headache, lots of stomach upset, and some additional abdominal pain. I'm already chronically depressed and I really don't need anything to increase my tinnitus.

But at least I know it's just the medicine, just two more days, bleechh. And then we have a dinner party and out of town guests coming in, I SO hope I feel better by the weekend. I haven't had a serious UTI in years, when I was younger I think they just gave me some sort of megadose of drugs (usually at the doctors office) and it just went right away. Must be old age (sigh). My poor mom had some sort of UTI for literally almost a year, so she was very sympathetic. I hope that's all this is, Halloween is coming up and I've got lots to do.

But my husband has been exceptionally sympathetic this week, and I verbally walked him through making his own dinner tonight. I wasn't hungry or up to standing in the kitchen for half an hour inhaling tomato sauce (which I'm allergic to) so he actually made his own favorite dinner - spaghetti and meatballs! I was so proud! He likes to say how quick and easy it is for me to make spaghetti for him but he got to spend a solid half hour hovering around the stove, stirring things to keep them from burning, and he dished it up himself. He'd go stir and then wander off and sit down to watch TV and I'd shoo him back to the kitchen to stir some more. I think he understands now why the sauce burns so easily (we have a crappy stove that doesn't maintain a steady heat level).

I'm trying to think of something to eat, all I've had today was a croissant and a sandwich. I do have a hiatal hernia so I'm a little paranoid about things backing up on me. But I've got to eat something before bed cause I've got to take another damn pill. But enough whining, just wanted to get that whole scenario out of my head.

Posted by Morticia at October 07, 2004 03:30 AM | TrackBack