Drugs

Thanks to the medicine I took last night, I overslept today and missed Women's Studies. I'd been afraid of that and wasn't surprised at all. It's better to oversleep when you're sick than not sleep at all, as far as I'm concerned. Because I needed a doctor's note to excuse my absence (and because I was tired of coughing), I decided to go to urgent care. Turns out I have an upper respiratory infection and strep throat, despite the fact that my throat hasn't hurt at all. Strange. I was sent home with a prescription for a z-pack (a very strong antibiotic), promethazine DM, and an inhaler, I was given a breathing treatment, and I was told to buy a sinus rinse. I'm apparently pretty intensely ill and have some serious sinus and airway issues.

So, the abundance of good gut flora I've so lovingly maintained is currently being slaughtered by a drug that may or may not make me ill for a few days. I'm continuing to take even more probiotics just to maintain my immune system and combat some of the side effects, just in case, but it hurts to know I'm putting wonderful bacteria in there only to kill it off. Oh, well. In four more days, I can get to work on building it up again. I believe I've read it takes at least a month, probably more, to do that. I think it might be a good time to invest in a super strong probiotic, just for funzies.

I refuse to take a full dose of cough syrup, so I won't be passing out anytime soon, but I might as well try to sleep. I have a long, shitty day ahead of me.

SXR