Re: Period after Menopause

"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in
> news087h.8927$tP.4066@read2.cgocable.net:
>
>> Hi all
>> A friend of mine just e-mailed me and said she's no longer a
>> crone. At
>> age 48 and after 14 1/2 mos with no period she just started one. How
>> common is this and should she get things checked out? I think it's a
>> good idea to check in with her doc.
>
> Probably so, but on her side of 50, she's not really croned until two
> years without a period. IOW it's nothing to panic about but a visit to
> her quack is probably in order.

>> Hey, she could have been on a trek up Mt Everest thinking she's post
>> menopausal, with no tampons or pads. Guess I better keep one in the
>> purse at all times.
>
> I'm pretty sure post-menopausal bleeding can be caused by a number of
> things, but one sure way to conjure it up is to toss your supplies.
>
> Chak
>
> --
> I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I
> usually make the right decision.
> --Maya Angelou

I haven't heard that before age 50 you need two years without a period to be
fully menopausal. How often does this* blip * occur?

I'm telling her not to jinx herself for the next countdown. Go out and buy a
big CASE of Tampax.That should do the trick.

Roseanne

"foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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>
> "Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in
>> news087h.8927$tP.4066@read2.cgocable.net:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>> A friend of mine just e-mailed me and said she's no longer a
>>> crone. At
>>> age 48 and after 14 1/2 mos with no period she just started one. How
>>> common is this and should she get things checked out? I think it's a
>>> good idea to check in with her doc.
>>
>> Probably so, but on her side of 50, she's not really croned until two
>> years without a period. IOW it's nothing to panic about but a visit to
>> her quack is probably in order.
>
>>> Hey, she could have been on a trek up Mt Everest thinking she's post
>>> menopausal, with no tampons or pads. Guess I better keep one in the
>>> purse at all times.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure post-menopausal bleeding can be caused by a number of
>> things, but one sure way to conjure it up is to toss your supplies.
>>
>> Chak
>>
>> --
>> I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I
>> usually make the right decision.
>> --Maya Angelou
>
> I haven't heard that before age 50 you need two years without a period to
> be fully menopausal. How often does this* blip * occur?

I've spotted twice post-meno due to hormonal blips. My last period was when
I was 46 1/2. Two & a half years later I spotted (after feeling extremely
premenstrual for a week or two), & then it happened again 2 years after
that. So I was... 49 and then 52 when it happened. Each time I had a T-V
sonogram to check things out. The first time the sono found a thin
post-meno endometrial but also a follicle on my right ovary - which
certainly explained things!, & the second time no findings - just a thin
post-meno endometrium. So... each time down to hormones that hadn't yet
found their even keel.

>
> I'm telling her not to jinx herself for the next countdown. Go out and buy
> a big CASE of Tampax.That should do the trick.

Yep. ;-) I kept them around for *years*! Still a few floating around in my
luggage, I think...

Cathy


>
> Roseanne
>

In article <ceSdnbvKVclU2cDYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case
> tampons - add ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe?

Oh, what is that URL? Do you remember what I'm thinking of?

> But pads can come in handy later in case you ever develop the
> dribbles :-( . [My post-surgical dribbles of six years ago seem
> to have dried up... for now. At the time, those panty liners
> stuffed in the back of a closet turned out to be useful.]

Yes, I went through a few panty liners when I had my bad respiratory
thingie over the past month. Stress incontinence, don't you know. If I
was close to a bathroom and felt a coughing fit coming on, I'd do my
best to hold my breath until I could get appropriately situated, because
I knew what would happen when the coughs reached a certain point on the
richter scale.

Priscilla

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> In article <ceSdnbvKVclU2cDYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case
>> tampons - add ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe?
>
> Oh, what is that URL? Do you remember what I'm thinking of?
>
>> But pads can come in handy later in case you ever develop the
>> dribbles :-( . [My post-surgical dribbles of six years ago seem
>> to have dried up... for now. At the time, those panty liners
>> stuffed in the back of a closet turned out to be useful.]
>
> Yes, I went through a few panty liners when I had my bad respiratory
> thingie over the past month. Stress incontinence, don't you know. If I
> was close to a bathroom and felt a coughing fit coming on, I'd do my
> best to hold my breath until I could get appropriately situated, because
> I knew what would happen when the coughs reached a certain point on the
> richter scale.

Good way to put it. ;-) Serious coughing. I've had this URI monster-y
thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!? Arghhh. In some
ways it's better (not as much junk to cough up & voice is more 'there'), but
it's migrated more up to my head (vs. upper chest) & I still feel like crud.
Went in to work for 6+ hours of P-T conferences yesterday, & realized there
was no way I was going to go in to teach today. Have been out for 2 weeks,
except for 2 partial days to do most of my P-T conferences. Thank goodness
for e-mail - re: sending in lesson plans!

Cathy


>
> Priscilla

Priscilla Ballou <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in news:vze23t8n-
946DB2.18103517112006@individual.net:

> In article <ceSdnbvKVclU2cDYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case
>> tampons - add ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe?
>
> Oh, what is that URL? Do you remember what I'm thinking of?
>

I put <tampon angel> into google and came up with an embarrassment of
riches, including one from the scouts.

Chak

--
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I
usually make the right decision.
--Maya Angelou

Hey they are great for bloody noses. I have a brother In-Law who used to get
severe nose bleeds...his Dr told him to pack his nose with tampon...I
remember the first time I saw him walking around with those things in his
nose, I couldn't stop laughing...It looked hilarious. I told him the least
he could do is cut the strings..LOL..
--
Jacquie
"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy F. wrote:
>> "foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
>> news:ita7h.8937$tP.7345@read2.cgocable.net...
>
>>> I'm telling her not to jinx herself for the next countdown. Go out and
>>> buy a big CASE of Tampax.That should do the trick.
>>
>> Yep. ;-) I kept them around for *years*! Still a few floating around in
>> my luggage, I think...
>
> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case tampons - add
> ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe? But pads can come in
> handy later in case you ever develop the dribbles :-( . [My post-surgical
> dribbles of six years ago seem to have dried up... for now. At the time,
> those panty liners stuffed in the back of a closet turned out to be
> useful.]
>
> FurPaw
> --
> Better dead than Red.
>
> To reply, unleash the dog.

In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:

> I've had this URI monster-y
> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?

I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
though, from time to time.

Priscilla

"jacquie" <happikat@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Hey they are great for bloody noses. I have a brother In-Law who used to
> get severe nose bleeds...his Dr told him to pack his nose with tampon...I
> remember the first time I saw him walking around with those things in his
> nose, I couldn't stop laughing...It looked hilarious. I told him the least
> he could do is cut the strings..LOL..

;-D I can just imagine keeping a box of junior size tampons in my desk
drawer for whenever a kid has a nose bleed. Can see him/her walking down
the hall to the Nurse's office with a tampon sticking out from their
nostril... And others' reactions to the sight. <g> And subsequent phone
call I'd get from the nurse, probably laughing too hard to convey her
message... ;-)

This tangentially reminds me of a story another teacher told long ago of her
son when he was little - perhaps 3? While they had company, no less. He
wandered out from the bathroom & into the LR with a tampon stuck in each
ear, the strings hanging down...

Cathy


> --
> Jacquie
> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ceSdnbvKVclU2cDYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Cathy F. wrote:
>>> "foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:ita7h.8937$tP.7345@read2.cgocable.net...
>>
>>>> I'm telling her not to jinx herself for the next countdown. Go out and
>>>> buy a big CASE of Tampax.That should do the trick.
>>>
>>> Yep. ;-) I kept them around for *years*! Still a few floating around
>>> in my luggage, I think...
>>
>> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case tampons - add
>> ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe? But pads can come in
>> handy later in case you ever develop the dribbles :-( . [My
>> post-surgical dribbles of six years ago seem to have dried up... for now.
>> At the time, those panty liners stuffed in the back of a closet turned
>> out to be useful.]
>>
>> FurPaw
>> --
>> Better dead than Red.
>>
>> To reply, unleash the dog.
>
>

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
> In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>
>> I've had this URI monster-y
>> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>
> I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
> although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
> it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
> though, from time to time.

I can see why you hesitated to mention that. But it tallies with what
parents who'd had it told me at conferences - that they were a month out
from it & finally feeling pretty okay, but still coughing. One said an
office-mate was out of work for 3 weeks with something of this ilk. Some of
them looked distinctly alarmed (for their own health) when I coughed; I
assured them that I didn't think I was contagious - that it was 2 weeks old
at this point. Nasty, tenacious bugger. I haven't been this congested, &
had a sore throat off & on (instead of just at the beginning of a cold)
since I can't remember when. Wonder how many tissues & cups of tea I've
been through?

I went to say hello to a teacher friend down the hall after my last
conference yesterday - she was whispering w/laryngitis, plus her cheeks
looked bright mottled red (I told her she looked a tad pink; she said she
thought she was too warm - I think she prob. discovered she had a fever when
she got home) - also has a variation of it. And she said another teacher
upstairs was coming down with it... Too friendly - & clingy - of a bug.

Cathy


>
> Priscilla

LOL..Ya Gotta Just love those lil Guys..
--
Jacquie
"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "jacquie" <happikat@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:PUv7h.180$1s6.11@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink .net...
>> Hey they are great for bloody noses. I have a brother In-Law who used to
>> get severe nose bleeds...his Dr told him to pack his nose with tampon...I
>> remember the first time I saw him walking around with those things in his
>> nose, I couldn't stop laughing...It looked hilarious. I told him the
>> least he could do is cut the strings..LOL..
>
> ;-D I can just imagine keeping a box of junior size tampons in my desk
> drawer for whenever a kid has a nose bleed. Can see him/her walking down
> the hall to the Nurse's office with a tampon sticking out from their
> nostril... And others' reactions to the sight. <g> And subsequent phone
> call I'd get from the nurse, probably laughing too hard to convey her
> message... ;-)
>
> This tangentially reminds me of a story another teacher told long ago of
> her son when he was little - perhaps 3? While they had company, no less.
> He wandered out from the bathroom & into the LR with a tampon stuck in
> each ear, the strings hanging down...
>
> Cathy
>
>
>> --
>> Jacquie
>> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ceSdnbvKVclU2cDYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Cathy F. wrote:
>>>> "foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:ita7h.8937$tP.7345@read2.cgocable.net...
>>>
>>>>> I'm telling her not to jinx herself for the next countdown. Go out and
>>>>> buy a big CASE of Tampax.That should do the trick.
>>>>
>>>> Yep. ;-) I kept them around for *years*! Still a few floating around
>>>> in my luggage, I think...
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what anyone would do with the old just-in-case tampons -
>>> add ribbon and glitter and make xmas ornaments, maybe? But pads can come
>>> in handy later in case you ever develop the dribbles :-( . [My
>>> post-surgical dribbles of six years ago seem to have dried up... for
>>> now. At the time, those panty liners stuffed in the back of a closet
>>> turned out to be useful.]
>>>
>>> FurPaw
>>> --
>>> Better dead than Red.
>>>
>>> To reply, unleash the dog.
>>
>>
>
>

Priscilla Ballou wrote:
> In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>
>> I've had this URI monster-y
>> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>
> I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
> although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
> it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
> though, from time to time.
>
> Priscilla

{{{{{{{{{Priscilla}}}}}}}}}} and {{{{{{{{{{{Cathy}}}}}}}}}}}}}

This has gone on entirely too long for the both of you! What a
nasty bug!

FurPaw

--
Better dead than Red.

To reply, unleash the dog.

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>
>> I've had this URI monster-y
>> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>
> I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
> although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
> it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
> though, from time to time.
>
> Priscilla

Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat 2+
weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a... sinus
infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I have ever
seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break them)
in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin rinse for
that.

Cathy

In article <2IKdnb5ZTMNX4MLYnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:

> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
> > In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I've had this URI monster-y
> >> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
> >
> > I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
> > although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
> > it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
> > though, from time to time.
> >
> > Priscilla
>
> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat 2+
> weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a... sinus
> infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I have ever
> seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break them)
> in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin rinse for
> that.

Amoxicillin? That's what I was on. Not sure I remember the dosage
right... 500mg 2x/day?

Priscilla

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> In article <2IKdnb5ZTMNX4MLYnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>
>> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
>> > In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I've had this URI monster-y
>> >> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>> >
>> > I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
>> > although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
>> > it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
>> > though, from time to time.
>> >
>> > Priscilla
>>
>> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat
>> 2+
>> weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a...
>> sinus
>> infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I have
>> ever
>> seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break
>> them)
>> in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin rinse
>> for
>> that.
>
> Amoxicillin? That's what I was on.

Augmentin - which is Amoxicillin plus something else added in.

Not sure I remember the dosage
> right... 500mg 2x/day?

That's what I was assuming they'd be; ha - these are 1000 mg each! They
look like something a vet'd use for a large animal practice.

Cathy


>
> Priscilla

In article <fsOdnd6e87nUJMLYnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:

> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:vze23t8n-C3AAD3.20484018112006@individual.net...
> > In article <2IKdnb5ZTMNX4MLYnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
> >
> >> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
> >> > In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> >> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I've had this URI monster-y
> >> >> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
> >> >
> >> > I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
> >> > although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
> >> > it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
> >> > though, from time to time.
> >> >
> >> > Priscilla
> >>
> >> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat
> >> 2+
> >> weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a...
> >> sinus
> >> infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I have
> >> ever
> >> seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break
> >> them)
> >> in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin rinse
> >> for
> >> that.
> >
> > Amoxicillin? That's what I was on.
>
> Augmentin - which is Amoxicillin plus something else added in.
>
> Not sure I remember the dosage
> > right... 500mg 2x/day?
>
> That's what I was assuming they'd be; ha - these are 1000 mg each! They
> look like something a vet'd use for a large animal practice.

Then maybe you'll shake it faster than I did. I felt like I'd been
given the child's size dose, considering how slowly it made any
significant difference. In the past I remember significant improvement
on day 3 or so, but it took 7 days before I was well enough to return to
work.

Priscilla

Cathy F. wrote:
> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
>> In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had this URI monster-y
>>> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>> I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
>> although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
>> it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
>> though, from time to time.
>>
>> Priscilla
>
> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat 2+
> weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a... sinus
> infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I have ever
> seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break them)
> in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin rinse for
> that.

Thrush! As if you didn't have enough problems! Eat lots of
yogurt with live cultures, and swish it around in your mouth.
The Augmentin can make the thrush worse, because it will kill off
the bacteria that keep the yeast (that cause thrush) in check.
(Aug. can also kill off beneficial gut bacteria, so the yogurt
should help with that too.)

I hope this knocks it for you!

FurPaw
--
Better dead than Red.

To reply, unleash the dog.

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> In article <fsOdnd6e87nUJMLYnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>
>> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:vze23t8n-C3AAD3.20484018112006@individual.net...
>> > In article <2IKdnb5ZTMNX4MLYnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
>> >> > In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>> >> > "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I've had this URI monster-y
>> >> >> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>> >> >
>> >> > I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
>> >> > although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two
>> >> > of
>> >> > it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
>> >> > though, from time to time.
>> >> >
>> >> > Priscilla
>> >>
>> >> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore
>> >> throat
>> >> 2+
>> >> weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a...
>> >> sinus
>> >> infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I
>> >> have
>> >> ever
>> >> seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to break
>> >> them)
>> >> in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat - Nystatin
>> >> rinse
>> >> for
>> >> that.
>> >
>> > Amoxicillin? That's what I was on.
>>
>> Augmentin - which is Amoxicillin plus something else added in.
>>
>> Not sure I remember the dosage
>> > right... 500mg 2x/day?
>>
>> That's what I was assuming they'd be; ha - these are 1000 mg each! They
>> look like something a vet'd use for a large animal practice.
>
> Then maybe you'll shake it faster than I did. I felt like I'd been
> given the child's size dose, considering how slowly it made any
> significant difference. In the past I remember significant improvement
> on day 3 or so, but it took 7 days before I was well enough to return to
> work.

I'm actually hoping that I do have a sinus infection - so that this
antibiotic will make a difference. If the whole thing's viral after all,
then it's really just a 'wait it out' deal. And my patience is waning...
I've already been out of work for 2 weeks. Feel kind of disconnected & out
of the loop.

Today the doctor said that if this med works, I should start to feel
decent - but not 100% - by Thanksgiving. (And if not, to then see my reg.
doctor, who'll prob. refer me to an ENT.) Arghhh... I had really hoped to
be back in work by this coming Monday... Starting to feel a bit "divorced"
from work, & out of the loop - hope the kids don't feel too bereft! But at
least this coming week is only a 2-day work week; they've been doing the
school calendar so that we have Wed. - Fri. off for T'giving the last
several years.

I was hoping to accumulate a bunch more sick days in the couple of years
before retirement, toward my accumulated unused sick days; but I am
sabotaging myself! Each day I stay home sick, there goes another $75 (minus
taxes) down the future drain...

Sop far, anyone who's had a URI in the last month or so - all of them have
said that it was nasty & took forever to go away, & when it did, left them
with a residual cough. No one seems to have had a normal ol' cold lately.

Cathy

>
> Priscilla

"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8LOdnd1t1pqRXcLYnZ2dnUVZ_u6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Cathy F. wrote:
>> "Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:vze23t8n-8055AE.23584217112006@individual.net...
>>> In article <XaadndB7w6qC2sPYnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>>> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've had this URI monster-y
>>>> thing for 2 weeks now; when it is going to *go away*!?
>>> I hesitate to say that this past Monday marked one month for me,
>>> although I am considerably better these days than I was in week two of
>>> it. That was after my sinuses got infected. :-( Still hacking,
>>> though, from time to time.
>>>
>>> Priscilla
>>
>> Heh... guess what? Took myself back to the doctor today - a sore throat
>> 2+ weeks into an URI - time frame's off!, & this guy thinks I have a...
>> sinus infection. Gave me a prescription for the *the* _largest_ pills I
>> have ever seen. I have to smash them in a baggie (he said it was okay to
>> break them) in order to take them. Also suspected thrush in throat -
>> Nystatin rinse for that.
>
> Thrush! As if you didn't have enough problems! Eat lots of yogurt with
> live cultures, and swish it around in your mouth. The Augmentin can make
> the thrush worse, because it will kill off the bacteria that keep the
> yeast (that cause thrush) in check. (Aug. can also kill off beneficial gut
> bacteria, so the yogurt should help with that too.)
>
> I hope this knocks it for you!

Thanks - yes, he prescribed the Nystatin rinse to last as long as the
antibiotic (2 weeks), & with 4 doses per day. And I do some yogurt in the
refrigerator, although I haven't craved it much lately. But will try & make
myself eat it. I'm just hoping the yeast infection stays up north...

Hey, at least the med for the pink eye (which was looking mighty yucky!)
worked well - zapped it!

Cathy


>
> FurPaw