I did get a call on Friday with my lab test results. Normal. Normal? Sheesh. Hard to believe but that's what they all were. No weird pathogens, no high sugar content, nothing unusual at all. Okay. So then what?
I told the nurse about the side effects that I was suffering from the prescription and she left to talk to the doctor. He suggested that I stop taking them entirely and see if the *cycle* had been broken. If not, I was to call and he would prescribe something else. More than likely bentyl (sp) since my intestines had been in a turmoil and that would help stop any spasms. However, no one thought about the fact that this is a holiday weekend so calling was really out of the question.
Friday night, the diarrhea returned with a vengeance but, instead of taking two pills, I only took one and crossed my fingers. That seemed to do the trick AND I didn't get the bad stomach ache that taking two had given me. But I still had the nausea and that wasn't fun. When Cee called to check on me (she was doing that every day), I mentioned all this to her and she said she had that nausea medication she was given and she would bring some over for me on Sunday. But, good hearted sister that she is, she didn't wait. She just about jumped into her car (without checking to see if her hair was combed or bothering with makeup) and ran some over to me right away. I was shocked but, oh, so grateful.
Within a few minutes of taking one, the nausea I had been suffering with all day faded away and I almost felt good again. Bless her heart for sharing those with me. She left me a few extra so that it would carry me through the holiday weekend.
In the meantime, I have actually, little-by-little, been eating some real food. With my stomach upset, I was pretty much living on gingerale, water and watermelon (yes, watermelon). When you are dehydrated, watermelon tastes wonderful.
Today, I woke up early, went to the bathroom, took a pill and then went back to bed. We had been without internet all evening and all night so I couldn't post anything. I actually suspected the Beast needed to reboot the modem but you can't tell him anything. He's got to come to that realization all by himself (which he finally did this morning). So, we are all caught up to MY news, anyway.
BTW, we set a new record yesterday. Our hens laid five...FIVE...eggs in one day! And they are all full size ones now. Just sayin'.......
Got to go. Love you all. Need to take the pill for nausea now that the other one has kicked in. Be good. Have fun. ***Hugs***
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