strep throat is the succ

[slickdawg]

and I feel worse.

Can't find a f'n doctor that has an opening this afternoon either.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Dude, you sure are sick a lot.

[White House Boy]

and I feel worse.

Can't find a f'n doctor that has an opening this afternoon either.

I do.

[Viking Kitten]

Dude, you sure are sick a lot.

Maybe we should call him... "Sickdawg!"

HAAHAAAHAAHA!!!!!!!

**** off.

[slickdawg]

BSG - since Katrina, I've lived in the hell of ear/nose/throat problems.
"they" aren't sure what wshed up with Katrina, but it's been murder to
many of us.

WHB, How long of a drvie from Gulport to your place, and do you have
celestone?

[etouffee]

go to one of those doc-in-the-box joints if your doc cant see you. they take walk-ins. just bring a book with you.

or hell, go plop your *** down in your doctor's waiting room and tell them you're really sick and you need to see the doc and they need to work you in. usually they'll do that if you're nice about it.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Maybe we should call him... "Sickdawg!"

HAAHAAAHAAHA!!!!!!!

**** off.

This made me forget my craptacular dream for a minute.

:D

[slickdawg]

go to one of those doc-in-the-box joints if your doc cant see you. they take walk-ins. just bring a book with you.

or hell, go plop your *** down in your doctor's waiting room and tell them you're really sick and you need to see the doc and they need to work you in. usually they'll do that if you're nice about it.


Well, my real doc no longer has a home or office, both blown away.

I saw the doc in a box Saturday, but there's more going on here than strep.

[White House Boy]

BSG - since Katrina, I've lived in the hell of ear/nose/throat problems.
"they" aren't sure what wshed up with Katrina, but it's been murder to
many of us.

WHB, How long of a drvie from Gulport to your place, and do you have
celestone?

I'm in Crestview, FL... about 90 minutes east of Mobile.

We use Kenalog instead of Celestone... but they are both triamcinolone, so it's really 6 one way, 1/2 dozen the other.

[White House Boy]

.... but there's more going on here than strep.

Care to eloborate?

[etouffee]

Celestone... triamcinoloneSounds like a coupla things you can order at Olive Garden.

[walkoffsooner]

Gargle salt water keep your money.

[etouffee]

Better than saltwater: gargle with apple cider vinegar. or make a syrup out of apple cider vinegar and honey.

ASV is teh miracle drug for sore throats.

[slickdawg]

Care to eloborate?


Sure, y'all know all the other stuff in my life. :D

Saturday, it was moderate to severe pain to swallow
Today - it's all severe, never been this bad in my entire life

Saturday, only modest draininge, and generally clear
Today, heavy draininge, and multi colored (green, yellow, brown)

Saturday, no ear troubles
Today, my ears ache and they also hurt when I swallow

Saturday, low fever, maybe 99.5
Today - 101.3

Saturday - no coughing
Today coughing with a minor rattle

[etouffee]

dude, if a doc won't see you go to the emergency room. you need to knock that out before it gets worse, especially with small kids in the house.

[slickdawg]

I'm in Crestview, FL... about 90 minutes east of Mobile.

We use Kenalog instead of Celestone... but they are both triamcinolone, so it's really 6 one way, 1/2 dozen the other.

House call? Meet me half way? I'M DYING HERE!@#!


I just got in with a nurse practitioner, thank god. If I don't get the
STEROIDS, I'm screwed.

Allegra, Calratin, and Clarinex all have done nothing to stop the draininge.
It's so bad at night, I can't sleep.

[slickdawg]

dude, if a doc won't see you go to the emergency room. you need to knock that out before it gets worse, especially with small kids in the house.

I just got in with one, that was my plan b. I'm already living in the guest bedroom alone. slickwife and slickdaughter are fine, thank God!

[TopDaugIn2000]

I get it at least twice a year. it does suck.

I go to the Norman Urgent Care walkin and get some meds. They just built a new one on W36 & Rock Creek. it's really nice and hasn't been very crowded the last few times I"ve been in. Open 8 to 8 everyday.

There is also one on 24th just south of Robinson, but I've always had a longer wait there.

[White House Boy]

Sure, y'all know all the other stuff in my life. :D

Saturday, it was moderate to severe pain to swallow
Today - it's all severe, never been this bad in my entire life

Saturday, only modest draininge, and generally clear
Today, heavy draininge, and multi colored (green, yellow, brown)

Saturday, no ear troubles
Today, my ears ache and they also hurt when I swallow

Saturday, low fever, maybe 99.5
Today - 101.3

Saturday - no coughing
Today coughing with a minor rattle

When you saw the doc in a box on Saturday they did a throat culture? And it was positive?

The reason I ask is this: usually with true strep throat you have sore throat fever, malaise, and possible a swolen lymph node or two... but no other respiratory symptoms (cough, sneezing, post nasal drainage, etc).

Additionally, what did the doctor give you for your throat Saturday when you saw him?

[Mjcpr]

I'm already living in the guest bedroom alone.

You're like the SO's own Howard Hughes.

[White House Boy]

House call? Meet me half way? I'M DYING HERE!@#!


I just got in with a nurse practitioner, thank god. If I don't get the
STEROIDS, I'm screwed.

Allegra, Calratin, and Clarinex all have done nothing to stop the draininge.
It's so bad at night, I can't sleep.


Saline.... use lots of it. It will thin the mucous so that it is not as abrasive to your pharynx, and it also helps draw swelling out of your mucous membranes.

Heck, if you're in Gulfport, you just need to go dunk your head in the surf a few times.

[slickdawg]

When you saw the doc in a box on Saturday they did a throat culture? And it was positive?

The reason I ask is this: usually with true strep throat you have sore throat fever, malaise, and possible a swolen lymph node or two... but no other respiratory symptoms (cough, sneezing, post nasal drainage, etc).

Additionally, what did the doctor give you for your throat Saturday when you saw him?

A Z-pack and claritin once a day for 10 days.

The strep culture was positive.

You bring up a point, the glands in my neck, just under my jaw, are rather
sore too.

[slickdawg]

You're like the SO's own Howard Hughes.

If I only had his money! :D

[slickdawg]

Saline.... use lots of it. It will thin the mucous so that it is not as abrasive to your pharynx, and it also helps draw swelling out of your mucous membranes.

Heck, if you're in Gulfport, you just need to go dunk your head in the surf a few times.


Slickwife is a chemical & environmental engineer. After what all she's told me
about the GOMEX, I'm not about to stick my head in that stuff.

[TopDaugIn2000]

A Z-pack

there's your first problem. I HATE those damn things.

I always tell them "NO Z PACK" before they even start the examination.

A really stout ammoxicillin always does the trick for me.

[slickdawg]

there's your first problem. I HATE those damn things.

I always tell them "NO Z PACK" before they even start the examination.

A really stout ammoxicillin always does the trick for me.


Yeah, I think Augumentin 1000XR would be a better choice.

[TopDaugIn2000]

yup, augumentin. that's what they give me. I just couldn't think of the name.

works. every. time.

along with a really powerful cough syrup (Hittusinex or something like that)

[BajaOklahoma]

Pfffft - Levaquin, Cipro, or Avelox. With a hefty dose of prednisone.
The only thing that works for me.

[White House Boy]

A Z-pack and claritin once a day for 10 days.

The strep culture was positive.

You bring up a point, the glands in my neck, just under my jaw, are rather
sore too.

Finsih your antibiotics. Request a steroid shot or a steroid taper pack, and a combo-cough syrup with an older antihistamine and hydrocodone in it (like Histex HC or Tussionex.) The older antihistamines, though more sedating, tend to work better for the true allergy symptoms than the newer ones. The hydocodone portion will just plain make the pain of the strep throat go away.

Seriously though, make up a boat load of salt water and gargle it and sniff it..... all day long.

[slickdawg]

Finsih your antibiotics. Request a steroid shot or a steroid taper pack, and a combo-cough syrup with an older antihistamine and hydrocodone in it (like Histex HC or Tussionex.) The older antihistamines, though more sedating, tend to work better for the true allergy symptoms than the newer ones. The hydocodone portion will just plain make the pain of the strep throat go away.

Seriously though, make up a boat load of salt water and gargle it and sniff it..... all day long.

OK, boilin oil in the throat. Lets see what that does. :D

Thanks WHB! I'm going for the warm salt water. I will gargle, and love it all day.

p.s. ymssra

[scaldeddawg]

Well, my real doc no longer has a home or office, both blown away.

I saw the doc in a box Saturday, but there's more going on here than strep.

I TOLD you that we should leave that New Orleans ho alone!

[slickdawg]

I TOLD you that we should leave that New Orleans ho alone!

:les: I LEARNT MY LESSON!

[scaldeddawg]

:les: I LEARNT MY LESSON!

You gave it to me, you ****. I stayed in the f-ing bed all day yesterday. Hackin.

No more kisses for you.

[slickdawg]

You gave it to me, you ****. I stayed in the f-ing bed all day yesterday. Hackin.

No more kisses for you.


I think slickdaughter is a carrier monkey.

Two weeks ago, slickwife gets a stomach virus
Now I have this.

[White House Boy]

You gave it to me, you ****. I stayed in the f-ing bed all day yesterday. Hackin.

No more kisses for you.
TMI.

[White House Boy]

TMI.
And while we're on that topic, slickdawg in '08 has just encountered it's first major scandal.

[slickdawg]

And while we're on that topic, slickdawg in '08 has just encountered it's first major scandal.

He's just a disgruntled and mean person. He told me if I didn't select him
for VP in 08, he'd go on a smear campaign.

[White House Boy]

He's just a disgruntled and mean person. He told me if I didn't select him
for VP in 08, he'd go on a smear campaign.

Tell me where he lives... I've got the swine blood right here and ready to inject.

[slickdawg]

Tell me where he lives... I've got the swine blood right here and ready to inject.

SWEEEET! We'll show 'em WHB, WE MEAN BIDNESS!!!!!

[soonerbrat]

they gave you a Zpack for strep?

no wonder...but you do need to do something soon..you dont' wanna get scarlet fever

[White House Boy]

they gave you a Zpack for strep?

no wonder...but you do need to do something soon..you dont' wanna get scarlet fever

Actually Zithromax is quite effective at eradicating strep.

[GottaHavePride]

Zithromax = awesome for heavy-duty sinus infections.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I have NEVER had any luck with those GD Z packs. Serioulsy. I refuse to take them anymore. They are a crock.

[soonerbrat]

Zithromax = awesome for heavy-duty sinus infections.



i've seen it prescribed more often for sinus infections..and acne...and STD's

[BajaOklahoma]

Salt water gargling is great. Or soup.

So is bourbon/honey/lemon juice. I loved that as a kid. Lots of honey, a touch of lemon to hide the bourbon and bourbon to thin it down.

[Mjcpr]

Salt water gargling is great. Or soup.

I always get choked on the vegetables.

[Fugue]

I always get choked on the vegetables.


:D

[slickdawg]

I got TOOOOOO shots.

1) Rocephin - a nuclear grade antibiotic
2) Celestone - STEROIDS BAYBEE!!!@#@!#!

And three scripts including a lidocane solution to gargle till I'm numb.

Meanwhile, I feel like **** and am going back to bed.

[BajaOklahoma]

I always get choked on the vegetables.

:mad:









:P

[BajaOklahoma]

I got TOOOOOO shots.

1) Rocephin - a nuclear grade antibiotic
2) Celestone - STEROIDS BAYBEE!!!@#@!#!

And three scripts including a lidocane solution to gargle till I'm numb.

Meanwhile, I feel like **** and am going back to bed.


Glad you went back in. Sleep is good.

[VeeJay]

You need a good strong placebo.