Fast & Furious

If you're gonna get a stomach bug, I guess this is the way to go, huh? It seems like I've been getting a little bit of everything since I started working at the hospital and while I've been told its normal and every new employee goes through it, I wish it would just hurry up and be done! My hands (dry, cracked, and at times bleeding) are ample sign of my very frequent hand washing/disinfectant usage so I'm not sure what the deal is... Oh wells, this too shall pass, right?

I haven't puked in a few hours, so I think the nasties are on their way out finally! Woot! Here's to a puke free night and actually getting some sleep, sans my head in a bucket... ;)

Hooray!

My head no longer wants to explode! Ahhh, it's nice to feel normal again. Antibiotics are good stuff! After 3 weeks of an on-and-off-again head cold, I ended up with a fever and a nasty sinus/ear infection last week. I'm still on antibiotics but feeling MUCH better! They tested me for the flu (Ick, swabs shoved waaaay up the nose = very unpleasant!) but that was negative, thankfully, so no worries there.

Wash those hands, people! :)

Today's pick me up

I'm home sick today due to a poorly timed fever and stomach bug. Three days prior to my surgery and I get sick? Seriously, this is just ridiculous. It's viral and so there is nothing they can give me to get me better by Monday, so I've been ordered to rest as much as I can and keep an eye on my temps. If I still have a fever on Sunday, my surgery is canceled. :( These past 6 weeks have been really rough and my countdown to Monday was pretty much the only thing that kept me going, so the thought of having to reschedule it is freaking me out. I have to admit... I'm pretty bummed out and on the verge of panic.

On the bright side, I found this just now which definitely cheered me up some! For those of you that are not familiar with New Moon, this is a pivotal scene in the book. For me, its the only part that makes New Moon worth the read, as I find the first 3/4 of it much too painful to get through. (Explanation of scene below)




Edward has run off to Italy to provoke the Volturi (the Vampire law enforcement- basically a royal vampire family that makes it their duty to keep their existence a secret. Anyone that threatens to expose them gets dealt with quickly) into killing him because he thinks Bella is dead. Overdramatic vampire that he is,Edward is planning on walking out into the Voltera Piazza (plaza) at noon when the sun is at it's highest point and take off his shirt in front of the townsfolk. (SM's vampires sparkle in the sunlight because their skin is like diamonds) Bella arrives just in time to sprint across the piazza, through the big fountain, and slams into Edward who thinks he's already dead and has just been reunited with Bella. She then forces him into the shadows so that no one notices his sparklies and the Volturi won't attack... except its too late. DUM DUM DUUUUUM! :) They don't actually kiss in the book when this happens, but I'll forgive them this little fudge. Oh, and those black dots all over RP have something to do with the CGI sparkle effect. At first I thought he'd grown a whole lot of moles all of a sudden, lol! Oh, I should add that the townsfolk are all in red cloaks because they are celebrating St.Marcus Day so they (and the town) are all decked out. Anyway... enjoy!

Seriously?!?!

So Percocet and Phenegran make for a very sleepy Alex, which doesn't exactly mix well with getting behind the wheel of a car and driving to work, right? No worries, I haven't been driving under the influenec of narcotics people, come on now! (I'm an insurance agent, really!) Anyway, so I muscled my way through work today sans-happy meds and it just wasn't cool. The pain I have become accustomed to grinning and baring it, but the pukes? Not...so...much... Talked to my doc today and he called me in 3 more meds, one of which was the much loved Zofran everyone raves about. He says its supposed to work really well (better than Phenegran) without putting me to sleep. The catch? It's expensive!!! So he called me in the generic to help with costs. Hooray, right? Riiiiiiiiiiiight... until I see how many 15 pills cost me! (Mind you they only gave me 15 but really the supply is supposed to be 90. This will make sense in a minute.) $70 for 15 pills!!! I was told the full 90 would run me another $150....eeeek, thank goodness for our FSA...phew!

Oh wells, hopefully these little golden pills will be worth it. At the very least make the next few weeks a bit more bearable until my surgery, which in theory *should* make my life a lot more bearable! :) The exact date is still a bit fuzzy, but that should get squared away here pretty soon. Hooray for modern medicine and itty bitty little incisions! :)

Over and out

I'm just resurfacing from a nasty bout with Bronchitis. Not much has been going on other than a lot of coughing and wishing I could stay in bed all day, every day... lol. Thankfully Ben and Bishop have been subbing for me in Seminary, so that helped quite a bit! Unfortunately, now Ben is sick with the same crud... This is one of the times I can honestly say I'm thankful it's just Ben and I because taking care of children and feeling this sick would have made this past week and 1/2 a whoooole lot worse.

Phew... :)

To puke or not to puke... that is the question.

NO, I'm not pregnant... just adjusting to some new medication and dealing with some Endo-related nasties.

Does anyone know how to make never-ending nausea go away? I'm taking Phenegran, but seeing as that puts me to sleep I can only take it at night. For the past week I've been puking/on the verge of puking (depends on the day) all day, every day. Its not fun. Saltines have become my new best friend and my trashcan at work now plays a whole new role... I've given up on food, especially milk...

I hear Vitamin B-6 is supposed to be good, and my dad mentioned something he read about sucking on lemons? Now that sounds like a sure fire way to make yourself puke, but he swears that's what he read. I haven't tried it... I don't know that I will. Anyway, if anyone out there has any suggestions, please... enlighten me.

Thanks in advance from my oh-so-unhappy tummy.

PS> On the upside, I've been so preoccupied with retaining the contents of my stomach that I barely think about my foot these days! Ah, there's the silver lining I was looking for! :)

Ahhhhh, to breathe!

The past 5 days have been long... very long. I hate being sick, especially the kind of sick that leaves you wiped out in bed with a fever. Not that any kind of sick is "fun", but summer sinus infections are the pits and I'm SO glad to be coming out of it. I've still got the sniffles and my throat is a bit on the scratchy side, but the fever is gone, the cement head feeling is too, and the elephant has tired of sitting on my face and left... I can breathe! :)

Also, my blog is back to normal as well... notice that all the crazy Twilight countdown widgets are gone and so is the theme. I'm still counting down to the movie, but now that Breaking Dawn is out and done with, I can go back to blogging about other stuff... I think... I hope? ;)

Sick and Sicker...

These past 3 weeks have been tough here around the Young household. Both Ben and I have been soooo sick and after multiple visits to the doctor and loads of meds... here I am, still feeling like crud. I was starting to make a comeback a few days ago, but last night things took a turn in the wrong direction. After a very sleepless night, I overslept and was unable to make it to a very important meeting I was supposed to be at about 2 hours ago. I hate being sick... I hate that it makes me unable to do things I need to and promised I would do. I hate that my house is a mess and I have zero energy to clean it... and I hate that my dogs have impecable timing and manage to come down with TAPEWORM and Colitis at the same exact time, which adds to the sleepless nights because of the endless trips downstairs to let Sirius go potty, lest he have an accident... Grrr...