Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Ack, now I have strep throat, just shot me PLEASE!

So, I have been fighting this stupid cold crap thats been going around for about 3 weeks. I thought I was finally getting over it yesterday and I started to feel more sick again, as in flu sick not toxic drug sick!

My throat hurts SO bad, I couldn't even swallow this morning. I had my tonsils out when I was 5 but the back of my throat was all red with white spots this morning.

Sure enough, I went to the clinic and they said strep throat. My temp was also 100.1 which the doc was amazed at because of the steroids, I guess they suppress your temperature so he said its actually higher. He also said I was dehydrated, well duh, having D 20 times a day will do that.

So, I got some antibiotics and some lomotil for the D. He wanted me to go to the hospital because of the dehydration and temp and my blood pressure was real low, which is unusual but I refused. I just can't deal with the hospital right now. I got my scripts and some soup. Once I know the soup isn't going to run right out the other end, I'll close up the office and go home early.

This also means that I can not do my weekly injections of humira or methtrexate. Lets hope that doesn't send me into a big flare next week. Ugh, what else????

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Taking it one day at a time.....

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