It’s official..I’m a walking, talking bacterial magnet.<\/p>\n
So yesterday I blogged that my throat was starting to hurt again (after a full month of bounching from sore throat to common cold, to allergies, to sinus congestion head aches and back to sore throat again). Then I woke up this morning, entered the bathroom to brush my teeth and noticed that both of my arms were covered in red dots and bumps.<\/p>\n
Concerned, I did my normal morning routine…except instead of heading to work, I walked to my doctor’s office to see if I could be squeezed in. They were able to fit me in at 10:30 so I walked back home, watched Regis and Kelly (though, Regis was noticeably absent), then returned to the doctor at 10:30.<\/p>\n
I am now on Azithromycin….they took two strep throat tests (one immediate, and one that needs to “culture”). The doctor was surprised that the immediate test did not come back visibly positive because my throat looked nasty and clearly as though it had a bacterial infection (versus a\u00a0viral infection). Plus, arm rashes are not an uncommon side effect of strep (I didn’t know this). I also had a slight fever (99.8). Ugh.<\/p>\n
So, she still put me on the antibiotics…again.<\/p>\n
Since I went to Paris last fall, I have been sick at least 1-2 weeks per month. I’m not sure what’s going on with me. I’m hoping that maybe my return to Paris in two weeks will set me back to normal again.<\/p>\n
Actually, I’m going to blame Mike for this (it all seems to coincide with meeting him). He never catches any of these things I have….but I think he carries them (working at a school full of children each day). Perhaps he’s developed a stronger immune system as a result of a decade of exposure and my frail self simply isn’t accustomed to such nasties encroaching upon my space. Yes, I shall blame Mike…mostly because he’s not likely to read this so he’ll never know that he’s being accused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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