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Spent 4 hours in the ER early this morning...

CJAngel
CJAngel
Thought I had food poisoning for the last 3 days. Turns out, after writhing on the floor in pain and being dragged to the hospital, I have a parasite. Just what I wanted during finals week. E-mailed one professor...even though I wasn't able to make it in for my final presentation for my project, he passed me with a B-. Very nice of him. Gotta e-mail the other professor before tomorrow. To top it all off, I have a long bus ride ahead of me. Headed to Georgia on Sunday to spend break with my parents. It's a good thing my sister will be with me to help take care of me. Go figure, I don't get sick often, but when I do, it hits me like a freight train. Would have been better if I got this either last week or next week. So I could make it for finals...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sorry to hear you were so sick and at such a bad time. How did you pick up such a thing?

It's a good thing you went to the ER, instead of waiting for it to get better. Have a good trip home. I wonder if I could get a parasite and skip my final next week? LOL or should I say NOT!
CJAngel
CJAngel
Turns out, the parasite I got has something to do with some other part of my body. They can't pin point it and they can't do anything to get rid of it. They prescribed me pain killers and nausea medication. Since I can't afford them, I'm passing on the nausea meds and taking aleve. 1000mg every time the pain gets too bad and I can sleep through it. Without my roommates, though, I would have sat here in pain. They dropped everything at 12:30 in the morning to run me to the ER. And the ones that couldn't fit in the car stayed up and waited until we got home.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am so sorry you can't get rid of it. But having good friends like that really makes up for a lot. Hope you get through this!
mollgirl
mollgirl
I hope you start feeling better and I am glad you have people looking out for you. That can make all the difference. Hugs.
yntovonmij
yntovonmij
Get well soon
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
I hope the alieve works for you. Isn't there some type of otc nausea medication you can take? As the pharmacist behind the counter. I hope you get well soon. Sounds like a nasty bug to me. I would also ask if that is the right type of medication to replace the pain meds with. Sounds like that may hurt your stomach worse. I hope you feel better.
CJAngel
CJAngel
They did prescribe me a med for the nausea. But I can't afford it. Besides, while I've felt nauseous, I haven't gotten sick for a few days. As for the Aleve, the doctor prescribed me Naproxen. That's what Aleve is. I just have to take more of it to meat the dosage. Because I wouldn't be able to afford the Naproxen, either. My mothers a nurse and we talked about this for about 30 minutes before we decided to hold off on the nausea medication and take the Aleve. It is helping. It's working wonders for me.