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Well, now I’m feeling a little bit better, but…

I’m not sure… what it has been about these antibiotics and me aside from the fact that my symptoms, coming on as suddenly as they did, were indicative of sensitization to doxycycline and sensitization to tetracyclines as we know them to be, but I began having symptoms that weren’t quite “why would I develop an allergy to a medication I’ve randomly needed to take since childhood” that were still really concerning in light of my health history, so I finished the rest of the IV treatment for cellulitis at the local hospital, given other medications through IV line as well for nausea, stomach pain, and allergens in case this has just been a really wild ride with doxycycline. It’s actually safer now for me to do antibiotics by IV at the local hospital, much as I despise these people (and may accordingly transfer care over elsewhere, one [smaller] town over) because I can be preloaded with antihistamines and even steroids if needed so that I don’t continue to have these reactions. And I will make all the time in the world I have to if that means that I have less, or no, reactions to these medications when I need them… especially if any untoward side effects can be managed.

This is my favorite song from the 2002 movie Carrie.

I just recently found this on YouTube and it. is. my. jam, all while I am sick from taking the doxycycline that I was prescribed for the bite that I’ve been talking about. I’ve been taking Benadryl and fever medication for that in the hopes that it brings down symptoms until this leaves my body, but hard telling on when that will be. If this continues I’ll contact my care team later this week and, if needed, I’ll go to the emergency room.

I like this meme, so I’m adding it in here.

Since I was… bitten during the first bad meltdown Bub has had in more than two years, my doctor wanted to refer me to wound care to have them take a look at and manage it due to my history of immunosuppression and fluctuating blood sugar levels due to the medications that I’m on and have been on. This did not surprise me one bit. I’d like some of the bandages that they give me because those will stick to the bite wound and offer me some relief. And as stated in previous posts, I managed to sprain my ankle something fierce rolling on it after I got out of bed not even remotely fully awake from a nap — lesson learned, I suppose. I was prescribed some pain medication to make the bite wound hurt less and to make it possible for me to bear enough weight on my foot to ambulate around the house better than I had been (my goal). Goal achieved.

It doesn’t alter my mental status at all, though. Some people… have that happen when they take certain pain medication, and I am evidently not one of them. I’ve never been one of them. I’m still figuring out why that is.

drag, drag, drag the foot, gently around we go

I have now managed to roll an ankle and one of the largest blood vessels in said ankle quite painfully today.

I have it wrapped up in… what do you call that, sport bandaging?… and am taking pain medication for it as needed. The last time I did anything even remotely resembling this was several years ago though, so I’m hoping that this heals soon. This was one of the most painful things in the world once I realized what it was, what had actually happened, and I’ve more or less been dragging the injured foot around behind me for the whole day now. But how did I even manage to do this? Other than waking up from a nap early this morning. I know when I managed to do this. What I want to know is how I managed to actually do this. What were the odds? Why were they not ever in my favor? (I’ll get around to reading the Hunger Games prequel, I will.)

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