NSAIDS day 3

For the uninformed, and NSAID is a Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, As good as I felt this morning, I quickly deteriorated at work. I felt very irritated and have a little tintinabulation. I only lasted a couple of hours before I had to call an end to the day.Actually not bad considering we are just on Day 3 and I am not compelled to protect my supply of NSAIDS like an addict hordes his drugs. I went to the Haitian Deli for lunch and I am enjoying their special of the day.  I think they are callled camerons with fried yucca and yellow rice. Looked good.  Tasted great.  Thank heaven for antibiotics!
No headache
achy neck mostly gone
rest of me is  ... ah well ... still almost 59 years old and ready for my afternoon nap.

Bedtime Day 2

I have already called my boss to tell him i will be available for limited duty tomorrow. I am going back slowly, but I am already going nutso-fartso watching daytime TV.

In sum: no more headache, I can mostly turn my neck, I anticipate a good night's sleep, I don't watch the clock for my next NSAID fix.  I feel much better.

I am however taking everyone's advice and continuing the Amoxicillin for the full 3 weeks.

Hugs and love and kisses to all who care enough to read about this.

4 hours

Its been 4 ... count them ... 4 whole hours since I took my last Motrin. My big problems that remain include sore neck and itchy nipple.  I may even call Bill to see if he needs some little things done for a half day tomorrow.

One thing I am worried about is what happens the next time I get it? Will it be less virulent the next time I have it? Is that why people don't discover they have this disease ... because they had it so many times before they just don't notice the symptoms?

Day Two

With (as Missy put it) speed-ball dosing of acetaminophen and ibuprofen, I think I am even with the fever and headache. I actually slept some last night and even finished my lunch about 2 AM. I figure my sleep cycles are all f***ed up because for the last few days I have been sleeping very fitfully. And I started keeping a log of meds and how I feel. The upshot is that today I am feeling hurty but much better. I am even considering keeping my standing movie date tonight. I hope I can turn my head then. I have been doing Tai Chi stretches with it

Progression of my Lyme's disease

At first, I thought I had the flu after a weekend at my fishing cabin. So I did the Zicam thing because I truly believe that Zicam helps colds end faster. So I was working hard and getting a little sore. And one of my nipples itched a little.  By the end of the second week I was really sore. I was losing sleep to the headaches and body aches.  On Thursday I was kvetching about my finger joints which I passed off to having worked the day before with a gel stain that required mashing it into the wormholes in the wood. I remember asking my boss if my headache could be a hangover from the volatiles in our varnishes and stains. Sunday I simply called in "sore". Monday morning i had decided that Doctor was more important than work.  I could scarcely turn my head. I bought a thermometer and enough Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen for a small army.