OT: It just figures!

crzy4xst · 2005-11-01T21:40:22+00:00

Major Vent coming...consider yourself warned!Today is my day off from my job. My job may be about to turn into a 7day a week job for the next few weeks...heck until Xmas even.So, I'd planned to spend today getting my house into decent shape,hoping that if it starts as clean as I can get it, we can maintain itif I'm not home as much. As in, Dude and kids need to step up and helpout more.So, I wake up with a headache, a viral thing in my throat and just toadd the final touch...my period complete with cramps.I managed to get the kitchen clean, all the counters are wiped down,the fridge has been totally cleaned out, walls and shelves washed.Any moldy bread, stale chips, stale cookies, etc have been tossed.Then I go upstairs to do the bills and other bookkeeping chores,dangit, forgot to grab the electric bill from the table downstairs!Run down to grab it, stepping over the dog laying at the bottom of thestairs. Said dog choses to stand up, throwing me off balance and I endup spraining my ankle (again, I have stretched out ligaments, anklessprain easily).So, now I still have to clean bathrooms, cook dinner, and try to get abit more done while hobbling around, sucking throat lozenges, cravingchocolate and heating pads, and generally being grumpy.ok, venting helped...thanks to whoever listened.Caryn

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Lucille 20 years ago

I've got a problem with bruising and very fragile platelets because of one of the meds I must take and the fact that I have little or no fat layer under my skin. But even with that my doctor has advised me to take an 81 mg (the equivalent of a baby aspirin) every day. He feels that every woman should be taking that to prevent one kind of heart disease.

None of my doctors seem to be concerned about the bleeding problem since it is really just on the surface and not in the veins or arteries.

Lucille

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Lucretia Borgia 20 years ago

I have so rarely taken anything that I find the aspirin works. I do bruise easily and I don't heal like I used to if I break my skin, but that may be plain old age I guess. I just know, no aspirin before bed and by 2 a.m. hips and knees are killing me. If I leave the aspirin for days, the knees start to swell. For awhile I was taking Celebrex but I was sure glad I reverted to aspirin long before the news broke.

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Cheryl Isaak 20 years ago

I dread those days, but I know they are coming!

Cheryl

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Brenda Lewis 20 years ago

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Jere Williams 20 years ago

And me....I'm allergic to ALL NSAIDS, from aspirin all the way up to vioxx -- and that's becoming more and more common. I wonder if it's from over-use.

-- Jere

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Lucretia Borgia 20 years ago

Yes, the sins of youth are visited on your old age lol

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Lucretia Borgia 20 years ago

I did say, if you are able to take it. I wasn't talking about children either.

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Lucretia Borgia 20 years ago

Well if that was the case, I would not be able to consume aspirin.

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Jere Williams 20 years ago

I'm not saying it happens to everyone -- I've just had it happen to me, and my doc says he's seeing it more and more.

Some people are more fortunate.

-- Jere

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Lucretia Borgia 20 years ago

I don't know what I would do without it, too much pain to sleep.

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Gill Murray 20 years ago

I have started taking two Tylenol 8hr tabs at night. The pains have been vague, hitting different parts of this old body at will. With these pills( I buy generic) I do get a good night's sleep. Gillian

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Jere Williams 20 years ago

I agree -- I have a dreadful time finding something I can take. Tylenol doesn't work well at all. Sometimes I just hurt. Badly.

My doc did give me ambien for sleep, which I use when it all gets unbearable.

-- Jere

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Seanette Blaylock 20 years ago

Brenda Lewis had some very interesting things to say about Re: OT: It just figures!:

I avoid aspirin near/during my period. Heavier flow I do NOT need.

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Catherine Milton 20 years ago

The lady doth protest too much, methinks!

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen 20 years ago

Lucille ! If you have a bleeding problem , Aspirin isn`t the best thing for you , since it delutes the blood. and is taken also to prevent clotting. mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen 20 years ago

Aspirin , the Oldest of all pills , isn`t known for causing Accumilative problems, mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen 20 years ago

You could walk a bit instead and check what you eat , Chocilade certain Meats aren`t friends to rheumatic pains , mirjam

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Karen C - California 20 years ago

Could be -- you build up tolerance to many medications from over-use, and they don't work any more, so it sounds reasonable that you could also become allergic.

For me, NSAIDs don't help much, because fibromyalgia is non-inflammatory pain. They quiet the inflammatory arthritis in my hands and knee, but do nothing for the other 90%.

I spend a fortune on ThermaCare, and if I didn't have anything better to do all day, I would spend hours in a hot bath, which also provides pain relief (and cheaper). But Toshiba does not recommend taking my computer into the bathtub for some reason, so if I want to work, I have to get out.

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Brenda Lewis 20 years ago

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crzy4xst 20 years ago

I know, I always eat something just before I take one, and only take them for a couple days at a time.

Aspirin does a worse job on my stomach, I've tried the buffered ones and I still end up with nausea if I need to take them around the clock for any reason.

This is why so many drugs are available, afterall, because we all have different things that work best for us. I wish a cheap one like aspirin did work for me, but at least I've found one that does work!

Caryn

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