i have strep throat developed it this morning. i am not banded and this has nothing to do with the band. i have strep in the throat and a totally seperate infection that is in my right ear. i went to the er today. had a fever of 100 but felt way hotter and was in a lot of pain in my upper and lower back. they gave me a motrin, the prescribed a pain/antiinflamatory/fever reducer along with a fast acting antibiotic. broad spectrum.

i came home, got in a hot tub, and fell asleep. then came back to bed cause my fever was high again. I mean I am freezing!! and now i am experience intense pain from my neck to my ankles. honestly, the throat and ear are nothing compared to this. the pain comes in waves. i def have another fever, but then i will feel like my whole body is being twisted and stretched.

i don't want to go back in if it is just symptoms of a nasty fever. i can't get in touch with my doctor. opinions? ideas? i really need your help here.

went and saw the doc today. he drew blood and said that if my white count is too high he is going to admit me. he also said that if i get dehydrated again he is going to admit me. no one knows what this is. a lot of shots in the dark, but so far they are just labelling me as acute tonsilitis. its frustrating. the pain is worse today, and i am just tired. i haven't eatin really anything for the past 4 days. and i have barely had anything to drink. yesterday was a good day drink and broth wise. but today it is back to barely being able to swallow my own spit. so this doc is going to watch me, and decide what to do depending on what my blood panel says.

I really appreciate all of the warm wishes I have gotten from you all. I prolly sound like such a baby, but I am glad to have a place like this to bitch and moan. this is hard, and i love all the messages about the prayers that are being said for me. thank you so much.

Amy

You do NOT sound like a baby to me. I remember how bad I felt, and I only had an issue on one side. It's really just a horrible horrible feeling.

*hugs*

I am very carefully doing a happy dance this morning. Last night my pain started to subside around 9pm. I was so thrilled. I painfully and carefully ate about a 1/4 of mashed potatoes that had been thinned down with some milk. It was HEAVEN!!! Just to have food in my stomach was an amazing feeling. And I actually slept through till it was time for my next pill. This morning I woke up, and whilst still in quite a good deal of pain, I am very much improved!! My swallowing a sip of Water does not send my body into convulsions from my "all over wince" and I am not sitting here doing nothing but crying. DH had to get back to work today. bless him he has taken so much time out of work to help me with this. It is hard cause i am trying to not just yell after the kids for stuff. But they know what is going on and they seem to be on their best behaviors.

So I think I am going to have the doctor refill my percoset prescription just for another couple of days. When I am not on it I am still in a severe amount of pain. But with them I think I might be able to eat 3 whole meals today. I actually drank all of my required water last night. LOL And I still haven't peed yet today. Can we say dehydrated?? LOL

Duh...I just NOW saw this tread.:faint:Anyway, you know we're praying for you over here at our house. I do hope they take your tonsils out. Have your tried yogurt? The acidophilus may be helpful since you've been on the antibiotics.

i will try yogurt today. i have not been able to eat anything for the last 5 days really. some broth here and there. last night was the first real food i got to eat with those potatoes. it was amazing! LOL

I am not sure if I should be on this thread or not but her goes, I was banb byDr. Spiegeal and was wondering if Icould go to another doc. for a fill bc mydoc. is to far and it is hard for me to get intohis office. What about Doc. Matthew St. Laurent.??????

No biker, this is not the correct thread. What you need to do is go to the Doctor forum from the main page, and start a thread, or post this question in a thread related to this particular doctor. I know that there are many threads about this particular doctor.

Good luck

Glad you're on the mend...because of your thread I finally took all 4 of my kids to the Dr today -- all 4 have strep! Nowhere as complicated as yours or I would have been at the Er too, but now we all have the pink med and hopefully that'll do it! You get better!

CD

Amy~

Hope you're doing better again today! And hopefully they can figure it out and get you back to feeling like yourself. You're in my thoughts...

Emily

Amy--

I was thinking that anything w/ ecchinacea helps too!! Ecchinacea is an old time anesthetic....so I buy "herbon" which are cough drops w/ 250mg of ecchinacea....they TRULY numb the throat and make me pain free!!! Maybe they would help????

God Bless and saying prayers!!!

Melody

Banded 3/20/06 -48lbs

i am REALLY feeling better today. When it turns it turns quick! I am going to not take any pain pills tomorrow and see how it goes. if it isn't too bad then I am going to throw them away and try to get back into my routine.

Thank you all for the well wishes and prayers. it helped, and all of the information you all gve me has been so helpful!! glad to have so many nurses here!! Thanks all! You guys are great!

It's great to hear you're on the mend and feeling better. Try and not push yourself too hard and continue to heal.

i pushed myslef too hard this morning lol i am not laying on the chaise absolutely spent and feel like i am about to fall asleep. lol