Cortisone, how I love thee...

After almost 5 days of fever, hanging from the bed

to the sofa able to eat hardly anything,

believing I could not have the flu, even though I was exposed

because I had the flu shot, I decided it

was time to go to see my trusty friend, Dr. P.

Sure enough, if it can happen, it has happen to me,

I have an unusual flu that seems to have not been

protected by the three common ones that

the vaccine protects you from.

Ugh, and it also seems like I may have the

beginning of a bladder infection which is never

good for me, especially when I can't feel the symptoms

of that until it gets really bad.

I waited so long so that I even had to

get GYPSY BABY (baby girls new name that she has allowed)

to drive me. Which landed up being the best part of being

sick, having GYPSY BABY come nurse her momma.

I got two shot in the bahootie.

One for nausea and one all mighty cortisone shot called Celestone.

OH, if they could find a healty way to use this stuff for

long amounts of time, I would so want a script.

It is so good for so many things and yet so damaging if

used too often and for long periods at a time.

Within 8 hours of those two shots I was asking myself

why in the heck do I wait so long to go to the doctor?

This time I know it was because I was convinced it was

not the flu. So this morning the cough and headache,

nasal yuck is almost gone. The nausea is still there

but that is my fault as last night when I finally could

eat I probably overdid it.

No body aches not to mention even the back feels better

than it has in some time.

I do know that tonight I may not sleep at all

and my face will be red and hot all day, side effects of

the cortisone but worth it.

I will be layed up for another day as I have

to be without fever for 24 hours before I am not contagious.

I have the very best doctor/friend who works me in

whenever I feel like I need it as well as

always knowing what to do to make things right.

She will always be my family doctor, no matter

how far I have to drive to see her.

The good part of all of this?

My GYPSY BABY

when called to save the day,

not only came to take care of her momma

but spent two nights with me just in case and

ran errands, picked up prescriptions as well

as food I needed.

I love GYPSY BABY

when she comes to my rescue.

This late season, if you have flu symptoms even if you

had the vaccine, don't delay in going to the doctor.