I don't like antibiotics. I have had some bad experiences that have deepened my mistrust of them. I am in the camp of don't take them unless you *really* need them as they kill some of the good things in your body along with the bad. You can imagine that I must be a little worried to take them now. I can actually count on one hand how many times I have had them. As a child with pneumonia (penicillan), once at ASU for a massive sinus infection and after my C-section with Rhi as a precaution. It is possible I had some after my D&C post Rachel partum but I don't remember.
I have developed a cyst under my left breast and it has become very infected. It is extremely painful and has an angry red center with red radiating out from it. Of course Jon has been on call so the only way I could have him look at it was to drive out to Wabasha. We were going to come out this morning anyway to attend a waffle breakfast fundraiser for the new Surgery at the hospital. Jon said it looked like it needed some antibiotic so he wrote out a prescription for me (saved my own little ER trip by going to his!). It was pretty awesome to have my own husband write out a prescription for me! I hope it is the last, however, as far as this kind of thing goes. I normally wouldn't worry so much but the untimely death of Heather at age 37 from a massive infection has me thinking twice. If anything can be learned from such a horrible thing it is to listen to your body, slow down and do what you have to do to heal. I just called in a sub for tomorrow which I hate to do too. I hate missing school. I always have even when I was a kid. I have already missed two days this year and this makes three. *Sigh*. I know I need to just rest though and let the antibiotic do its thing. Still no fever but it takes an awful lot for my body to spike one. I am tired though and ready to start resting now! Thanks to this stupid cyst I got almost nothing done this weekend. I hate that. Behind right from the start...This sucks and its weird too. As soon as the infection is gone that sucker is getting cut out!! I should have done it a long time ago. Why is my family so cystic? Yuck!On a very positive note- Vikes won and Dallas lost! To the Packers no less! How awesome is that! Posted by Michelle at November 15, 2009 09:35 PM