Re: When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

[Guest guest]

Dalanne:

I am not a doctor, but I am a paramedic. If you have been vomiting and having

diarrhea for three days duration, I would go to the emergency room.

I hope you get better soon.

--

Dodge

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic

with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and wrong, because sometime

in your life you will have been all of these.

Read my blog at:

http://jumpthis.wordpress.com

---- tombstone1968 <tombstone1968@...> wrote:

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I've posted a lot (for me) lately but this is important to me.

I have RA. Obviously then my immune system is compromised. When I or

you come down with something like food poisoning...at what point do I

call a Dr? And then do I call the general family Dr or the Rheumy?

This may be a dumb question but I can't find any advice on this

elsewhere online. And I'm never eating chicken again. I haven't slept

for over 36 hours- I'm afraid something is going to come up or down

and out before I can make it to the porcelain god. Yes, i'm drinking

water and Seven-up like a fiend. Sorry, I'm the Queen of Too Much

Info I know.

When i catch illnesses that the kids bring home from school I know it

takes me much much longer than it used to in order to heal up.

Sometimes the internet is a curse...too much information can frighten

a person as the pages seem to present the worst case scenarios. A

normal person can shrug stuff like this off within a day or two but

what about us? If I'm not over this in another day I will call one

Dr. or the other or maybe even both.

I have to take my hubby is going to get a portable heart monitor put

on to record for 7 days tomorrow and Wed. I have to take him back to

see his pain mgmt Dr. I don't have time to be this stupidly sick!

Darn It! Nuts! Pickles! (insert your choice of curse words here)!

Dalanne

[Guest guest]

Dalanne,

If you are showing signs of dehydration, I would definetly go to the ER.  If you

don't, at least call your family Dr.  He may want to see you or tell you to go

to ER anyway.  I'm a nervous ninny when it comes to other problems with RA.  I

got a swollen lip out of the blue and freaked out and called the doctor.  I hope

you start feeling better soon!! Good luck! Paris

[ ] When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

I've posted a lot (for me) lately but this is important to me.

I have RA. Obviously then my immune system is compromised. When I or

you come down with something like food poisoning...at what point do I

call a Dr? And then do I call the general family Dr or the Rheumy?

This may be a dumb question but I can't find any advice on this

elsewhere online. And I'm never eating chicken again. I haven't slept

for over 36 hours- I'm afraid something is going to come up or down

and out before I can make it to the porcelain god. Yes, i'm drinking

water and Seven-up like a fiend. Sorry, I'm the Queen of Too Much

Info I know.

When i catch illnesses that the kids bring home from school I know it

takes me much much longer than it used to in order to heal up.

Sometimes the internet is a curse...too much information can frighten

a person as the pages seem to present the worst case scenarios. A

normal person can shrug stuff like this off within a day or two but

what about us? If I'm not over this in another day I will call one

Dr. or the other or maybe even both.

I have to take my hubby is going to get a portable heart monitor put

on to record for 7 days tomorrow and Wed. I have to take him back to

see his pain mgmt Dr. I don't have time to be this stupidly sick!

Darn It! Nuts! Pickles! (insert your choice of curse words here)!

Dalanne

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[Guest guest]

My doctor (rheumatologist) told me he wants me to call at the first sign of

ANYTHING viral or bacterial.... Even a simple cold. he told me he would rather

treat me than not.....

Please seek medical attention today.

*~ Kami ~*

[ ] When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

I've posted a lot (for me) lately but this is important to me.

I have RA. Obviously then my immune system is compromised. When I or

you come down with something like food poisoning...at what point do I

call a Dr? And then do I call the general family Dr or the Rheumy?

This may be a dumb question but I can't find any advice on this

elsewhere online. And I'm never eating chicken again. I haven't slept

for over 36 hours- I'm afraid something is going to come up or down

and out before I can make it to the porcelain god. Yes, i'm drinking

water and Seven-up like a fiend. Sorry, I'm the Queen of Too Much

Info I know.

When i catch illnesses that the kids bring home from school I know it

takes me much much longer than it used to in order to heal up.

Sometimes the internet is a curse...too much information can frighten

a person as the pages seem to present the worst case scenarios. A

normal person can shrug stuff like this off within a day or two but

what about us? If I'm not over this in another day I will call one

Dr. or the other or maybe even both.

I have to take my hubby is going to get a portable heart monitor put

on to record for 7 days tomorrow and Wed. I have to take him back to

see his pain mgmt Dr. I don't have time to be this stupidly sick!

Darn It! Nuts! Pickles! (insert your choice of curse words here)!

Dalanne

.

[Guest guest]

Dalanne here again. I finally fell asleep and woke up in time to

worship porcelain again. I am to head to my GP Dr at 1:30 this

afternoon and my mother will be driving me. She is worried so this

will give her something productive (taking care of her only baby) to

do.

My general question still stands though. Be it a head cold, flu bug,

sinus infection, any of the usual suspects....how do we who have

malfunctioning immune systems know whether to call our Dr? I have

ridden out some truly entertaining 'bugs' my kids have brought home

and those just took longer to get over. When do we know that 'this'

is more than our body can handle any longer?

Thanks for the advice Dodge and Paris. I hope your week will go much

better than mine has started out!

>

> Dalanne,

>

> If you are showing signs of dehydration, I would definetly go to

the ER.  If you don't, at least call your family Dr.  He may want to

see you or tell you to go to ER anyway.  I'm a nervous ninny when it

comes to other problems with RA.  I got a swollen lip out of the blue

and freaked out and called the doctor.  I hope you start feeling

better soon!! Good luck! Paris

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Dalanne,

I know your dilemma, my Rhuemy said to see my GP for all but the most

minor infection yet when you go he just says it's just a virus

& " she'll be right " & " that'll be $55.00, thanks " . GRRRR. Certainly

encouraging repeat business...

Most health sites encourage you to go to the doc for the most minor

thing, most likely to cover their " ahem " 's.

If you vomiting etc you should probably go now so you don't become

too dehydrated, a problem to avoid with some of the RA med's we take.

Hope you feel better soon.

Sharon of OZ

>

> I've posted a lot (for me) lately but this is important to me.

>

> I have RA. Obviously then my immune system is compromised. When I

or

> you come down with something like food poisoning...at what point do

I

> call a Dr? And then do I call the general family Dr or the Rheumy?

>

> This may be a dumb question but I can't find any advice on this

> elsewhere online. And I'm never eating chicken again. I haven't

slept

> for over 36 hours- I'm afraid something is going to come up or down

> and out before I can make it to the porcelain god. Yes, i'm

drinking

> water and Seven-up like a fiend. Sorry, I'm the Queen of Too Much

> Info I know.

>

> When i catch illnesses that the kids bring home from school I know

it

> takes me much much longer than it used to in order to heal up.

> Sometimes the internet is a curse...too much information can

frighten

> a person as the pages seem to present the worst case scenarios. A

> normal person can shrug stuff like this off within a day or two but

> what about us? If I'm not over this in another day I will call one

> Dr. or the other or maybe even both.

>

> I have to take my hubby is going to get a portable heart monitor

put

> on to record for 7 days tomorrow and Wed. I have to take him back

to

> see his pain mgmt Dr. I don't have time to be this stupidly sick!

> Darn It! Nuts! Pickles! (insert your choice of curse words here)!

>

> Dalanne

>

[Guest guest]

hope you r feeling better!! Paris

[ ] Re: When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

Dalanne here again. I finally fell asleep and woke up in time to

worship porcelain again. I am to head to my GP Dr at 1:30 this

afternoon and my mother will be driving me. She is worried so this

will give her something productive (taking care of her only baby) to

do.

My general question still stands though. Be it a head cold, flu bug,

sinus infection, any of the usual suspects.....how do we who have

malfunctioning immune systems know whether to call our Dr? I have

ridden out some truly entertaining 'bugs' my kids have brought home

and those just took longer to get over. When do we know that 'this'

is more than our body can handle any longer?

Thanks for the advice Dodge and Paris. I hope your week will go much

better than mine has started out!

>

> Dalanne,

>

> If you are showing signs of dehydration, I would definetly go to

the ER.  If you don't, at least call your family Dr.  He may want to

see you or tell you to go to ER anyway.  I'm a nervous ninny when it

comes to other problems with RA.  I got a swollen lip out of the blue

and freaked out and called the doctor.  I hope you start feeling

better soon!! Good luck! Paris

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I know from my point of view, I tend to catch everything going around which

is hard working in assisted living. And sometimes I recycle my own store of

viruses!! If I feel a lot worse than usual I tend to go to the doctor.

R

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From: " Dalanne " <tombstone1968@...>

Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:43 AM

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Subject: [ ] Re: When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

Dalanne here again. I finally fell asleep and woke up in time to

worship porcelain again. I am to head to my GP Dr at 1:30 this

afternoon and my mother will be driving me. She is worried so this

will give her something productive (taking care of her only baby) to

do.

My general question still stands though. Be it a head cold, flu bug,

sinus infection, any of the usual suspects....how do we who have

malfunctioning immune systems know whether to call our Dr? I have

ridden out some truly entertaining 'bugs' my kids have brought home

and those just took longer to get over. When do we know that 'this'

is more than our body can handle any longer?