When to contact Dr with a virus or bacteria?

[Guest guest]

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