I am proud to announce I am an S.O.B.!
Liz Strauss of Successful Blog was kind enough to bestow the honor of being a Successful Outstanding Blogger upon me, and do an interview with me to help promote my new book. Stop over and pay her a visit!
Be sure to take your coins for the bridge troll…LOL
Thank you so much darlin’!
I got REALLY sick last night, so I’m just getting up and about. It was the craziest thing…
Since I’ve broken so many of my bones, it seemed like a good idea to be taking a supplement. When will I learn that “good ideas” are not for me? LOL
I got a chewable version of Glucosamine Chondroitin and ate one. In less than an hour I started feeling sick. My throat felt tight and my right jaw started swelling up. By two hours later, the whole right side of my face was inflamed and throbbing. My right eye was watering like it was being given a private showing of Terms of Endearment.
I took some aspirin - didn’t help. I took some Aleve - didn’t help. My right eye swelled nearly shut. My cheek was invading my earlobe’s personal space.
The pain intensified. THROB! THROB!
I was thinking “S.O.B.” but not in reference to darlin’ Liz LOL
I began drinking gallons of water while looking up glucosamine adverse reactions on the internet (with my one good eye). It seems that in rare cases, it can cause the symptoms I had. That’s usually in people who have allergic reactions to shellfish, which I’ve never had, but we are talking about ME here LOL
If there is anyone on the planet who is going to develop a sudden freakish symptom, it will be yours truly. I kept drinking water to flush it out of my system, and finally found some old Vicaden and took one of them. That let me get some sleep (except for waking up ever two hours to pee LOL)
Still tender this morning.
Continuing to drink water (and pee - LOL) Ah oh, gotta go (literally)………..
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Congrats on your award!
And I hope you’re feeling MUCH better! Adverse reactions really suck. Shouldn’t happen. I’ve had a couple myself, but nothing as bad as that!
{{Marti}}
August 20th, 2006 at 11:01 am
Why is the only visual I’m getting from your reaction to medication one of the Hunchback? LOL! Congratulations on becoming an SOB! That just doesn’t sound right no matter how you try to spin it!
August 20th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
congrats on the SOB thing! and i hope this reaction thing clears up…crazy.
August 20th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
Congratulations! ~ jb///
August 20th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Welcome to the wonderful world of anaphylactic shock. Next one could (maybe) kill you. Get your doc to give you a script for an Epi-Pen and start keeping it with you. And buy yourself a big bottle of Benadryl — it’ll keep the symptoms down to a dull roar if taken at the first sign of trouble.
I’m serious about this. You’ve dodged the bullet once, but you may not be so lucky next time.
August 21st, 2006 at 3:33 am
HI Marti you SOB, complete with swell face, hope you’re feelin’ better.
August 21st, 2006 at 8:40 am
Congratulations, Marti!
Wil is right in that you should go to the doctor. Today. Allergic reactions are nothing to mess with.
August 21st, 2006 at 12:27 pm
Marti,
Congrats on the SOB award. Hope you are on the mend from your alternative medicine experiment. You may be an SOB, ut I’m a SLOB (Startlingly Loquacious and Outstanding Bloggers!), i.e., my blog called ‘the Witsterblog’ is SLOB-worthy. Check it out at http://www.sparkplug9.com/bizhack/index.php/slob-hall-of-fame/ - run by John Koetsier.
Not sure, as Bizhack John indicates, that my blog neatly fits into the SLOB realm, but I’ve got a messy house and half re-landscaped backyard to show I’m worthy of consideration.
I bet if you’re an SOB, you’d have a good shot at being a SLOB, too.
Paul Vincent
August 21st, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Always keep Benedryl handy for allergic reactions. Seriously. Hope you are feeling all better by now!
August 21st, 2006 at 8:59 pm
Hey Girlfriend,
Congrats…..You just keep on doing it! Speaking of doing it, ya need to be really careful! My X (years ago) ate one little itty bitty shrimp (seafood never bothered him before) and I had to rush him to the emergency room. Doc said if I’d of gotten there 10 minutes later he’d of been history! His face & throat swelled so much he was un-recognizable (eewww he was ugley), and he was sufficating! They told him to never eat seafood again or anything that contained shellfish! Don’t play around girly! I want to read your stuff for many years to come!
PC
August 22nd, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Congratulations and… OMG! That STINKS!!!! I hope you are feeling better now!
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:13 am