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Quoting nodramaaroundme:
This is one of my funnier blogs. It really did happen about 2 years ago.
About 2 years ago, I was being hard headed and thought I could out run a sinus infection. I had things to do, places to go and no time to be sick. Anyway, by the time I went to the doctor I had pneumonia, a sinus and ear infection and one very nasty cough. The thing about mind over matter is that the mind eventually has to take a break, and all those things that you have been hiding from yourself will appear. So needless to say, I went straight home from the doctor's with my 101 fever to Eckerd .
I had 3 items to pick up 1) Antibiotics 2) Codeine cough syrup and 3) The Miracle Pill (women we all know this pill well, you need it when you're on antibiotics)
I've never taken codeine before, so I followed all the little warnings on the side of the bottle. I fixed something to eat, sweating all along from the fever. Forced myself to eat all of it and carefully measured the prescribed amount into the cup. Because I never know what I?m going to be allergic to or how medication will affect me, I reached for the phone. I called my sister to tell her about the doctors and the medicine. Then I called one of my friends here in Atlanta and took the codeine cough syrup. I talked on the phone for about an hour with no effects. As I was getting off the phone, I started moving around and then I started to feel dizzy.
Side note- I have trained my kids (Kats) to go to bed, in their own room by 11 pm. I give them a treat and close the door. I'm a light sleeper.
Back to the story. I put the kids to bed and carefully climbed the 15 stairs to my bedroom. Which was the last thing I remembered until around 2 am in the morning. At which time I woke up to find a dog curled up on my bedroom floor...it was a pretty big one too. Did I mention I don't have a dog? I was trying not to panic and I especially didn't want to wake the dog. My mind was racing...did I leave the door open, how long has it been in my room, it's laying between me in the bed and the door to safety, did it eat my kids, where's the phone, how can the police get to me without breaking down the door and setting off the alarm? All the while, I'm looking at this dog in my bedroom and trying not to wake it, so I tried to calm down and think my way out of this.
Inside my head
"No Drama, relax and move very slowly." I was reaching for my flashlight. It is a small flashlight and couldn't hurt a fly, but I slowly took my arm from under the covers. "It's ok, it's ok, ND, just move slowly" My head was swimming and it looked like I could see the dog breathing. I got to the flashlight and flicked it on as I prepared to throw myself to the other side of the bed and make a mad dash for the bathroom. Needless to say, the light exposed my clothes in a heap on the floor. Somewhere between the top of the stairs and my bed, I had stripped and left my clothes in a pile on the floor, which I never do. Once my heart stopped racing I went back to sleep.
In the morning I read the warning paper again that was stuffed in the bag with the medications...
"May cause hallucinations"
This is one of my funnier blogs. It really did happen about 2 years ago.
About 2 years ago, I was being hard headed and thought I could out run a sinus infection. I had things to do, places to go and no time to be sick. Anyway, by the time I went to the doctor I had pneumonia, a sinus and ear infection and one very nasty cough. The thing about mind over matter is that the mind eventually has to take a break, and all those things that you have been hiding from yourself will appear. So needless to say, I went straight home from the doctor's with my 101 fever to Eckerd .
I had 3 items to pick up 1) Antibiotics 2) Codeine cough syrup and 3) The Miracle Pill (women we all know this pill well, you need it when you're on antibiotics)
I've never taken codeine before, so I followed all the little warnings on the side of the bottle. I fixed something to eat, sweating all along from the fever. Forced myself to eat all of it and carefully measured the prescribed amount into the cup. Because I never know what I?m going to be allergic to or how medication will affect me, I reached for the phone. I called my sister to tell her about the doctors and the medicine. Then I called one of my friends here in Atlanta and took the codeine cough syrup. I talked on the phone for about an hour with no effects. As I was getting off the phone, I started moving around and then I started to feel dizzy.
Side note- I have trained my kids (Kats) to go to bed, in their own room by 11 pm. I give them a treat and close the door. I'm a light sleeper.
Back to the story. I put the kids to bed and carefully climbed the 15 stairs to my bedroom. Which was the last thing I remembered until around 2 am in the morning. At which time I woke up to find a dog curled up on my bedroom floor...it was a pretty big one too. Did I mention I don't have a dog? I was trying not to panic and I especially didn't want to wake the dog. My mind was racing...did I leave the door open, how long has it been in my room, it's laying between me in the bed and the door to safety, did it eat my kids, where's the phone, how can the police get to me without breaking down the door and setting off the alarm? All the while, I'm looking at this dog in my bedroom and trying not to wake it, so I tried to calm down and think my way out of this.
Inside my head
"No Drama, relax and move very slowly." I was reaching for my flashlight. It is a small flashlight and couldn't hurt a fly, but I slowly took my arm from under the covers. "It's ok, it's ok, ND, just move slowly" My head was swimming and it looked like I could see the dog breathing. I got to the flashlight and flicked it on as I prepared to throw myself to the other side of the bed and make a mad dash for the bathroom. Needless to say, the light exposed my clothes in a heap on the floor. Somewhere between the top of the stairs and my bed, I had stripped and left my clothes in a pile on the floor, which I never do. Once my heart stopped racing I went back to sleep.
In the morning I read the warning paper again that was stuffed in the bag with the medications...
"May cause hallucinations"
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