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Careful with Vicodin! But feeling better! *(knock on wood!)

May 20th, 2011 at 01:49 am

Last night before going to bed, I took one Vicodin at about ten p.m. My dad called me about ten minutes later and I was the definition of Loopy. I slept soundly til about 4 a.m. when the pain woke me up. I considered taking another one, but (thankfully) decided against it. I finally got up around 8 a.m. and was standing talking to JJ when I got *really* light headed and felt like I was going to faint or be sick. I sat down and JJ got me some water. The light headed/nauseous feeling didn't really subside til nearly 11 a.m. - just before I had to leave. Before I left I gave myself the "sobriety" tests - walking a straight line, touch fingers to nose, etc.

*knock on wood* but I didn't have any major pain attacks today! Tonight I even managed to eat food which required minimal chewing motions (refried beans and overcooked macaroni) -- but it was REAL food and not Ensure or Equate.

I'm feeling somewhat hopeful that this may have passed. Who knows if it is the allergy medicine or the antibiotics .. who really cares at this point. If it will just go away!!!

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One of my tutoring students texted me yesterday as I was almost home asking if we were tutoring on Wednesday (that day). I told her no, and that I was at least an hour away from her. She said she had a final essay due today (Thursday). I told her to email whatever she came up with, and I'd correct it. Never heard from her. She owes me $75. I'm not holding my breath on getting that from her. Frown

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Tomorrow after I'm done tutoring one of my two remaining students, I plan to go over to the church school and start working on the Cum files and possibly the library. It's very, very sad. Unless a huge miracle happens (as in they double their student body before June 1 for next school year), the school will be closing its doors. Frown One effect of this is that YA, the principal/main teacher's last contract day is May 31. The kids last day is May 27. YA has to have *everything* ready for the school closing on the 31st. If the school wasn't closing, she'd have until the 2nd or maybe 3rd.

I'm also planning on helping on Sunday afternoon after the Kindergarten graduation. Last year it took me 4 afternoons just to put the library back in order ... I don't know if I'll have that much time this year. Although after Thursday neither of my two remaining tutoring students will be using me ... so I could spend all day Friday helping - as well as Sunday and Monday. Maybe I can get my mom to come spend a day too ...

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My dad and grandma got an iPad2 a couple weeks ago. I was pretty impressed that they did that. Both my brother and I think it is funny that they were willing to try the iPad, but not the iPhone. The iPad is virtually a bigger iPhone w/o the phone capabilities. Big Grin So far they seem to be liking it and getting the hang of it. His sister and her best friend will be staying at dad/grandma's in a few weeks - so I bet they will help them figure more out with it. Big Grin

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I've been doing really badly tracking money lately - both income and expenses. I need to get back on the ball and do it. Especially since after next week there may not be much in the way of income. :*(

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I cashed out again for Beezag. Hopefully it'll come in the next few days. I'm almost 200 points away from finally cashing out at Zoombucks, and am waiting on the 4th card from Irazoo before ordering a 5th one. Yesterday I cashed out for my second AGC at Swagbucks in May. They're going MUCH slower now that I'm not on as much and only am doing videos when I have extra time.

6 Responses to “Careful with Vicodin! But feeling better! *(knock on wood!)”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Weren't you just in a car accident? The nausea and light-headedness might be from that. If it continues you might want to get yourself checked out. Those are symptoms of concussion.

  2. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    It was a very very minor car accident, and was on Sunday. I felt fine (other than the horrible earache, jaw pain, teeth pain, etc., which I've had for more than 12 days now, though seems to be abating finally ...) on Monday and Tuesday. It wasn't til this morning that I felt out of sorts.

  3. spinelle2004 Says:
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    I'm pretty new to this site, but have been reading your past few posts. Your symptoms are very similar to the ones I had when I was diagnosed with a salivary gland infection last week: http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/salivary-gland-infections/overview.html. Who knew those things could get infected? I certainly didn't!

    Just a thought ... whatever it is, I hope you feel better soon!

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Interesting .. thanks Spinelle.

  5. CampFrugal Says:
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    You have to drink a lot of fluids when taking any medication to, lack of a better word, water it down so it is not so concentrated, especially if you went to bed after taking one.

    Especially when taking prescribed narcotics and a lot of antibiotics, they usually have a warning on the bottle or with the paperwork that comes with it.

    Glad your doing better, but keep drinking water, not guzzling, but throughout the day... you need to keep yourself hydrated so that the drugs don't become concentrated in your system.

  6. Jerry Says:
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    Whew, it sounds like it sent you for a loop! Meds often lead to similar results in my body, sometimes really laying me out with just the normal dose. The same dose of a med can have different effects in different people, so it is important to pay close attention! You are fortunate to have the insurance of people around you who love and care for you, definitely...
    Jerry

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