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08-07-2008, 06:19 PM | #1 (permalink) |
I love Derf!! Join Date: Jul 12 2004 Location: Va
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Rep Power: 28 | Heading to the ER tonite I have this crazy addiction to OTC nasal sprays for the past year or so and yesterday was the day that they all lost effectiveness. I have worked 4 days straight 12 hours per day with a total of 6 hours between all 4 days. I can't breathe out of my nose at all, it's like someone put a vice on it, only through my mouth making sleep impossible. My ENT has been in surgeries for the past 2 days and hasn't gotten back to me and I am desperate now. I need an oral steroid or something to make me be able to breathe again. I want to kill myself...
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08-07-2008, 09:27 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 35 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite not sure you're still around this evening jeff but i keep hearing so much about netti pots for instant relief... you might want to check it out. Most of the 24 hour drug stores around here sell them. http://www.sattvahealing.com/netti-pot.shtml hope you feel better soon! :)
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08-07-2008, 10:16 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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08-07-2008, 11:10 PM | #5 (permalink) |
I love Derf!! Join Date: Jul 12 2004 Location: Va
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Rep Power: 28 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite Just got home from the ER, got a prescription for Prendisone to help open it up, gonna call my ENT back tomorrow and get an extension on the prescription as he only wrote for a few days since I couldn't get with her. Gonna take the next 5 days off and go cold turkey with the help of the Prendisone and oral decongestants. Pray for me... I have been up now for close to 24 hours and worked 11 of those today on only 1.5 hours of sleep from the night prior. I want to kill myself.
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08-08-2008, 09:37 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 21 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite When I was younger I had caught a cold, I was using Affrin (sp) and became addicted to it without even knowing it. So I have never used it again. I have a deviated septum and use flo-nase daily to keep me breathing correctly. It's a mild steroid to keep the tissue from swelling and closing off the airways. At some point I will have to get it fixed, but since guys noses grow their entire life, I figured I'd wait till I was 50 or so to get a nose job! |
08-08-2008, 10:30 AM | #7 (permalink) |
I'm Banned Join Date: Jul 26 2005 Location: Québec, Canada
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite Its amazing how you can get addiction to stupid things. When I found out I had the brain tumor I had to have a special test involving nuclear technology so for some reason I could not have any chocolate, coke, pepsi, tea or coffee for 48 hours. When I got to the hospital I had a terrible migraine. I told the doctor and he said it was the caffeine withdrawal. I could not believe it. |
08-08-2008, 12:14 PM | #9 (permalink) |
I vote for DERF! Join Date: Jan 6 2004 Location: Midwest-ish
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Rep Power: 22 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite I have a friend that was in the same boat. He has has surgery also. He claims he can never be off the medications, which is mostly sudafed type stuff. Anyway I keep telling him he is just dependent on them. It may have started as a nasal cavity infection, but thats long gone now as proven by his last checkup. But he "needs" the medication to breathe. Well I hope the best for ya and that this goes over soon. Its hard on the body no matter what.
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08-08-2008, 01:29 PM | #10 (permalink) |
I love Derf!! Join Date: Aug 17 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 48
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Rep Power: 17 | Re: Heading to the ER tonite That prednisone is worse than not breathing IMO. I was prescribed that for a case of Hives from antibiotics.That stuff made me sweat so bad when I slept,it was like someone dumped a bucket of water on my bed.(no I did not pee the bed). Ity dehydrated me something fierce.I could not drink enough liquids. |
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