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  1. 02-13-2011, 04:53 PM #1
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    what a crappy week
    i started being sick a week ago friday - fevers chills cough etc
    call in sick for work monday
    i go to dr monday she gives me a zpac
    do a little work tuesday .

    i wake up wed AM with a swollen blistery tongue - allergic reaction to zpac which stays in system for 5 days after you stop it .

    back to drs taking benadryl and zantac and claritan to decrease allergic reaction .

    Thursday i feel best in a while go to work come home doing paperwork that night i feel a lump on left side of my neck -by early AM its the size of a half a tennis ball= my dr has no hours on friday - i go to Er just to be safe - they say its adenitits of lymph node - due to it overworking with virus / infection its now infected.
    send me home with new RX
    Saturday night i actually felt good all day and i look in a mirror and realize the swelling has travelled - call MD NOT normal for adenitis watch it - i have to wake up every hour to make sure i am breathing OK take dbl benadryl i have been etc

    by AM it was all the way over to the right gland .
    Best way to describe it is when actors put on fake foam and makeup to make themselves look like they are like 100- 200 lbs heavier than they are and have that face puffiness they have no jawline .

    has anyone ever dealt with this and have any ways to quicken the swelling decreasing . doing warm compresses - it looks awful is not something i could easily hide and i dont want to freak out my pts when i go to see them - i really dont own any turtle necks and TBH i dont think it could hide this .


    dr wont gve me any prednisone to decrease the swelling because she wants me to see an allergist and wants them to see the full effect but i just cant walk around in public like this is normal !!
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  2. 02-13-2011, 09:57 PM #2
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    Hugs to you. I have no experience that is relative to what you are going through. But HUGS to you.
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  3. 02-14-2011, 01:42 AM #3
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    I've had some major swelling in my jaw and neck after oral surgeries...but it doesn't sound nearly as bad as what you are describing. I had a show (opera) after one of these and the day before the show i alternated between hot compresses with epson salts and ice...then the morning of I used copious amounts (probably more than was healthy) of Prep. H. cream and it substantially took down the swelling.

    What about a fabulous neck scarf? Or if it's cold (not sure where you are), a hoodie that is zipped all the way up with the hood tightened around your face?

    Wishing you luck that the swelling fades soon!!!
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  4. 02-14-2011, 09:17 AM #4
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    I have no experience at all but I'm so sorry this is happening and big cyber hugs!
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  5. 02-14-2011, 09:50 AM #5
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    No words of wisdom but wanted to send you my wishes that this gets fixed soon and you are back to normal asap.
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    saw dr today - she is stumped + called an allergist who says its not following anything they have ever seen in the way of an allergic reaction
    so she set up an appt with an ENT .

    UGH
    i just want to be able to go back to work - 3rd day lost and i dont get paid when i dont work
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    Hugs to you - what a terrible allergic reaction
    Worse that the doctor says they never saw it before
    I hope ithas started to shrink - fingers crossed
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    well i have stumped the ENT also but he has prescribed me a medrol pack so at least that should help the swelling .
    if they arent down by next week i need a CT scan
    *~Debbi~*
    Happily Married Mom to 5 ; PT Home Care RN
    Living with FMS

    “Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more;
    Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours”
    Swedish Proverb

    *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
    Getting Gazelle like 7/1/10
    Paid off 6 CC's totalling $6807 in 2010
    Paid off car 9000
    2011
    Quit 2nd Job for health reasons so going slower .
    2012
    purchased used car in cash 5000
    *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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