Is there a doctor in the house?

[xx CURVE xx]

Go take a shit and get on with it

[njchopper87]

Glad to hear your feeling better. I had no clue what to say last night.

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by Trip

that's not food poisoning, you vomit and shit a lot with food poisoning.

Not necessarily so. I had food poisoning and it made me woozy with blood pressure shooting up, throbbing headache and generally scared the shit out of me. I couldn't take a crap until the day after and it wasn't diarrhea but instead all stopped up. I called and talked to my doctor and she said that food poisoning symptoms are diverse and not just vomit and diarrhea like what most people think.

[Angee]

Originally Posted by tommymac

they send ya home on prednisone too?

Tom

Nope...said to follow up with a doctor in 2-3 days...but I've only been insured for 2 weeks and haven't had time to find a regular doctor... Going to check one out right down the street from me soon. I need to get an overnight blood pressure reading done as well as a regular physical.

[tommymac]

How high was the BP out of curiuosity.

Tom

[Angee]

Dunno...by the time I got to the ER it had dropped to almost normal...no way to tell. It had been a few hours by the time I was seen so it was only 109/73 when it was taken. I know what it feels like from past times when it has gone up, and I don't usually turn red under the most strenuous circumstances. My normal BP is 90/60, and my core body temp is 97.8...yeah, I'm odd... I am going to be purchasing a BP cuff for home use in case this happens again. Damn, I'm getting old...



Ok, I gotta go home now...gotta stop by Walgreens too.