That's the weird thing. Sometimes I'll start to feel better the closer it gets to monday, and then I forget or decide it's not that bad of a problem to bother the doctor with it. I cant figure out what causes some of the weird problems that bug me over the weekends. This weekend it's partly a seasonal allergy problem, but the weird potty issues seem to come and go.

Can weird neurological stuff come and go a couple of days at a time? I wonder if some of my allergy medications this past week or two is triggering some of the weirdness? I think I figured out that a couple of weeks ago, the antidepressent med I was taking for insomnia was causing some of my problems. Maybe I'm sensitive now to something in my environment, a med, or a type of pollen. (our flowers that were beat to death last fall when they were planted, and again beat up in a storm earlier this summer are finally blooming, and my allergies started to kick up a fit about the time the flowers started blooming)

maybe you need a new allergy med?

My pains certainly do, but everyone's so different. I don't think there are any rules really with all of it

It does seem like when the week-end comes everything that
can go wrong does.

Sorry to hear you are having a time of it. I hope today that you
are feeling better.

Call the dr. monday even if you feel a little better.


Jappy

I feel a lot better today! Which is good, because my parents and I took my boyfriend to see Cocoanuts (a play that was based on the Marx Brothers play/movie) I've had the sneezies somewhat today, but I dont feel like crap anymore.

I was a lot worried that the allergies and all the other weird stuff would have made me not enjoy the day, but things improved enough that I wasnt a miserable wreck at the play today.

Maybe it's because I hadnt seen my boyfriend in like a month! and I really kind of missed him a bunch.

Start of a new week now, I'm sure I'll feel like total crap again soon. Cant seem to get away from it.

Erin, have you ever considered that perhaps anxiety is part of the problem? It does seem like many weekends (or before vacation time), you become more anxious about your health issues then you do during the week.

I have a few Naproxen (for pain), antibiotics (for infection of most kinds), UTI antibiotics, and allergy meds all lined up in my cupboard for those times when it is not convenient to get to a doctor or clinic. In fact, the clinic doctor here calls me "Doctor G", cause I usually treat myself (or my kids) for the first few days of any illness, then just go in when it is convenient to get a full rx.

Yes, our symptoms fluctuate, but I suspect that many times you will be fine (without treatment) by Monday anyway . . . but if things do get too rough over the weekend, your dad or aunt can probably offer some sound advice on what you can take, without contemplating a visit to the ER.

Trust me, these "problems" occur for most of us (and our kids) when it is least convenient, and with 2 or 5 kids, most parents would spend considerable time at the ER if we didn't either start treating them, or leave the problem for a few days when our doc office opens. There is very little that will "kill" us by Monday . . . so just don't stress about it.

Cherie