[Scots Kat]

Hey guys, (big preamble before i get to my question - sorry)
I've been really sick for a week. At first I thought I was hung-over (Canada Day was fun, we had a BBQ on the 29th but I was already not 100% even that day). But my hangover just never went away. I couldn't eat anything on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - I couldn't keep anything on my stomach. Then Friday I started to feel a bit better but didn't want to eat anything. Felt almost normal Saturday and Sunday - was back to being able to eat light foods. Then I woke up Monday and was back to vomitting and hot/cold flashes etc. I finally dragged myself to the doctor Mon and he said he suspected it was a virus which is taking longer to go away due to my supressed immune-system. Anyways, he gave me some new meds to deal with my nausea, torn-up tummy and dehydration (and then procreeded to mock me on the amount of "toxic" medications I'm on - nice doctor). I'm finally up and about a bit today, only eating very light and still not quite myself.

Ok, now my question: What do you do when you are ill and can't take your medications? I'm taking 40 mg of pred every second day but with so many days in a row that I couldn't eat or keep anything down I couldn't take it. I wasn't worried until I remembered how crazy they are about weaning you off pred gradually and watching your doses carefully. Theni got really scared that I might have really hurt myself.

Anyways, I'm so glad I'm feeling a bit better and I hope all of you are feeling okay! Take care
~Kathy

[Joanmarie63]

When I did something like that {many years ago} I just picked back up where I left off as far as my meds went. But if you are really scared then call your Dr. Glad to see you are feeling better

[redtail]

Hi Kathy,

If I'm too sick to take my meds I don't, but I have to be pretty sick. I have one to stop me vomiting, so If I'm really crook(another australianism!!! for being really sick) I start with one of those, then see how I go. If I'm sick for longer than a day, I visit my Dr and he may put me in hospital depending on what he thinks. Its a hard one because we really can't afford to miss any of our meds
Kate