Feeling better, but I'm about to go to work.

[kierthos]

Yesterday at work, I felt like crap for most of the shift. Once I got home and was able to take some Tylenol and drink some orange juice, I felt better. I am taking the Tylenol to work so I don't have a repeat of last night (when you feel exhausted, Tylenol PM, which is all I had last night, is not a good idea).

I don't think it's the flu. Flu, to my knowledge, is not counteracted by a couple Tylenol and some oj. But then, what was/is it? At the end of the shift, before I went home, my joints hurt so much that sitting down in a rolly-chair and using my legs to propel myself along hurt. Badly. Now? Hardly any joint pain. (But then, I did take some Tylenol when I got up.)

Anyway... about time for work.

Comments

[copper-fingers.livejournal.com]

Hmm...have you considered taking glucosamine for the joint pain?
There might be something underlying the pain that the painkillers block out, but don't 'fix' if you know what I mean.
I have joint pains and it kills me-I feel for you!

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Actually, it looks like it is the flu. I was able to shut it down for one day, it seems, but it's back. Either that or my immune system is playing silly buggers without the face cards again.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Oh, and there's not really any place around here (yet) to get various kinds of medicine. A CVS is being built a couple blocks from here, but it's going to at least be a couple more weeks before it's open.

Other then a supplement though, it's what, shellfish? I might try that. Haven't had shrimp in a while.

[copper-fingers.livejournal.com]

No chemists or pharmacies? :-(
I'm spoiled living in suburbia...this stuff is just over the counter so we can get it in our supermarkets...
It's role is to help rebuild cartilage and help protect joints against conditions like arthritis. Practically every joint in my body 'cracks' so I was thinking of trying this stuff to see if it helps it...
You're right it's derived from shellfish (I didn't know that before) something else I didn't know:
"In the United States, glucosamine is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for medical use in humans."
:-S
It's so popular over here...we have our former olympian long distance runners advertising it and everything!
Results from tests for this stuff are conflicting though so...it's not a miracle cure I guess (what is though?)