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Dec. 18th, 2008 09:51 amMy throat almost doesn't hurt any more. I'm taking the antibiotics faithfully in spite of the side effects. I'm not keen on contributing to antibiotic resistant bacteria or on becoming contagious again, with or without getting sick again. The side effects are as bad as the illness, unfortunately, and I won't finish the antibiotics until Tuesday. (I'm not taking penicillin. I've had allergic reactions to two antibiotics, one of which is in the same family as penicillin. That means I'm stuck with the next line of antibiotics which are the next line in part because they're less pleasant.)
Now we're just in a countdown to see whether I come down with what Scott and Cordelia had or either of them comes down with what I have. I figure that, if we make it through the weekend, we're probably clear.
I'm not entirely clear as to whether or not I'm still contagious. I poked around online and found numbers ranging from 24 hours on antibiotics to 72 hours on antibiotics. I've chosen to be conservative with regard to the school and won't be helping out at the library this Friday. I think I'll be less conservative in dealing with Scott and Cordelia, not by a vast amount just to the extent of not washing my hands quite as obsessively as I have been and not letting myself worry about the possibility that the germs are on my sweater and will make Cordelia sick if I cuddle her.
Right now, I'm trying to come up with ideas for dealing with the side effects of the antibiotics without being ridiculous about it. I'm also procrastinating on tidying for the cleaning lady (it's going to take hours and more spoons than I have) and on looking at the Yuletide fic.
I don't think the fic is going to be up to my usual standards. It won't be actively bad-- I think-- just not as good as I could have made it. I suppose I could say that that's always true of any project. One just has to pick a point and decide that it's done. All the beta readers I've had look at it point at the same general problems. I'm going to see if I can fix some of those. I think I have an idea that can fit in the time I have if I'm lucky.
I think I will call Scott's parents to see if they're willing to risk the germs to take Cordelia for a night this weekend. Scott and I need some time to shop when she's not around if we're going to fill her stocking (and ours) with stuff she hasn't seen us buy and if we're going to give her some things that aren't books, DVDs or CDs. Not that there's anything wrong with books, DVDs and CDs.
Now we're just in a countdown to see whether I come down with what Scott and Cordelia had or either of them comes down with what I have. I figure that, if we make it through the weekend, we're probably clear.
I'm not entirely clear as to whether or not I'm still contagious. I poked around online and found numbers ranging from 24 hours on antibiotics to 72 hours on antibiotics. I've chosen to be conservative with regard to the school and won't be helping out at the library this Friday. I think I'll be less conservative in dealing with Scott and Cordelia, not by a vast amount just to the extent of not washing my hands quite as obsessively as I have been and not letting myself worry about the possibility that the germs are on my sweater and will make Cordelia sick if I cuddle her.
Right now, I'm trying to come up with ideas for dealing with the side effects of the antibiotics without being ridiculous about it. I'm also procrastinating on tidying for the cleaning lady (it's going to take hours and more spoons than I have) and on looking at the Yuletide fic.
I don't think the fic is going to be up to my usual standards. It won't be actively bad-- I think-- just not as good as I could have made it. I suppose I could say that that's always true of any project. One just has to pick a point and decide that it's done. All the beta readers I've had look at it point at the same general problems. I'm going to see if I can fix some of those. I think I have an idea that can fit in the time I have if I'm lucky.
I think I will call Scott's parents to see if they're willing to risk the germs to take Cordelia for a night this weekend. Scott and I need some time to shop when she's not around if we're going to fill her stocking (and ours) with stuff she hasn't seen us buy and if we're going to give her some things that aren't books, DVDs or CDs. Not that there's anything wrong with books, DVDs and CDs.
