Health Update
Posted By Kathleen David on September 17, 2006
I had the spider bite checked out after I had one heck of a dizzy spell. For those who have occasionally imbibed a bit more than they should I can describe it at a bad case of “bed spins” that wouldn’t go away. Thus killing any chance of driving anywhere and getting any errands done. Fortunately my GP has office hours on Saturday so I made an appointment and was checked head to toe. It turns out that I was running a low fever and have a raging sinus infection which is throwing off my balance. Nothing to do with the spider bite which they checked out carefully. I was given some kicking antihistamines for both the sinuses and the bite and an antibiotic that is not part of the penicillin family which I am now highly allergic to. So I am on rest, fluids, and taking it easy for a couple of days to let my body regroup. Needless to say not much else got done yesterday.
Baseball is a great game to me. I know others can’t stand it but I love it. My biggest fear is that the Yankees are gonna clinch before the Mets do the way things are going. The Mets are going to get into the playoffs on a Phillie loss rather than a Mets win. (Yea I can hear you laughing in the background Keith)
Now I am working on getting my brain to function again. I had a couple of rants and how some news is really not news it is just how things have been done for a while you just didn’t notice it. Also one about copyright and the internet and how companies like Live Journal, My Space, and the Blog Spot have carefully phrased the membership agreements to cover their legal ášš(ets) and leave your hanging free in the wind. Or this woman I heard on the radio this morning on the sports station talking total BS about teenage females and sports and image and how hard it is for these girls to live in our society as ti stands. But I am too tired right now. Maybe another day.
I am grateful that the bite was just a bite and nothing more.
As I understand it, Youtube has gone into talks with music companies about the music feature on the videos on their site. Guess they didn’t get the memo about the membership agreements until too late.
You know, I’ve heard from women a lot about the impossibly big busted women in comics (Wonder Woman, Power Girl, etc.) and what effect that has on girls. So I’m waiting on (ow!) pins and needles to hear what you think was BS about what the woman was saying on the radio about girls and sports. As long as you’re at it, I’d like to get your impression of the ban on skinny models that seems to be rearing its head in parts of Europe.
Your bite made me look up info on spider bites. I’m more confused than ever. Brown Recluse spiders are, by most accounts, not supposed to be in my area but I’ve had medical people tell me otherwise.
I’m glad it only turned out to be a sinus infection. Had I been bitten by a spider and then come down with a fever I’d have gone into a panic attackthat would have given my family amusing anecdotes for the next decade.
What, Bill — you’d be in a panic about whether you could use your new-found spider powers for good? Or would you suddenly worry about your uncle?
Seriously, Kath, I’m glad it turned out to be … well, being somewhat prone to sinus stuff, I certainly won’t say “nothing”, but nothing beyond easily identifiable and treatable things.
TWL
I am so pleased to hear that your spider bite is not as severe as it could have been. Growing up in an area with Sydney Funnelweb spiders, Redback spiders and Whitetail spiders, the thought of spider bites send cold shivers down my spine.
On a more cheerful note, dear daughter’s U13 field hockey team won the final on Saturday, and will play the Grand Final this coming Saturday.
Megan, evan at their worst, American spiders are no mach for the horrors that their Australian cousins can dish out.
Yeah, wouldn’t it be great if evolution worked like in Marvel Comics? You get botten by a spider, gain spider powers or get burned in a fire and gain fire powers or get a transfusion of mongoose blood and suddenly run fast. I spent a week in the hospital from a cat scratch. Cat-Man is kind of a lame idea but I’d take it. Hëll, I’ll take Stilt-Man’s stilts.
My in-laws used to live on Sydney’s Northern beaches, ie the heart of Sydney Funnelweb territory. Once, Dad was digging a new garden feature for Mum. In the process, he struck a nest of about 40. Their house was in a bushland area.
We were glad when they moved to a different part of Sydney with fewer funnelwebs.