Day 8 - It's a pollen cursing kind of day

So I still feel like crap... Shocking! I know!

Stupid tree pollen...seriously! I have taken more pills today... All my normal ones plus my INH & Vit B6 & Motrin & aleve & Benadryl & mucinex. And my sweet husband went to the store & brought some probiotics home for me since I keep forgetting, lol. But let's talk about mucinex...for non-medical friends/family this may be TMI. Just warning you...

 Mucous. Snot. Gross. Mucinex is a wonderful medication & does amazing things, but really, why does the taste of snot never leave my mouth after I expectorate it!! It is so gross! And how in the heck does it make these huge snot balls? It really is gross. This is why I take care of babies, big people problems are disgusting!! Yuck! 

Ok, enough of the grossness. I couldn't say anything about the tb meds today because I have felt so crummy because of my allergies & I swear it feels like my throat has been sliced in half! So I have alternated ibuprofen and naproxen. Special thanks to my awesome hubby who brought me some aleve today too! Only being able to take ibuprofen really bites. 

I wanted to comment on tb & it's prevalence. Yes, the numbers are going down but it is still here & thriving. This bug is like crazy old...it's just ridiculous! Before I joined the healthcare world I don't think I had really ever thought about tb.  I would say it would be awesome to develop a vaccine that could eradicate this stupid bug...but you know there would be some crazy crunchy home-birth loving, I won't vaccinate my kids to help keep the world healthy, ridiculous Dr. Google groupie mom who would not want it & would have to refuse it on principle alone. I mean seriously...look at measles & how far we came until this anti-vax movement started. Now it's back, and children too young to be vaccinated or unable to take the vaccine are at risk. But their kid is probably safe by herd immunity. Ridiculous! (Huge pet peeve if mine, in case you couldn't tell)

I am educating everyone I know about tb now. Poor Dr. H got stuck in the hall with me the other day cuz he asked about it, lol! I still am trying to figure out when & where I was exposed, it makes no sense. I am at a higher risk because I'm a rock-star nurse, but the fact that we kick out anyone in the NICU who coughs kinda outweighs that. And I really don't like crowds...shocker! But it really doesn't matter, I have been exposed & I will not be a public health risk! 

I think that's all that was left in my head today...I've coughed or blown everything else out of my nose, lol. ;)

Good night friends!