Back in September I had some mild atelectasis (partially collapsed lung). Since atelectasis almost always results in infection, I took some antibiotics to guard against getting sicker. At the time I didn't think much of it - mostly I was glad for the codeine to quiet my cough and the breathing treatment. It was nice to have a few days off from school and play some super mario, and I had a pretty optimistic outlook about recovering.
So, I recovered, but I had some other crappy health problems (literally crappy... bowel problems). I didn't really do anything about it for a month or so, because hey, sometimes bowels are just irregular! Then in December my doctor says I have a staph infection and refers me to a specialist, who, just yesterday, told me that my infection is gone! Yay. Unfortunately my symptoms are not gone, and I am the proud sufferer of post-infectious irritable bowel. FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! So, if you ever take antibiotics, remember to eat yogurt or something while you're taking it so you don't get an intestinal infection and then irritable bowels for the rest of your life, like what happened to me.
On the bright side, I will always have an excuse to be irritable!
This pity party is over!
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Best probiotic supplement (from a cost-benefit analysis standpoint) is Culturelle. It's the best lactobaccilus thing out there, and is reasonably cheap! You may, however, have to wait a few weeks/months before it has any noticeable effect.
Bleh, that's not cool! :-(
But on the bright side, I just sent you a package in the mail . . . :-)
:-D I got it today!
“Two and two the mathematician continues to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.”
~James McNeill Whistler, Whistler Versus Ruskin, 1878
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