# Attn: Doctors **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 4, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586 "2007-08-04T18:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/1 "2007-08-04T18:23:10Z")
I got up yesterday with a sore throat, today the back of my throat, and the roof of my mouth is dry and raw. And today after a 5 minute phone conversation i completely lost my voice, i cant even whisper. It is extremely painful to swallow (no jokes please). So all i’ve been drinking is milk, cause thats the only think that isnt painful. I’ve taken robitusin, and have been eating cough drops like candy. Other than that i feel fine. I won’t be able to get to the doctor monday, i’ll be on assignment for work. A steel mill is shutting down for me to do my work, and i cant even speak right now. Any quick remedies?? ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/2 "2007-08-04T18:25:34Z")
shot of whiskey? ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/3 "2007-08-04T18:26:03Z")
> [@BlkP42E"](#): > > shot of whiskey? i’ll try that a couple times. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/4 "2007-08-04T18:57:34Z")
stop sucking the wanker. steel mill shutting down, which one? ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/5 "2007-08-04T19:09:48Z")
well, it dulled the pain a bit, i still cant talk, but its a little easier to swallow (again no jokes please). oh, and its Allegheny Ludlum Steel in Leechburg. They’re gonna shutdown 2 steel coating mill lines for me to test my Lockout Tagout procedures. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/6 "2007-08-04T19:14:47Z")
this is offtopic anything goes :boink hahahaa do yins steel workers ever “work” a full shift 🤣 bring up the fact truck drivers are getting impatient on waiting sheets and coils already made. 💏 ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/7 "2007-08-04T19:16:52Z")
i’m no steelworker. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/8 "2007-08-04T19:16:59Z")
[Probably strep throat](http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Strep-Throat-Topic-Overview) You could try going to one of the clinics Eckerd has now. They staff nurse practioners and are typically open 7 days a week. No appointments necessary. If you have strep throat, it will be contagious for 24-48 hours if you take antibiotics or a few weeks if you don’t. This is MagicalMarge posting under Dom’s name again. ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/9 "2007-08-04T19:17:45Z")
> [@8Grand"](#): > > Probably strep throat. [“Click here”][Strep Throat: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment](http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Strep-Throat-Topic-Overview) > You could try going to one of the clinics Eckerd has now. They staff nurse practioners and are typically open 7 days a week. No appointments necessary. If you have strep throat, it will be contagious for 24-48 hours if you take antibiotics or a few weeks if you don’t. :bigthumb: i thought that was a probability. thanks, never had it, i was just wonderin if i should see someone, or just take it easy for awhile., ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/10 "2007-08-04T19:20:09Z")
> [@shoes...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoes/31734/2): > > i’m no steelworker. then my rants are useless to you 🙂 get better, have some NyQuil and some beer. ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/11 "2007-08-04T19:21:50Z")
> [@What the HELL happened???????](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-happened/31725/22): > > then my rants are useless to you 🙂 i still enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/12 "2007-08-04T19:22:38Z")
> [@Pics of the CTS-V (56k warning)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pics-of-the-cts-v-56k-warning/31733/4): > > :bigthumb: i thought that was a probability. thanks, > > never had it, i was just wonderin if i should see someone, or just take it easy for awhile., Well, antibiotics prob won’t do much to make it better aside from making you less contagious. ---
**Author:** ![fah\_quad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@fah\_quad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fah_quad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/13 "2007-08-04T20:03:10Z")
Strep has dead give-away white spots on the back of your throat most of the time. In addition, a lot of that stuff is viral (if it isn’t strep, which is bacterial), in which case antibiotics don’t do squat. Fullness in ears? Swollen glands? Fever? Strep usually doesn’t have the other symptoms of cold with it, either. From what I can remember from school. I’d have to get out some books on it because I don’t deal with that stuff anymore. EDIT: just saw link posted above. That about sums it from what I remember. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/14 "2007-08-04T20:21:23Z")
> [@02 Wrangler X~~\*\*Action Pics on Page 3\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/02-wrangler-x-action-pics-on-page-3/29163/35): > > Strep has dead give-away white spots on the back of your throat most of the time. In addition, a lot of that stuff is viral (if it isn’t strep, which is bacterial), in which case antibiotics don’t do squat. > Fullness in ears? Swollen glands? Fever? > Strep usually doesn’t have the other symptoms of cold with it, either. From what I can remember from school. I’d have to get out some books on it because I don’t deal with that stuff anymore. > > EDIT: just saw link posted above. That about sums it from what I remember. He said other than the sore throat he feels fine, which is what made me think strep. He didn’t mention swollen glands or anything. Anyway, best bet is to go see a doc or nurse practitioner and they will do a culture to test for it. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/15 "2007-08-04T21:51:04Z")
more whiskey ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/16 "2007-08-04T21:58:18Z")
sounds like strep throat to me… like chad said, more whiskey, and some antibiotics, youll be fine in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/17 "2007-08-04T22:11:12Z")
w00t! Lory gets strep throat alot. call your doctors office, explain the symptoms and have him call you in a perscription. a “z pack” always works for her. ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/18 "2007-08-05T04:23:15Z")
i get strep alot and my doctor gives me these pills that i take like 5 or 6 the first day and 1 less pill a day for 5 days and im usually fine. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/19 "2007-08-05T07:33:31Z")
> [@FELLOW NYSPEEDERS QUESTION SEXUALITY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fellow-nyspeeders-question-sexuality/31672/49): > > w00t! > > Lory gets strep throat alot. call your doctors office, explain the symptoms and have him call you in a perscription. a “z pack” always works for her. so u think :bj: ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586/20 "2007-08-05T07:38:10Z")
tonsillitises but i had a fever :dunno: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-doctors/191586.md?page=2)