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TIFU by not remembering to take acetaminophen

This post is not related to acetaminophen/ Tylenol causing/ not causing autism.

I woke up at 2am tossing and turning. I was pretty nauseous, but I tried to fall asleep. After about 30 minutes, I decided to get up and get some medicine. As I chew my first bite of calcium carbonate, I feel the sensation of needing to throw up. I go to the toilet and puke 5 times. My husband and I both work in schools and we have a kiddo in daycare. It makes sense, there has already been a lot of sickness going around.

I am awake for quite a bit longer as I clean myself up. Fun times because when I puked standing up, everything was fine, but when I squatted to puke, I peed myself every time to the point that I leaked through my underwear and shorts.

I go downstairs to sleep on the couch with my trusty bucket that doubles for popcorn. Everyone gets up for the day and then my husband leaves to take kiddo to daycare and go to work.

I take a second bath because I still smell vomit on me. After my bath, I decide to try some food. I have difficulty swallowing pills, so I take meds with food. I worried about taking medication because of what happened earlier, but I was able to keep it down.

I was able to nap for a couple of hours and when I woke up, my aches and pains were back. I must have been thinking of ibuprofen, because I thought I could only take acetaminophen every 6 hours. I also rarely take acetaminophen because I respond better to ibuprofen. I don't want to take ibuprofen for fear that it will aggravate my stomach further.

I tell myself I'll be okay and try to nap more, still in pain so moving and lot.

When I wake up from my third nap of the day, I realize acetaminophen can be taken every 4 hours instead of every six. I suffered for a few additional hours because brain no worky right now.

TL;DR tifu by throwing up, peeing myself, and forgetting how frequently I could take pain reliever, leading to feeling crappy for extra time.

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