One Go Around AGAIN

....................so I guess I should be grateful that I got sick BEFORE our upcoming trip to Nags Head (this Saturday thru Tuesday 9/23). Yesterday morning was a bit off day for me because I woke up with a terrible headache and upset stomach but figured it was just a migraine and hoped that my taking my pill would help; I decided to just wing it and go to work. So, Dad and I left earlier than usual yesterday to drop one of the cars at the shop; so after we dropped the car on at the shop, I (driving the other car) scooted over to the passenger side so my dad could drive to work as usual. So when we got to the interstate, I started feeling worse and actually began to feel as if I could vomit any moment. Dad turned the car around and told me he was taking me home, so I got home and called in sick. I got home and went back to bed, told Mom that I was home and why. I slept in until almost 11am; Mom told me that I should go see my Dr since I wasn't feeling well all weekend (I was having a sore throat and sinus pressure). Despite the warm weather outside, I was feeling chilly, but it didn't occur to me to take my temperature; I didn't think I had one since I wasn't feeling hot. Well, I got to my doctor's office and low and behold, I was running a 101 degree fever! All day long I couldn't eat because I was feeling so sick to my stomach. My Dr's verdict was that I had a sinus infection and a stomach bug. So, she gave me some antibiotics and a note to give my supervisor to show I was sick.

As far as my stomach, it still hurts and queezy but not nearly like yeserday. I've been eating food that is "light" (crackers, brooth, juice, etc), and I would be okay. So, I decided to go to work today, which wasn't a bad day at all. I found out that 5 other people were absent yesterday and had the same thing! Last week, two people had the stomach bug, so I guess it's making its rounds at work, but thankfully it only severely affected me for one day; I decided to stay on a light diet until my stomach feels better. (Although, w/ me it's hard to say when I'll feel better since I do have a history and stomach spasms and nausea due to foods and my figuring out food allergies.....do you know how hard it is to keep a food diary every time you eat?)

Back to my sinus infections, my doctor is a bit worried about why I've been sick so much more these past year. Since January, I've had sinus infection and been to see her a 5 times! She really wants me to go back to my ENT doctor which I probaby will sometimes next month; she as well as I am a bit weary with all my sicknesses this year and she's also worried that I've become immuned to the antibiotics, which by the way, I take a pretty strong antibiotic in order to kill the infection!

It's yet another go around with my sinus infection and treating it w/ severe antibiotics (which at times makes me sick) But, I am thankful I am getting treated before our trip to Nags Head and I pray that nothing else comes up before out trip on Saturday. This trip will be a great relaxation for me as I prepare for my upcoming surgery on Oct 15,

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Decision, Goodbyes, True Healer

  EIGHT  MONTHS---REALLY? I n many ways, I can barely grasp that I have been on this chemo medication for 8 months already.   This means, I   had 9 visits with the oncologists, 9 blood draws,   4 ECHOs, 4 EKGS, 3 neuro-ophthalmology exams,   and 3 MRIs (related to my chemo drug—it includes initial baseline check, one in May, and one just recently on August 25 th which went much smoother).   I actually had a 4 th one but it’s unrelated to the chemo drug, but still related to my disorder).      If you remember from my previous posts, the chemo meds has been really hard on my body; there were so many times I really wondered how much longer I could endure the “fire” on my scalp, or the pain in my legs.    Back in July, the pain in my scalp, face started to get extremely bad.   After completing my 21 day cycle/28 day cycle, we noticed that even with my usual scheduled one-week break from the medication, my sores continued t...
Read more

Thankful for Pastors in our Midst----

It's past 2:45 AM and I'm still awake. I've been awake since 9a.m. without any naps which is unusual for me. I've been in my bed since 11pm and I can't seem to shut my mind off.  There's so much going on in my heart and my mind that I can't seem to just "turn off"  It has relatively little to do with the amount of physical pain I'm in tonight nor does it have little to do with upcoming medical procedures.  I just have a lot on my mind.  Some good things; some sad things; so praiseworthy things, some heart wrenching things, etc. Today for all you VA folks, know how blistering cold it was today; I have to be extra careful about not getting sick due to my low immunity; plus with my horrible pain scale today, I just couldn't make it to church.  I wanted to make it to either the early morning service or the Thanksgiving service my church had to night combined with the formal Installation Service of the official (should I say "dubbing??...
Read more

In My Need I Seek Your Help.......

Image
There hasn’t been a huge change in things regarding my health since my last update/blog post.    My pain management doctor has tried a different form of non-steroid/non medication injection (for my abdominal pain) that seems to help some (to be explained later in the post).   It may need to take a few tries to see if this treatment works; that is, if I decide if I want to continue this kind of treatment.   As for my head pain and neck pain, my neurologist is doing all he can for now with medication therapy; and working along with my pain management doctor who is holding off other forms of treatment until he can slow down things with my abdominal pain.   In the meantime, I get some relief by going to my chiropractor/kinetic energy doctor in town.   I continue to be grateful for the doctors I have –those who are not giving up on me and trying very hard to try to find a solution to the cause of all this pain.   So far, my pain man...
Read more