wheee...sick again
Sep. 7th, 2006 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
air_n_darknessI would love to find out what has FUBAR'ed my immune system.
When I was kid, I had major sinus/breathing issues, the main cause of which was my living in a smoke-filled house. About a year after my parent's divorce, and getting out of said house, I stopped having more than the "normal" sinus problems. Since moving to Memphis alomst 10 years, I've hardly had any major infections.
Until the this year.
I have had 4 major infections since Jan, and am currently on 2 rather expensive medicines daily to TRY and keep my suddenly hyper-sensitive sinuses in check. Now, when I say a major infection, I mean it can take anywhere from 1-2 months for me to recover; so basically I've spent most of the past year sick in one way or another.
And now I have some sort of lymph node/sinus crap that has apparently been making the rounds in Memphis. It's a bit like having strep, without the fever and chills. My white count was through the roof. The nodes under my chin are swollen and sore, and my sinues ache. And I have lovely pus pockets on my tonsils. But no drainage, no coughing, no symptom at all that is part of the normal sinus infection MO.
On the plus, I was amazed at being able to get in and out of my doctor's office in under 3 hours, despite not having an appt. Not so good- my usually easy-to-bleed body wouldn't give it up. Three different sticks and no blood; there was barely any leakage when the needle was pulled out. She hit the vein OK, but I wouldn't bleed. So she did a finger-stick for the white count and I prayed that Oakley wouldn't decide he needed other tests. The sad part? My FINGER didn't even want to bleed.
To top things off I have a massive fever blister that popped up Monday; I haven't had an outbreak in over a year, and BOOM! I look like I poured hot grease on my chin. Very attractive.
I feel like poo. I think I'll go lie down now.
When I was kid, I had major sinus/breathing issues, the main cause of which was my living in a smoke-filled house. About a year after my parent's divorce, and getting out of said house, I stopped having more than the "normal" sinus problems. Since moving to Memphis alomst 10 years, I've hardly had any major infections.
Until the this year.
I have had 4 major infections since Jan, and am currently on 2 rather expensive medicines daily to TRY and keep my suddenly hyper-sensitive sinuses in check. Now, when I say a major infection, I mean it can take anywhere from 1-2 months for me to recover; so basically I've spent most of the past year sick in one way or another.
And now I have some sort of lymph node/sinus crap that has apparently been making the rounds in Memphis. It's a bit like having strep, without the fever and chills. My white count was through the roof. The nodes under my chin are swollen and sore, and my sinues ache. And I have lovely pus pockets on my tonsils. But no drainage, no coughing, no symptom at all that is part of the normal sinus infection MO.
On the plus, I was amazed at being able to get in and out of my doctor's office in under 3 hours, despite not having an appt. Not so good- my usually easy-to-bleed body wouldn't give it up. Three different sticks and no blood; there was barely any leakage when the needle was pulled out. She hit the vein OK, but I wouldn't bleed. So she did a finger-stick for the white count and I prayed that Oakley wouldn't decide he needed other tests. The sad part? My FINGER didn't even want to bleed.
To top things off I have a massive fever blister that popped up Monday; I haven't had an outbreak in over a year, and BOOM! I look like I poured hot grease on my chin. Very attractive.
I feel like poo. I think I'll go lie down now.
