Brave Enough to Burn

Since my other eye was also getting red and gunky by the time I took my break, I was looking in earnest for other medical care options. One of my coworkers, Jennifer, mentioned a new quick care center that her Walgreens has. And lo and behold, it was open!

$68.00 for the visit and $10.00 later for the meds, I was on my way home. Still not sheap, but a hella lot better than $150.00.

So, yays. I have eyedrops.

Now that the flu symptoms have cleared up, I've been left with just the sinus infection. No big deal; I've had enough of those for them to be a non-issue to me, and yesterday, I was feeling pretty good. One of my eyes was red and a bit itchy, but again, not really a problem.

However, while I was eating the lovely steak dinner I decided to treat myself to, it kept getting more an more itchy and...goopy fpr lack of a better term. By the time I went to bed last night, it was a lovely shade of red, and all the membranes were swollen, giving me that droopy eyelid look. Woke up this morning? Whatever it is is spreading to the other eye.

So I have a case of some form of conjunctivitis, but still have to go into work. I may only work till the 1pm relief comes in, but there really isn't much of an option for me at the moment. I can't [i]not[/i] work, after already mising one of my three scheduled days for the week.

And since it's my eyes, and I don't play around when it comes to my eyes, I have to got to a minor med after work, and hope and pray that they will not charge me an arm and a leg. If it's going to run me more than 100-150 for the visit, I might as well go to the ER, where I'll at least have the option of paying later. But I hate, hate, hate doing that.

At least I'm off on Sunday. This does, however, mean I'll miss yet another of the SG church meetings, because if i don't have to go out and risk spreading it several people, I won't. Which I am supposed to be attending for my Realm one CLEP requirements. At least at work I can actually limit the amount of true contact I have with customers. If I stay on the register, only handling the money, and use hand sanitizer like a mad woman and wipe down the keyboard and such before switching off with someone, it should minimize the risk.

So, these last few days of hell are the price i pay for having been mostly Not Sick for almost a year. I think I preferred my predictable sinus bouts, thank you very much.

At least my birthday itself was a good day.

meh.

No sleep last night. Literally. Zip Zilch Nada.

Had another round of nausea and puking, and was having very, very painful gas and intestinal cramps. They didn't let up till about 6 am. So I could have slept then right? Noooooooo, because the damn squirrels are back in the wall again, having chewed through the construction grade foam we used to fill the holes last early spring. And of course, now we don't have access to an extension ladder, so we haven't been able to get up there and plug them again.

I am going to attempt to eat real food today. Some cereal...maybe some rice later. Something solid. I HAVE to go to work tomorrow. It simply is non-negotiable at this point.

Also....just occurred to me that I have ATC's due on Fri. So I guess I'm gonna try and slap those together between naps on the couch.

My back and neck ache something awful.

Sorry for the whining the past few days, y'all.

so....the fact that I'm up and posting this at 8:30 should be a tip-off....

No sleep for Cyn.

I was puking every 15-30 mins from the time of my last post until about 6am. There were several times I was puking into a trashcan, because the other end was on the toilet. At least now I have a VERY clean colon.

After an hour of not being sick, I decided to brave some Gatorade and try to get some electrolytes back in me. Yea, I didn't puke it up, even though I still feel like I might at any second. I am now attempting to drink some jello water. Here's hoping for success.

Trust me people, you do not want this crap. I have now entered the alternating fever/chills phase (Stage 2, I think, or is it 3 if you count the aches), and I feel week as a kitten. draconisferret had Stage 1 for 24 hours, I'm hoping I can shake it faster, as I know her immune system was really run down.

And yeah, work is right out today. Even if by some miracle I felt up to going in later, I would not expose my worst enemy to this crap. Working things out, we've determined it must have a 5-7 day incubation period, and I'm just hoping that I haven't already passed to to someone.

So, I'll be around and online, but not talking much.

I 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.

I am going to the doctor tomorrow for this drainage crap (yet again). I think I'm going to ask for a rec to see an ENT doctor. Because in the past 2 years, this crap has gotten waaaaaay out of hand. Lynson and I have been together for 7 years now and even he is saying he has NEVER seen me as bad as I am right now.

I got zero sleep last night. I started having coughing fits again around 3pm yesterday. My record last night for lying down was 1 hour from one fit to the next. The fits seem to have finally settled down a tad; so I'm thinking I might be able to get some sleep sitting up in a chair. Laying down is bad-makes things shift.

My body aches from the two days of fits; and I'm fairly certain I pulled some muscles in my chest Tues.

The worst is that I have A LOT of things I need to get done, like packing, but no energy or focus to do them. Plus we have an event this weekend and since Lynson has to judge it he need me to scorekeep.

I have been sick since coming back from Hattiesburg after MS States. Head and muscle aches, and upset tummy. Don't want to eat...eating makes me nauseous. If I don't feel better tomorrow, I'm going to the DR.....

You know, I like the Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis communities on LJ, but since I'm a member of most of both of them, plus several of the related communities, it's rather annoying when somone cross-posts to ALL of them, esp when they don't cut...

Bleh,

BTW, mood is improving since last post; knowing that I will soon be leaving Eclectica has done more than I expected. Back is not improving. Bleh. Car is back, and w/ the exception of one last repair that was overlooked because it was INSIDE the car, in actually better condition than before the wreck. Getting seat fixed tomorrow. Memphis peeps if you need body work I Highly recommend Mace's Towing and Repair on Knight Arnold. Can't even tell the car was in a wreck.

TTFN

Thanks to everyone for your notes of happiness. AS you can see, I'm checking the computer during moments of vague lucidity. Usually these types of meds don't make me so loopy, but I'm having trouble taking in an adaquate supply of food. It hurts when I eat, meaning I likely brused my insides as well as my outsides.....I'll know more after my dr appt today.

Hugs to all of you. Thanks again.
Cyn

While I'm still alive enough to be jealous of archmage for going to the HP Lovecraft film festival, I still feel as if I have been run over by a steamroller....I've progressed up to rice and beef broth and haven't been sick since yesterday. 

You know, I've worked corporate retail so long, it's programmed into my brain that as long as none of the following apply-fever, vomiting, paralysis, or death-you go to work.  So I had e-mailed that I would be at work to close, because, well, that's the way it works right?  Well, I get there, they look at me, tell me to go home, that someone else will come in and close, yada yada yada.

I may have some work issues right now, but that doesn't change the fact that they're good people.   

Man, I really want a steak right now.  Something with some real taste and substance....I just don't want to puke it back up.