Sick AGAIN...

[Moonglo]

Ugh. I just got over H1N1 a few weeks ago, and now I have the exact same symptoms again: fever (101-103), headache, body aches, sore throat, dizziness. Another strand of the flu, possibly? I kinda hope it's that and not strep, because my throat is the worst symptom I have right now; then again, I remember feeling that way before too.

I made a big mistake yesterday. The last time I was sick, I was out for three days- and during those three days, my 7th period basically ate my sub for lunch. It was horrible; so bad that my inclusion teacher felt the need to call me at 9:00 the night before I came back and tell me all about it. I wasn't about to let them terrorize anyone else. So I went on in, and was miserable the entire day. If there was a good side to that, it was that my fifth period juniors did everything they could to make me feel better. One of them gave me a "pretend hug" by holding his arms out in a circle in front of him, like he was hugging his imaginary friend or something (I was on the other side of the room). The girls kept bringing me cough drops lol.

I'm just so tired of being sick. Just when I start working hard to get my bg under control, wham! I don't want to go to the doctor, although I'm sure it's what I need to do. I can't sleep, because I can't breathe, and I'm afraid I'll suffocate. What little sleep I did get last night was interrupted constantly. I don't even know what my temperature is right now because I could not keep my mouth shut while the thermometer was reading. Even with all of the heat escaping, my temperature was over 100.

I give up... someone just take me out back and shoot me please.

[CarrieOakey]

You'll get better! :o

Had the H1N1 two weeks ago. Never been this sick. Then came down with chest infection AND sinus infection right after that awful virus. Wonderful!

I hate the fact that because I'm diabetic my numbers are all over the place when I'm sick and it makes me feel even worse than the actual virus makes me feel. I call that the joys of diabetes!

You might have caught yet another virus. I doubt it's the H1N1 again. My doctor assured me I'm now immuned to it.

Take good care, get plenty of fluids... maybe you've come down with an infection of some sort? How about making sure and seeing your doc?

I really feel for you because I know how awful it is.

[dbaratta]

Ugh. I'm just so tired of being sick. Just when I start working hard to get my bg under control, wham! I don't want to go to the doctor, although I'm sure it's what I need to do. I can't sleep, because I can't breathe, and I'm afraid I'll suffocate. What little sleep I did get last night was interrupted constantly. I don't even know what my temperature is right now because I could not keep my mouth shut while the thermometer was reading. Even with all of the heat escaping, my temperature was over 100.

I give up... someone just take me out back and shoot me please.

Lots of rest, lots of fluids (water). For me if I don't rest I don't get better.....

Keep the faith, you will be better soon!

[Granny Shanny]

((((Courtney))))

Do you have a reclining chair? Sometimes when sleep is impossible, you can squeak out a little more rest in a sitting position. In fact, for years I slept in a recliner most nights, because of breathing problems (before I went on CPAP).

Love & prayers for you, sweetie.

[Subby]

Moonglo, this is terrible! I don't know that I've had the flu, but I've what seems to be a reoccuring virus for maybe 3 weeks, and it's a horrible sinking feeling when you get sick just after feeling a little better :( I hope whatever this is it just pipes down quickly.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I did want to ask a question of those who have had H1N1 or know more about it, and it is a bit in running with your question. I am going to get my vaccination in a couple of days, but what you say makes me wonder if I did have H1N1 already in a different form. I had what I consider a strange virus, and these were the symptoms - headaches, sore throat, very sore shoulders and neck muscles, some dizziness. Extremely blocked ears (not the main passage though), terrible tinitus. Not sure about fever, don't think so. IN general I just felt shocking. I seemed to get it once for 10 days, get over it, then again for 10 days.

I saw the doctor, but it was near the end and they really didn't inspire me they were on the ball. They just said it would pass, and it did ($60 well earned, eh). I realise this is not a classic profile for H1N1 or flu - but I did read somewhere that for some people some symptoms may not occur. I'm not sure how to consider that. Is there a possibility it's my body's way of showing the new virus? Fully aware it may be a very silly question. As I said the doc was really no help.

[foxl]

Subby, having had five cases in our house ... there IS no "classic form" of H1N1! My son threw up, my eldest had a fever of 104, I had the SNOTTIEST flu ever, my husband had a throbbing headache ... we all had a different effect from it (but central was fever and upper resp. symptoms, of variable aggression). Frankly, despite mild fever and a lot of cold-like symptoms, this flu was milder for me than Brisbane or several otehrs in recent memory. The bacterial complications were worse though.

I think a lot of the variation was secondary bacterial infections, some of which cleared up on their own ... others, NOT.

Moonglo, if not strep you probably have SOME bacterial complication ... get antibiotics!

[Subby]

Subby, having had five cases in our house ... there IS no "classic form" of H1N1! My son threw up, my eldest had a fever of 104, I had the SNOTTIEST flu ever, my husband had a throbbing headache ... we all had a different effect from it (but central was fever and upper resp. symptoms, of variable aggression).

Thanks Linda for the feedback. Well I guess I will proceed that I had something else (no way to know now, I guess) and get the immunisation anyway.

[Moonglo]

Thanks everyone. I guess I'm just really frustrated, because a lot of the things I used to use to treat a sore throat are kinda off limits- orange juice, sherbert, etc, and cough drops/ throat lozenges only help so much. So I kinda feel like I'm doomed to suffer indefinitely. I know that sounds overly dramatic, but I am a very emotional person anyways, and when I feel this bad, it tends to kinda get out of control.

[mzteacher]

moonglo...i hate going to dr.'s but i would urge you to go to the dr. asap...i was talking to a dr. at a social function...she was saying with this flu who is mostly in her hospitals....she said kids and over weight 30's-40's year old diabetics...and she explained that the flu is a virus and your body fights that...you get a bit better and then a bacterial infection set in the lungs...and because the lungs are all ready irritated the problems set in (very condensed version)......in this case i would bite the bullet and see the dr...just my two cents....feel better
susan

[Moonglo]

Okay, the good news: It's not the flu.

The not-so-good news: I have some kind of infection, and I have to take an antibiotic. This really stinks, because I can't swallow hardly anything, yet antibiotics are supposed to be taken with food; and in my case, they have to be taken with food, or I will definitely get an upset stomach.

I shared this concern with the doctor, pointing out that anything I can swallow will raise my bg, and his exact words were, "I would stick with soups and mashed potatoes" Mashed potatoes!!! Really? Dude, did ya even look at my chart to know that I'm diabetic?

I went to chick fil a for lunch after dropping off my prescription, thinking, "if he said I could eat mashed potatoes, I may as well eat waffle fries; I actually like them." Faulty logic, I know. Then I decided, when I couldn't swallow even a fry, that I could stand a bg spike to get a milk shake if it meant my throat may be soothed long enough to swallow a pill. Well, by the time I got back to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine, I was feeling worse and basically ended up vomiting in the parking lot. Lovely huh?

About the soup thing, do you find that your bg can handle chicken noodle soup? It's really the only kind of soup I like, besides the chicken broth that Hibachi restaurants serve.

[Moonglo]

Yeah, that doctor really is a moron...

I have a sore throat, so bad even water is painful to swallow.... so what did he prescribe me? Pills that are bigger than my metformin pills! Even after I told him that swallowing is a huge issue right now. Ugh. Never going back to that urgent care place again.

[Granny Shanny]

Hey Courtney? I haven't used it for years and maybe it isn't even on the market anymore, but I remember a Chloraceptic product that was a benzocaine throat spray. I know benzocaine truly does numb effectively for a short time, and I wonder if this is anything that would help if used just before you have to swallow?

[Moonglo]

Thanks Granny! I'll have to get my husband to get me some when he gets home this afternoon. I don't know why I didn't think of that myself... I guess I'm just so miserable right now that I'm not thinking straight.

[foxl]

YEAH, chloraseptic!

Courtney, the good news is, antibiotics tend to work pretty FAST. I am actually glad to see you got some, no matter how humongous.

Hope you feel better soon -- being in pain stinks.