After returning from an awesome weekend at Hiram with some good friends, I was extremely tired and hungover for most of the day. And, why wouldn't I be...I drank all night and didn't get enough sleep! (It was totally worth it, might I add!!) I also noticed that I had a bit of a scratchy throat. I sometimes get these, but usually they go away pretty quickly. On Monday morning, after a very sleepless night, I felt pretty awful. I couldn't quite shake off the feeling that I was "off" somehow. Of course I was still tired, but I felt like it was more than that. Then, all of a sudden, it hit me like a brick at work. Whoa---"I think I'm getting sick--maybe the flu!!" I told my co-workers. Of course I toughed it out the rest of the day (cause I'm awesome!) and as the day went on, my throat began to hurt worse, my neck became stiff, and I became woozy like I was drunkish. I went home and decided to make some soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. After barely touching my meal, I knew. There was no denying it anymore. I was sick.
That night was one of the worse nights I can remember in a long time. I kept waking up with chills and sweats all night. And I mean, extreme. I was soaked almost head to toe with sweat. I woke up to find that my shirt and my hair were drenched...like I had just gotten out of the pool. Ick. And of course, I got up, got dressed, and went to work. (as I said before, cause I'm awesome!!) As awesome as I thought I was, it was probably not a good idea. I was in misery most of the day and decided around lunch to show one of my bosses my throat. Yup..tonsils were ginormous and red. I had chills the rest of the day.. .so I cranked up the heat. There were many complaints about how "hot" it was in the room and while I wanted to tell everyone to "suck it", I smiled and said, "Sorry, I think I have the flu." Surprised that I didn't get asked to leave early, I ended up working 8 1/2 hours that day. So again, after work, I lay around (which I never do during the week!)and my mom ordered us pizza for dinner. Thinking that I wasn't that hungry even though I only had a bowl of cereal that day, I amazingly had a piece of it, some breadsticks, and pepsi. I thought Tuesday night would be a better sleeping night, but it was more of the same...sweats, chills, random dreams about stepping on rats and having to get rabies shots...ugh. Don't ask.
Wednesday I wasn't scheduled to go in to work till noon. I woke up around 9:00, went downstairs and decided to shine a flashlight down my throat to look at my ginormous tonsils. Drats---there they were..WHITE SPOTS. "Great", I thought. "Now I got the strep." So of course I called my mom...(you know, I'm a 31 year old woman and still call my mom when I'm sick!) so she told me she would get me into the doctor. So...I got into the doctor's office and doc says that he is going to order a strep test. So, here comes the nurse with the giant popsicle stick and foot long q-tip. After gagging several times, they got a good swab and left. Doc comes back and said that I tested negative for strep and that I have Viral Pharyngitis..basically same symptoms as strep, but it is caused by a virus so it cannot be treated with antibiotics. Wonderful...I would have been happier if was strep, then at least I could have been on antibiotics and felt better quicker!! After going to Panera with mom, I dropped my doctor's note off at work and told them I would be back tomorrow. My sweet boyfriend came over to keep me company that night.
So, today I was back to work. As I write this, I am still contagious...as long as my symptoms persist...which I'm guessing this is day 4, so I probably have a few more days. They say this usually lasts 7-10 days. I'm hoping to be normal again by the weekend. But really...my normal is really not normal. :)
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