MSTEECHUR's CalorieKing blog
Thursday, Jan 24 2008 - Sick and Tired of Being Sick
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Last night I started feeling really achy and feverish. WTH? I took my temp and it was 99. I normally run about 97.3 so that's a slight fever for me. I was FREEZING and couldn't seem to get warm. Couldn't get a deep breath and everything hurt, even my clothes. In fact, I think even the clothes in my closet hurt!
Middle of the night I woke up freezing again, even though the thermostat read 69 (hee hee). Took some Tylenol, warmed up my buckwheat pillow thingy in the micro and tried to go back to sleep. Fever was 100.
This morning my fever was back to 99 and I was going to go to school, but it's like every pain in my body was enhanced tenfold! I thought I could handle just a fever, but the fever with the remaining surgery pain. I really felt guilty but called in. When my fever went up to 102.5 I knew I'd done the right thing.
Took a hot bath to try to warm up, stepped out of the tub and blacked out. Oh fun! Blacking out now! I had to lower myself to the floor and lay there for a minute. I have VERY low BP so I am always careful getting out of the tub, but this was "Ethel! Everything is going black! I'm comin' home!" for a second!
Put in a call to the doctor. I know my hematocrit is low and I've had racing heart, dizzies, and a few very minor blackouts so I had been planning to see how this weekend went and then call Monday if I was still dealing with it.
Tomorrow I have to go in and have an IV Iron Transfusion. I've had one before, and it takes a LONG time. I felt guilty last time because except for anemia, I'm pretty healthy, and the rest of the people were dealing with anemia from chemo.
I believe today I'm dealing with Hankreatitis. This is upsetting because part of the purpose of the hernia surgery was to see if that's what was causing the problem. The pain was under the largest hernia, and two doctors felt that perhaps something was pushing into it and getting constricted. So I can't help but feel that I went through all of this for nothing. I don't even LOOK better because my hematoma (Hampton) hasn't absorbed so I have this big ugly lump right below my rib cage.
I'm not a happy camper right now.
Middle of the night I woke up freezing again, even though the thermostat read 69 (hee hee). Took some Tylenol, warmed up my buckwheat pillow thingy in the micro and tried to go back to sleep. Fever was 100.
This morning my fever was back to 99 and I was going to go to school, but it's like every pain in my body was enhanced tenfold! I thought I could handle just a fever, but the fever with the remaining surgery pain. I really felt guilty but called in. When my fever went up to 102.5 I knew I'd done the right thing.
Took a hot bath to try to warm up, stepped out of the tub and blacked out. Oh fun! Blacking out now! I had to lower myself to the floor and lay there for a minute. I have VERY low BP so I am always careful getting out of the tub, but this was "Ethel! Everything is going black! I'm comin' home!" for a second!
Put in a call to the doctor. I know my hematocrit is low and I've had racing heart, dizzies, and a few very minor blackouts so I had been planning to see how this weekend went and then call Monday if I was still dealing with it.
Tomorrow I have to go in and have an IV Iron Transfusion. I've had one before, and it takes a LONG time. I felt guilty last time because except for anemia, I'm pretty healthy, and the rest of the people were dealing with anemia from chemo.
I believe today I'm dealing with Hankreatitis. This is upsetting because part of the purpose of the hernia surgery was to see if that's what was causing the problem. The pain was under the largest hernia, and two doctors felt that perhaps something was pushing into it and getting constricted. So I can't help but feel that I went through all of this for nothing. I don't even LOOK better because my hematoma (Hampton) hasn't absorbed so I have this big ugly lump right below my rib cage.
I'm not a happy camper right now.
3 comments so far.
3.
a decade ago
Gosh, be careful. I hope you get well soon. I am kind of scared for you when I read the blogs, I hope the damn doctors know what the hell they are doing or did.
by BOB
2.
a decade ago
Hope you feel better soon!
:kiss:
by ITSJOAN
1.
a decade ago
I'm sorry to hear about what you are going through. I did iron by IV 3 times at 2 days each time before being diagnosed with Celiac and I know what you mean about feeling guilty about being in the room. I was the only one not on chemo too. But it does take forever to get it all in there. It looks like diet Coke going into your veins too. I ended up reading a whole lot of books while waiting.
by HOCKEYFAN7