#sick log

[cat-person-of-queerness]

Progression of illness by day:

Friday: feeling unusually weak

Saturday: shaking, fever, body pain, headache

Sunday: same as Saturday to about the same as a cold off and on

Monday: chest pain and heart palpitations on and off all day and it hurts to eat but no other symptoms

Tuesday: same as Monday

Wednesday: chest pain, no heart palpitations but pain spreading from arms to the rest of my body, headache, fatigue (almost passed out twice driving home) hurts more to eat, can’t press on gas to more than 55mph due to weakness in legs, finally went to the ER

Thursday: took me 10 minutes to remember the abcs song in order due to headache but only needed to take two breaks due to exhaustion while cutting watermelon which is a significant improvement, chest pain remains

Today: chest pain is milder but still present, finally ate a full meal again, weak but less than yesterday, headache still making it hard to focus on anything for long, moving around much is still uncomfortable

All this to say that if you feel sick go to the doctor because things can start to feel worse fast, take care of yourself as well as you can

And also the doctor said that my vitamin and mineral levels were better than his which was slightly funny to hear moments after my hand had just lost circulation and turned blue by just being lower than chest level

[jokerislandgirl32]

We are Starting Something Today…

Yeah, I’m making a sick log, because I have a compromised immune system, and I work in education with 5 year olds….

During the school year I get sick every 2 to 4 weeks, usually with multiple things at a time, and I just got sick yesterday from having to go to the hospital (around a lot of sick people) for so many doctors appointments/medical tests last week.

So, I’m going to make a game out of it, I’m going to have it be Zach and Violet/I having conversations about my horrible immune system, each time I’m sick I’m going to reblog this, lol. Nothing will be graphic, I’ll have it be fluffy, funny, and sweet exchanges.

[seashellsdiary]

I’ve barely eaten anything in the past 24 hours apart from chocolate ice cream, this will have no negative consequences I’m sure

[notastraykid]

My face hurts. The pressure in my sinuses is unreal.

It's works Christmas party tomorrow (Friday). How am I going to rule the karaoke room being a snotty mess??

[teleconhaikus]

I really wish I had the ability to bend the ears of those in Hollywood to portray disabled and ill humans with grace and empathy and not who magically get better one day, or have only one episode story archs but ones where they actually are considered daily and their needs are thought of by all their friends and loved ones.. not because it’s the reality I know but because it’s the reality I wish I could at least see in a fantasy world at least.

I spent all day yesterday on my couch in pain from lupus, hands and feet just aching and no energy to do much else than sleep.. and it’s isolating and it’s lonely but it could be better if the world saw everyone for their flaws and supported them instead and the only they would is if they see it in their heros, and the fiction first. If you can’t even imagine it it can’t ever be real.

[ccborrega]

Had to start popping pills. I think what happened on the wee hours of monday was, after all, a flu thing. I’ve been coughing all week, along with getting splitting headaches that come and go and today I have a runny nose and joint pain. With my luck, it might even be influenza XD

[ccborrega]

Soooo.... I’m in bed with a fever after a very weird night.

I started with stabbing pains around the area of my left ribs which I thought were just me having stretched wrong or something, but were quickly followed by a very strong headache. I went to sleep thinking I’d feel fine in the morning but got waken maybe an hour later by a feeling of oppression over the chest and- I’m not sure how to word this, it’s like I had woken up because I had stopped breathing and my body panicked. It’s a weird feeling, I’d had it before but not in a long, long time, at least a year. So I’m lying there trying to go back to sleep but every time I’d wake up again with a gasp, feeling like I couldn’t breathe. After a while, I started to feel sick to my stomach too. I figured it was maybe an anxiety attack or something so I sat on the bathroom floor and looked at breathing exercise gifs on my phone for over half an hour until I felt like I might pass out because of how tired I was and got tingling on my fingers and toes. I woke my dad up to ask him if I could take something or do something that would help me sleep (He pretty much treated me like I was hysterical so... yeah I don’t think it was a good idea and it’s not something I’m gonna be doing again. Ever) and after being sent back to sleep like I was just doing it to bother him, I ended up having to go sit on the bathroom floor for another while because I was really nauseous and wasn’t sure I’d reach the toilet in time if I laid down on my bed again. I eventually vomited, rinsed my mouth, cleaned up a bit and could finally go back to sleep. I figured I’d be OK in the morning but I woke up with a fever, a cough and my joints are giving me hell. Also, the rib pain is back.

I’m p sure it’s nothing serious but MAN IS IT ANNOYING

((February the 11th. 2019))

[dreispeen]

you know you’re sick when you got those little crusties on your eyes