I am feeling much, much better. I was able to work on Monday with no problems and I'm looking forward to a week of working.
So, what was the problem? UTI or bladder infection, I suppose. The doctor said that the fever was too high to be normally associated with a UTI, but the antibiotics and pain killers took care of whatever the infection was. Therefore, I don't really care what it was! It's gone, and that is what matters.
I am no longer lethargic so that is nice. I'm able to bake again as well, so today I baked a ton of cookies! Peanut butter ones with Reese's Pieces and chocolate chip, caramel, almond cookies. Tomorrow I will make banana bread (unless I can today before physical therapy...).
So, I'm doing very, very well! Woo!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
no energy
Holy Cow. It’s been a month? I am so very bad at this blogging thing. I’m going to try to make this as straight forward and not-whiney as possible, mostly because I don’t have the energy for that but also to spare you. This is also going to be kind of convoluted; I can’t think very straight. (The dates are from 8/18 until today, if it helps.) Sorry this is so long. It’s been a tiring week. For those who want a condensed version, and possibly more frightening version, read the bolded parts.
OK, mostly I haven’t had much to say. I had the EMG and I stopped working out my lower body. Not much changed and I was doing ok. My lower back was still hurting and we scheduled an epidural to be shot into lower back to heal the nerves that have been causing my leg to feel like it’s in pain.
Then, last Thursday, I hurt my back. Not sure how, but I did. Left side, this time. So, now both sides of my back are in pain. I got icy-hot patches and started to take some old Tylenol-codeine (left over from when I hurt myself the first time, don’t worry…). That helped a lot, but I’m not a huge fan of just taking pills. However, they were necessary: I worked a double on Saturday and Sunday. Pills were essential.
Saturday morning was pretty bad pain-wise. Roy was very comforting and helpful, and I am grateful to him. Ok, he’s been really, really great all week. He’s the very, very best.
So there was that. Then Saturday night I had, don’t go crazy now, blood in my urine. I panicked. It really shook me. I did some research, and a UTI seemed likely (combined with some other symptoms I had). I felt better with that idea. I wasn’t sure, but it seemed like the least-horrible option (important note: I didn’t have blood in my urine except then, so I didn’t make a big deal of it...) Sunday I was feeling better and my back wasn’t as bad; I took less pills. By Monday it seemed like the possible-UTI symptoms were going away, but I made a doctor appointment for Wednesday.
Monday I was doing very well until I took a nap and woke up really stiff. I went to PT and was in a lot of pain. More pain than I had been in in a while. I couldn’t do e-stim because it was making my back spasm. We did ultrasound, ice, and really gentle massage. It was kind of horrible; it hurt a lot. I swung by work and tried to find someone to cover my shift for Tuesday but couldn’t. I knew there was absolutely no way I could serve. My manager (the most amazing manager ever) told me not to worry about it and that he’d take care of it.
Tuesday I did even less. I attempted to go grocery shopping but gave up quickly. I just didn’t have the energy. I slept a lot. Things were going decently enough until sometime around 2 am (ok, technically Wed. now). I awoke in a pool of sweat and started shivering uncontrollably. I called Roy (who was out with some friends, which I had been fine with) and begged him to come home. It’s unfortunate that we didn’t have a working thermometer because I’m sure it would have been shocking. We stuck me in the shower and I slowly got warm (yes, despite the fact that I was technically burning up). The problem I had was that the shivering was killing my back- it hurt an awful lot. I drank a bunch of fluids and we eventually got me back to bed.
Wednesday started uneventfully. I went to the doctor (no fever just then). He gave me meds for a UTI and said to call if my temperature went past 101. I went home, napped, and then went to PT. I started shivering as soon as I enter the building… not a good sign. We used heat (I couldn’t have taken ice) and did e-stim. I was still shivering. We started doing a really gentle massage, just to get blood flow going, but she stopped because she could feel the fever and you shouldn’t do massage when you have a fever. I left, glad to be out in the sun for once, and called Roy. I told him to get me a long sleeve shirt as I was very cold but needed to go to work. I swung by the house and got the shirt from Roy… only to find out that my lips were blue.
Roy called work for me and went to get a new thermometer. A temperature of 103.7 brought us to the ER. They gave me Tylenol and Motrin and had me stick around a while until my fever went down. They let me go after a bit and we grabbed dinner before going home. I went to bed. It was a sweaty, annoying night full of pills. That’s how today has been as well.
My fever is still down, I’m taking tons of pills, and I’m not working tonight, again. That’s what I’ve been up to. Mostly I'm just really tired and out of it. Thank for your love and support.
OK, mostly I haven’t had much to say. I had the EMG and I stopped working out my lower body. Not much changed and I was doing ok. My lower back was still hurting and we scheduled an epidural to be shot into lower back to heal the nerves that have been causing my leg to feel like it’s in pain.
Then, last Thursday, I hurt my back. Not sure how, but I did. Left side, this time. So, now both sides of my back are in pain. I got icy-hot patches and started to take some old Tylenol-codeine (left over from when I hurt myself the first time, don’t worry…). That helped a lot, but I’m not a huge fan of just taking pills. However, they were necessary: I worked a double on Saturday and Sunday. Pills were essential.
Saturday morning was pretty bad pain-wise. Roy was very comforting and helpful, and I am grateful to him. Ok, he’s been really, really great all week. He’s the very, very best.
So there was that. Then Saturday night I had, don’t go crazy now, blood in my urine. I panicked. It really shook me. I did some research, and a UTI seemed likely (combined with some other symptoms I had). I felt better with that idea. I wasn’t sure, but it seemed like the least-horrible option (important note: I didn’t have blood in my urine except then, so I didn’t make a big deal of it...) Sunday I was feeling better and my back wasn’t as bad; I took less pills. By Monday it seemed like the possible-UTI symptoms were going away, but I made a doctor appointment for Wednesday.
Monday I was doing very well until I took a nap and woke up really stiff. I went to PT and was in a lot of pain. More pain than I had been in in a while. I couldn’t do e-stim because it was making my back spasm. We did ultrasound, ice, and really gentle massage. It was kind of horrible; it hurt a lot. I swung by work and tried to find someone to cover my shift for Tuesday but couldn’t. I knew there was absolutely no way I could serve. My manager (the most amazing manager ever) told me not to worry about it and that he’d take care of it.
Tuesday I did even less. I attempted to go grocery shopping but gave up quickly. I just didn’t have the energy. I slept a lot. Things were going decently enough until sometime around 2 am (ok, technically Wed. now). I awoke in a pool of sweat and started shivering uncontrollably. I called Roy (who was out with some friends, which I had been fine with) and begged him to come home. It’s unfortunate that we didn’t have a working thermometer because I’m sure it would have been shocking. We stuck me in the shower and I slowly got warm (yes, despite the fact that I was technically burning up). The problem I had was that the shivering was killing my back- it hurt an awful lot. I drank a bunch of fluids and we eventually got me back to bed.
Wednesday started uneventfully. I went to the doctor (no fever just then). He gave me meds for a UTI and said to call if my temperature went past 101. I went home, napped, and then went to PT. I started shivering as soon as I enter the building… not a good sign. We used heat (I couldn’t have taken ice) and did e-stim. I was still shivering. We started doing a really gentle massage, just to get blood flow going, but she stopped because she could feel the fever and you shouldn’t do massage when you have a fever. I left, glad to be out in the sun for once, and called Roy. I told him to get me a long sleeve shirt as I was very cold but needed to go to work. I swung by the house and got the shirt from Roy… only to find out that my lips were blue.
Roy called work for me and went to get a new thermometer. A temperature of 103.7 brought us to the ER. They gave me Tylenol and Motrin and had me stick around a while until my fever went down. They let me go after a bit and we grabbed dinner before going home. I went to bed. It was a sweaty, annoying night full of pills. That’s how today has been as well.
My fever is still down, I’m taking tons of pills, and I’m not working tonight, again. That’s what I’ve been up to. Mostly I'm just really tired and out of it. Thank for your love and support.
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