Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired!!!

All day yesterday, I had the strangest pain in my back. It was all in one place and didn't feel like a pulled muscle or anything. It was the kind of hurt that I couldn't describe. No amount of ibuprophen or Tylenol would take the edge off of it either. It was a really bad hurt, but the kind that is just enough that you can't ignore and eventually bugs the crap out of you. All day long my back hurt. So long that I just couldn't concentrate on work at all yesterday. When I got up this morning, the hurting was some better. It had actually moved into my side. When I was getting ready, I realized that I had a bump on my back. Upon further inspection, I realized it was a series of very sore bumps. I KNEW exactly what that meant, SHINGLES!! I had shingles once before, when I was 24 years old. So, I know those symptoms pretty well. I guess that it figures, because the Bell's Palsy that I'm still getting rid of is caused by the same virus. My guess is all that cortisone that I took to clear the bronchitis tanked my immune system and the virus took advantage of it. So, I have an appointment to see the doc tomorrow afternoon. It was just SO depressing to find this morning! I'm READY to be completely well now!!!!

Halo Thar!

Just wanted to check in quickly and let you all know that I'm finally feeling a bit better. I've spent every day, since Saturday, battling bronchitis. Luckily, I already had a dr.'s appointment scheduled for Monday. I got a shot, some good anitbiotics, and orders for breathing treatments. I was finally able to get out of bed for a while today. Even though the shot has cleared my lungs and made me feel better, it has made me hyper. It's also caused me to have insomnia, which is a side effect. I haven't hardly slept any since Monday. I'm hoping maybe tonight will be different, but it's not looking hopeful at this point. I'm still waiting to get my voice back too. I think this loldog sums up my week:

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Huh???

Well, Casey completely has the doctor stumped. He is still running a fever, but he doesn't really have any other symptoms. They gave him a flu swab, but he tested negative. The doctor noticed that he had a couple of infected cat scratches on his hand, so he thinks that he maybe has Cat Scratch Fever (...cue song...) The doc is stumped, because he's really not showing sure signs of that either. All we know right now is he definitely has an infection somewhere. They did a lot of bloodwork, and we should have some of the results by tomorrow afternoon. The rest, we'll have by Monday. Everyone keep a good thought.

Oh No!

Earlier this afternoon, Casey was complaining that he was dizzy and REALLY cold. He took a short nap, but woke up with a horrible headache. He has felt poorly all evening. His headache took on a life of its own, and then he complained about being hot. I went and got the thermometer and took his temperature. I was shocked at the reading! It was slightly over 102! The scary part is he took some Tylenol about 45 minutes, before I took his temp. The weird thing is, other than his dizziness complaint, he has no symptoms. The only thing I can figure is maybe he has an inner ear infection. Either way, it looks like I'll be off from work again tomorrow. I'm going to drive him to the doctor's office.