Outbreak
By JoeBruin88. Filed in Life |Tags: cold, Life, sick
Still sick after 9 days! So much preventive nutrition this year. My first sickness in over two years and this one is a doozie.
I felt better in the morning three days ago, but by the middle of the day at work, I started to feel worse, congested, and now had a new symptom– a sore throat. My first thought at this point was now I had a throat infection. I actually felt relieved because I surmised that if I went to the doctor, I would be prescribed a powerful antibiotic to kill the invaders in my throat.
So after feeling miserable again yesterday with a low-grade fever, throbbing sinuses, throbbing gums, and a sore throat, I left the office early and headed off to Urgent Care.
After wasting almost two hours there, I paid $10 (my co-pay) for the doctor to tell me that I tested negative for strep. Hence, no antibiotics and basically nothing that modern medicine could do for me since what I had was certainly two different viral infections. My somewhat expensive discharge papers stated that I should:
- Get plenty of rest.
- Drink lots of fluids
- Use over the counter cold remedies
- Take lozenges if throat is sore
- blah, blah, blah
Sheesh. I paid $10 for what I already knew.
Rest of the evening, I rested while watching two semi-lame movies, Four Brothers (Widescreen Edition) and The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Special Edition, Unrated)
The good news is though I got to sleep in this morning until 9:30 AM (off today), which equals about 11 hours of sleep! I feel the best that I’ve felt in the past nine days. Sleep does wonders. Looking forward to more of it this long holiday weekend.