Sick and not in a good way
Hey everybody... I know a lot of you have been wondering where I've been.
It all started about a week before Thanksgiving. I wasn't feeling 100%-- I had a bad cold, and a somewhat sore throat. Since I no longer have medical insurance, though, I didn't see a doctor even though the symptoms persisted despite drinking about a bottle of NyQuil every two or three days.
About two weeks ago, Thanksgiving week, it got pretty bad. Paul, my roommate, insisted that Tuesday that I go and see a doctor but I refused. He left to visit family the day before Thanksgiving, so I was all by myself. I pretty much slept all the time, though I did try to get online a few times to post in the forum and return e-mails and such. I got pretty disgusting though-- I was so sick I didn't feel like showering, and basically I just stayed in bed from Thanksgiving until the following Saturday!
Paul got home that Sunday morning, and freaked out when he saw me. I had a fever, my teeth were chattering, and apparently I was saying some weird stuff (I was asleep and he was waking me up, so I was probably in some sort of weird dream). Anyway, when I got fully awake he insisted on bringing me to the hospital. I felt too weak and tired and sick to argue.
So, turns out I had pneumonia. I spent two days in the hospital, mostly because I was dehydrated (I fucking hate needles by the way, and I had an IV in my arm most of the time... shudder). They put me on antibiotics and gave me an inhaler to help me breathe, then realeased me last Tuesday at around noon.
I started feeling better by last Thursday, and I feel abou 90% now, but I still feel sort of weak and lethargic. I do not look forward to the bill I'll be getting for all this, by the way. Argh!!!
Now that I'm better, I will be around more again. Don't expect any huge updates until I get to be 100% though! Thanks everybody!
-shannon-
It all started about a week before Thanksgiving. I wasn't feeling 100%-- I had a bad cold, and a somewhat sore throat. Since I no longer have medical insurance, though, I didn't see a doctor even though the symptoms persisted despite drinking about a bottle of NyQuil every two or three days.
About two weeks ago, Thanksgiving week, it got pretty bad. Paul, my roommate, insisted that Tuesday that I go and see a doctor but I refused. He left to visit family the day before Thanksgiving, so I was all by myself. I pretty much slept all the time, though I did try to get online a few times to post in the forum and return e-mails and such. I got pretty disgusting though-- I was so sick I didn't feel like showering, and basically I just stayed in bed from Thanksgiving until the following Saturday!
Paul got home that Sunday morning, and freaked out when he saw me. I had a fever, my teeth were chattering, and apparently I was saying some weird stuff (I was asleep and he was waking me up, so I was probably in some sort of weird dream). Anyway, when I got fully awake he insisted on bringing me to the hospital. I felt too weak and tired and sick to argue.
So, turns out I had pneumonia. I spent two days in the hospital, mostly because I was dehydrated (I fucking hate needles by the way, and I had an IV in my arm most of the time... shudder). They put me on antibiotics and gave me an inhaler to help me breathe, then realeased me last Tuesday at around noon.
I started feeling better by last Thursday, and I feel abou 90% now, but I still feel sort of weak and lethargic. I do not look forward to the bill I'll be getting for all this, by the way. Argh!!!
Now that I'm better, I will be around more again. Don't expect any huge updates until I get to be 100% though! Thanks everybody!
-shannon-
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posted by Shannon at 1:27 PM
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