I feel so terribly sick.
I wish somehow this got easier over the years?
I'm on the dregs of the cold - lingering dry cough and mild congestion - but I feel as bad, if not worse than when I was full virus. I'm much more fatigued, weak, and out of breath - fluey.
But the sore throat is improved, back to M.E. normal, fever is down.
This happens to me with about 1/2 the cold viruses I catch. I crash hard afterwards.
I saw my NP on Monday - I had a l.g. fever at the time and swollen glands.
We went over bloodwork from June where I was actually mildly anemic (low hemoglobin, low iron and low red blood cells). Not surprising as I had gone four months with barely being able to eat. At the time I also had mild neutropenia.
We re-did my bloodwork Monday and my WBC and neutrophils are in the normal range again (I expect as I was fighting this cold). Also, my iron had hit low normal, and the anemia was almost gone. I was 118 on hemoglobin and 120 is normal, albeit low/normal.
But while it's good to know that stuff is a bit better, it always bothers me that my tests don't show things terribly out-of-wack. How is it then, that I can do the dishes (sitting on a stool) and then need a 2 hour rest in bed to recover?
So sorry, upnorth. This stinks. I have heard this summer virus/cold/cough thingy is hard to get rid of. My sister had it over two weeks and felt week quite awhile afterwards and then with CFS/ME besides...... Again so sorry. Hang in there...you are being held by your cyber friends thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeletesorry to hear about your condition, upnorth. it is terrible. while physical suffering alone is too much to endure, chronicle suffering is just well too much.
ReplyDeleteas far as my experience goes, those numbers (blood check) do tell any truth about my health condition.
since you cannot eat enough, i do hope you get enough nutrition supplements, such as shakes, vegs juice, etcs. of course, i think the real recovery cannot depend on these stuff, but they may help.
hope you have good rest and feel better soon.
i just try hard to breathe and tell myself this will pass this will pass but like you said - it just doesn't get any easier - i have begun to try and meditate again which i used to do yoga and meditate when i was healthy - i really like the book Meditation as Medicine - i find sometimes it is all we can control - even if it is one breathe sometimes it helps - sending you lots of healing wishes.
ReplyDeleteHi Upnorth, I'm sitting here trying to think of something uplifting to say to you but the only words going through my head are that this disease is Rotten Rotten Rotten. It rules our lives. I'm outa words, but just want you to know I'm thinking of you. From Leah
ReplyDeleteHi Upnorth. This is one of the things that really bothers me about this illness too --- how come when we're feeling so terrible, our blood work does not show things terribly out of whack. I had one Dr. tell me, when I was at my worst, "You are the picture of health when we look at your blood work."
ReplyDeleteI have no answers, but please know you are in my thoughts.