I was sick as a dog last week! I felt my throat was a bit irritated late Tuesday night, but didn't think too much of it. Thought maybe it was just because I was tired. Well, I woke up the next day and felt like crap! My throat was sore, my body ached, muscles were stiff, sweats, chills, and fevers upwards of 103! My first thought was that I caught a flu bug, I had a little queasiness the first day so chalked it up to that. So I was drinking my glutamine, taking my Emergen-C all day, resting and just trying to get/keep my immune system going as strong as I could. I started feeling better that night only to wake up again feeling terrible. By that afternoon I decided to call the Dr. and get an appt.
My appointment was for the next day, so of course in the meantime I had to go on WebMd.com to use the symptom checker and find out what my ailment was. It looked most likely (per the site) that I had strep throat. Well, what d'ya know, that's exactly what the doctor said I had! I asked him if they had any openings I'd be happy to help them out at the office diagnosing people:) (He and the nurse didn't originally think I had it) He asked if I wanted a shot of antibiotics to kinda help kick start my way to feeling better. I had the little steroid shots they gave me before to help medicine, so I figured why not? Of course I can't get this shot in my arm why would I even think that? So the nurse comes in and tells me he needs my left hip. So I'm waiting for this little poke and I actually didn't even feel it go in. But HOLY CRAP that medicine was so painful! It felt like a Charlie horse in my left upper glute! Wowza! And I had to hold still for that??? Then, to make it worse the nurse starting really rubbing it in! He said if he didn't it would ball up and really hurt. Ummmm.....it already really hurt! My hip felt like it was cramping for about a half hour after that, and it felt like the worst bruise for the rest of the day. (so at least it was only 1 day of real pain)
I had a tough time sleeping that night because of all the sweating I was doing (maybe it was the medicine? I dunno?) But I woke up on Saturday feeling so much better! My throat was still sore for another day, but I felt like me again! So, finally on the mend thank goodness! I can't believe how much it hit me, I was outta commission for days! Thankfully nobody else in the house got it. I quarantined myself to minimize any chances.
I really didn't eat too much food while I was sick (which of course didn't mean I even lost 1 pound!). I pretty much stuck to the B.R.A.T. diet. Banana's, rice, applesauce, toast. Mostly toast and bananas.
The doc told me that it has been really busy lately with people getting sinus infections, flu, and some strep cases. So take your vitamins people! Drink plenty of fluids (not alcohol! lol!), rest up, and just try to keep yourselves healthy!
