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 Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:57 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:16 pm
God I hate this... I feel so useless. My health is just up and down all the time, even hour by hour. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate it. I dunno if I can even remember what it feels like to feel normal >< Two weeks with no improvement...! I can't stay up or do ANYTHING for a prolonged period of time...
Uuugh. Speaking of which, I'm going to lie down again now.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:05 pm
Because Meta hasn't been around to do it...
*fanwhap*
Get your rest!
*fanwhap*
confused
I think I'll sell those items now, they tempt me to fanwhap stuff
*Salezman!*
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:04 am
In case anyone's wondering where I am with writing new material and all, I'm about... somewhere down... there. *point*
I was going to write this somewhere else but I guess it belongs here since you guys havent been properly updated on my health in a while.
Uuurghh and there's been a huge gap of time since I started writing those two paragraphs and this one, so I'm struggling to stay online, so I'll just tell you guys the basics:
1. I don't have glandular fever. Just a severe virus. However, the virus appears to be gone from my blood now as of my last blood test.
2. The last test was weeks ago and since then I've had bad and good days, lots of pain and fatigue, inflammation of the chest still carrying on - symptoms of post-viral fatigue syndrome. On good days I can get stuff done, on bad days I can get less stuff done. This past week I've been hardly capable of getting anything done at all. These past couple of days I've hardly been able to stay on the computer for half an hour - hardly been able to sit up!!
This is the first time in my life I've actually been physically incapacitated in the long-term by an illness... it... sucks... I'm totally bedridden, like a hospital patient. The only thing I have to look forward to every day is my mum's visit in the evening.
I dunno what's left to say, since I've given you an update, just... yeah... I'm doing the best I can at the moment. Which is apparently everything at a standstill. *headdesk*
Honestly, I'm doing my best. This can't last forever. x___x
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:15 am
Addendum: "God damn it, forgot to mention in my post just now in your thread I'll be going back to the doctor on monday to see if they can do anything for me..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:29 am
We're still pulling for you, Lorika. Hang in there.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:25 pm
Thanks, Red =)
And just for the record the text conversation that the original one quoted by the Doc up there spawned was pretty damn hilarious. I'd text him more often if I weren't so poor. =<
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:12 am
Speaking of illnesses, I've been down with one too.
It's hard... to... breathe... *gasping for air*
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:11 am
*hugglebapp* D8 It's horrribleee having something wrong with your breathing >< Chest infection? =< Account: Our family doctor was the one examining me this time, and as the head of the surgery he's really good. Good in that he actually explains stuff and how to deal with it, too, rather than just diagnosing and sending us on our way. (Us being me and my mum, who always comes into appointments with me.) I was most concerned about my chest, so we basically went in and said PLEASE GIVE ME SOMETHING THAT CAN MAKE ME BREATHE NORMALLY. However, we ended up coming out empty handed again. He diagnosed me with costochondritis. This is basically an inflammation of the cartilage which supports the ribs. Whenever the ribs move the cartilage is irritated, causing the pain and tightness. So this was what the nurse told us weeks ago about my chest pain but in more precise terms. He COULD have given me anti-inflammatories, but they might have aggravated my asthma so it wasn't worth risking it. He told me to rest to ease the symptoms of PVS, but also try and do things whenever I feel well enough, which is what I'm already doing. But most importantly he told me to BREATHE NORMALLY. Whenever my chest hs been tight I've tended to breathe heavily and gasp for air, which is a natural reaction, but he says I must stop because it's making the painful symptoms worse, and creating others such as my occassional lightheadedness and dizziness. This is because, if you've done chemistry you'll know, an excess of oxygen and deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood increases the acidity of its pH, which causes those symptoms. This is why people re-breathe into a paper bag when hyperventilating, to try and keep the CO2 level in the blood high. He also seemed hopeful that things would be back to normal in two or three weeks. So there we go. =< Ooh ooh, one thing we got out of this is a name for our new cat!! We've started calling him Costo! ^^ heart ...Did I forget to mention we've got a new cat? I'll make a thread about it sometime. He is honestly the most daaarling thing everrr!! heart heart heart Though I havent been able to play with him too much cos of my illness *gripe* D;
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:03 pm
Yikes! Get well soon Lorika! You too Bapp! 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:41 pm
Ah, so that's what the bag does... I always wondered why they did that... Thanks for the explanation Lorika. smile
Congrats on the new cat. Here's hoping the normal-in-two-to-three-weeks works out so you can play with him biggrin
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:53 pm
Everyone should get better, on penalty of death! twisted
...oh wait...
So what did you come down with Bapp? I hope it isn't/won't be too serious
And once again Lorika, hope ya get better!
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:38 pm
Wull, I didn't see the doctor, but I've been resting... alot. With a healthy diet of porridge, apples and... hot water to help expand my windpipe (considering that this could be a relapse of my asthma/bronchitis we thought the same treatment may work out)
If I try to take in a deep breathe I start coughing hard and expelling mucus. I have a feeling that's the thing clogging up my respiratory system.
@Lorika: lol I didn't know too much Oxygen in your blood was bad o_o
At least you went to a better doctor this time. That's awesome! Doctors who don't explain what's going on (for fear of the patient not taking it well) are... terrible doctors.
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:13 am
Thanks TRG, Mab and Red and Bapp XD @Red and Bapp in particular, biochemistry is actually really interesting, huh?
But I'm afraid things have just gotten even crazier here. I believe I might have mentioned my mum's partner had a fit around Christmastime. Well, last night he had ANOTHER. And this time it seems to be worse, because not only is he super disoriented but he's developed a temperature that won't go down and they're pumping antibiotics into him. So my mum has been up all night, then today my nan had to get the cast off her arm, so we ended up congregating in the hospital. I love our family get-togethers.
I stayed with my mum while I was very ill about a month ago, so now it looks like I'll be going out to stay with her again while he's in hospital. Which is ideal really, because I often feel a lot more at ease when she's around just in case I personally take a turn for the worse - which is unlikely, but I like to be safe rather than sorry. So I dunno, today has been weird and tomorrow will probably be weird too, and all we can do is hope they find out what's wrong with him soon and he'll be okay...
nnnghhhnnuugh. That's all for today. I had thought I wouldn't have to post any more "status updates" here for a while, but it looks like life is weird, LOL.
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:03 pm
Uugh, you guys... today I feel so bad... it's like I've had a total relapse or something... except I don't remember feeling this awful before @__@
It might be dramatic to say "I hope I don't die," but I feel just so bloody goddamn awful-weird, and have been feeling so since last night, it doesnt feel all that far away...!
I just felt I HAD to get on here and post something, in case something bad happens to me, which it probably won't, but yeah, it just feels so terrible.
Thank you everyone for your support... I love all you guys...!
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