I did it. I stayed home from work today, which is KILLING me. A precious day! I didn’t sleep well last night. I spiked a fever of 102, my joint pain (which has been worse lately) was pretty bad so I couldn’t get comfortable, and these sores in my mouth hurt. My throat hurts too, and of course, I just feel so incredibly tired. So, obviously something’s up.
The doc. seems to think it’s a virus, and there isn’t much they can do other than let me take Tylenol. But, as always, if the trend doesn’t take care of its self in a few days then we’ll have to move onto other possibilities.
I can’t help but wonder if I’m having some sort of colitis flare up. The “colitis” of HPS can happen anywhere in the digestive track, and some HPS’ers do get mouth sores. That, combined with my joint pain being worse (which tends to go with a flare up) and I wonder. But, then again, the mouth sores are better tonight so maybe there’s no connection.
Having HPS can make you such a hypochondriac. You don’t want to whine about every little thing and think every health issue has some sort of major underpinning connection to HPS. But, on the other hand, you want to be proactive about it too. You don’t want to push everything aside until what ever is wrong has become a major acute situation.
As far as work goes, it was a very productive day. Topped up with Tylenol my fever was down and my mouth sores didn’t hurt as much – so I was able to get several interviews finished. Actually, I got more done than I think I would have if I’d gone into the office. I slept in a bit late, but was still able to start work at the same time I would have if I’d been there. I took an hour nap during lunch and was able to accomplish a lot in the early afternoon. I’ve spent this evening sleeping though, and thus my housework and the HPS Newsletter are on the back burner.
The doc. seems to think it’s a virus, and there isn’t much they can do other than let me take Tylenol. But, as always, if the trend doesn’t take care of its self in a few days then we’ll have to move onto other possibilities.
I can’t help but wonder if I’m having some sort of colitis flare up. The “colitis” of HPS can happen anywhere in the digestive track, and some HPS’ers do get mouth sores. That, combined with my joint pain being worse (which tends to go with a flare up) and I wonder. But, then again, the mouth sores are better tonight so maybe there’s no connection.
Having HPS can make you such a hypochondriac. You don’t want to whine about every little thing and think every health issue has some sort of major underpinning connection to HPS. But, on the other hand, you want to be proactive about it too. You don’t want to push everything aside until what ever is wrong has become a major acute situation.
As far as work goes, it was a very productive day. Topped up with Tylenol my fever was down and my mouth sores didn’t hurt as much – so I was able to get several interviews finished. Actually, I got more done than I think I would have if I’d gone into the office. I slept in a bit late, but was still able to start work at the same time I would have if I’d been there. I took an hour nap during lunch and was able to accomplish a lot in the early afternoon. I’ve spent this evening sleeping though, and thus my housework and the HPS Newsletter are on the back burner.
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