Sickness

For the past two and half weeks I have been under the weather to say the least.  It all started with a cough of course.  After having the cough for 4 days I decided I needed to go see the doctor.  I was tired all the time and loosing my voice so something was wrong. 

The Dr then tells me that it's my allergies!  Hmmmm this is very interesting to me because I have had severe allergies for the past 10 years and have never had this happen.  So she writes me a prescription to help me sleep.  I didn't take it bc I don't like to take something unless I have to.  At this point, sleep wasn't my biggest concern.

After another 3 days I decide to go back to the Dr because now my chest is burning every time I cough and it makes me want to cry.  She then tells me that it's probably blah blah blah!  I don't actually know what she said but is sounded like she was guessing so I was like whatever!  She wrote me a prescription for an antibiotic and I was happy with that. 

During this time I also have to deal with my son who gets the same thing but also a fever and ended up staying home for 4 days and missed school due to the fever. 

So this past weekend I ended getting a rash on my face, chest and back.  It was very strange and I couldn't figure out where it came from.  I searched my head trying to think of anything I may have changed or anyone I have been around that may have been wearing something that might make me do this.  The only conclusion was the antibiotics!

So I got o the Dr again to get this checked out and her response is, "this is a very strange reaction!"  Well that makes me feel much better!  The strangest part is that I was done with the meds 2 days b4 I went to the Dr and each day it was getting worse.

So I now had to get a shot of steroids and deal with this for possibly the next week!  During this time I still have a cough that won't go away.  I have my voice back but if the cough is still around next week she wants to do a chest x-ray! 

ugh!

I'm very lucky to not get sick very often but it seems that when I do get sick, it's horrible and lasts forever. 

One day I will be back to myself again!