9.10.2009

Invincible Me

I'm throwing in the towel and dragging myself to the doctor's today. I've been sick for 3+ weeks now, and it's just getting old. My symptoms have ranged from aches, congestion (nose and chest), sore throat that lasted over a week, extreme fatigue, chills, low fever and now THE worst headache ever. I mean, I get migraines, so I'm used to bad ones. But this has been bad for 24 hours now and it doesn't feel like my usual migraines.

What do you think I have?

a. the swine flu
b. lots of stuff
c. nothing, it's all in your head
d. Hepatitis A
e. Mono (had once before)
f. pregnant
g. West Nile virus

I'll let you know what the prognosis is later today. My guess is C.

UPDATE: Went to the doctor, where he seemed equally concerned about the server headache (with neck stiffness and eye pain). Ended up getting a lot of blood drawn for tests (which, I'm not sure). And going for a Head CT. When he said that I could have crawled under the table and died. I pride myself on being the strong one. He did ask me why I waited 3 weeks before coming in. Because, every time I finally give in and go to the doctor, just being there scares the symptoms away and I feel like I'm rationalizing why I'm really sick. No really, I am, or was! So today, just to follow my typical pattern, 1 hour after getting the CT, I started to feel a lot better. I could turn my neck again, move my eyes side to side, bend over. He said he's call tomorrow to tell me the results of all the tests.

The prognosis: C ... probably.

Oh! And you guys that answer sinus infection may be right. The scan did show a "clearing" sinus infection. Why it caused such a weird headache at the end ... who knows. But good riddance.

9 comments:

Kristin said...

my guess is sinus infection gone bad!! I hope you feel better soon!!!
~Kristin (:

Francais Frit said...

Whats that one called... from the rat poop in your purse????

Rachel said...

I'm going out on a limb and saying option F. Wouldn't that be fun?

meeshw said...

F????
I'm with Rachel and going out on a limb but as I wrote F I did so while laughing...sorry I'm usually much nicer :)

Chief said...

I think you're right...it's all in your head A SINUS INFECTION!

What do I win?

rebecca said...

When you say C do you mean a head cold? Cause that makes sense.

FYI its probably not swine flu if your fever isn't over 100. Over 100, its the flu. If you live in my state, they don't even want to know if its swine flu or not anymore. Only random testing.

Tami said...

preggers

Amy W said...

Oh man, Julia! Moms don't have time for migraines. I hope you start feeling better really soon. I wish I could come share a bowl of chocolate ice cream with you.

Kimberly said...

I do the same thing. Everytime I make an appt I always feel better. I am so glad it is not F. That is when the headache would really set in.