Lalena Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Well, I am coming to the end of my first sickness since I've been back to school. I've been so busy, but I wanted to pop on and let everyone interested know about my back to school sickness. Not any sneezing, but lots of coughing, fever, lost voice and other symptoms.It started last week Thursday with a slight sore throat. As a teacher, most of my day is spent talking, so my voice never had time to rest. By the end of the day Thursday I felt so drained, but thought I was just being over worked. I went to bed with the hopes of feeling better after a good nights sleep. My body had other plans ...On Friday morning I woke up feel awful. I had the chills, my sore throat was significantly worse and I felt lots of drainage in the back of my throat. School was rough that day. I just had to power through. The kids are generally so good when they know a teacher isn't feeling well (as long as they like him or her) so the entire day when it would get too noisy the kids would say, "Come on, get quiet ... she doesn't feel good!" So sweet. After school on Friday I went home and had a fever. I cuddled up in bed and was asleep at 8:00 and slept until 11:30 the next day! You know you are sick when you sleep that long ...On Saturday things became worse, so I went to the doctor. I had strep. I was given an antibiotic and told to rest up, which I did the rest of the weekend.Fast ForwardMonday I woke up still feeling icky, and by now my voice was completely gone. I had started to become congested and was blowing wet nose blows frequently. I had a fever on and off the entire week, but because I am a horrible patient and work myself to death I continued to go to school. My voice was gone, I often would have to lay my head on my desk because I felt so lousy, and then the continuous coughing started. I don't think I went longer than 5 minutes without coughing. Finally, after almost a full week of this, a good friend of mine convinced me I needed to stay home. I put up a fight but he was persistant. I finally agreed to take half a day so I could sleep in and go to work in the afternoon.After work on Friday I went back to the doctor. She diagnosed me with bronchitis and a sinus infection. She said, "You poor thing! No wonder you feel so lousy! Your lungs sound so depleted, your tonsils are huge, and the inside of your nose is so inflamed." She prescribed another antibiotic, an inhaler, nose spray and some amazing cough meds with codine.After a week and 3 days I am starting to feel better. My voice is coming back, I don't have a fever anymore, and the coughing is FINALLY starting to die down (that was the worst of it). Unfortunately, I seemed to sneeze less than my usual with this sickness, which I found unsual, but my regular sneeziness seems to be picking back up too! This illness was a doosey, and I'm glad to be (almost) over it! Link to comment
Joal 555 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Sorry you have been/are sufferingHope you feel better soon! Link to comment
hails Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Awwww, isn't strep a b*tch? My ex had it and then gave it to the whole grade sorry you're suffering, hope you feel better Link to comment
Dusty15 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Oh my gosh, Lalena! You poor thing <3 I do love reading about suffering through it, though! I'm glad you're on the mend Link to comment
honkmaster Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sorry to hear that you're sick Lalena, but thanks for sharing your obs. Link to comment
sexyhankysneeze Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 hankie or tissue? Link to comment
norcal tinkfan Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Glad you're feeling better. Sorry it's been a rough start to the school year. Yay for a great class though! Link to comment
Lime Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Coughing is the worst! Get well soon :hug2: Link to comment
sexyhankysneeze Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 yeah i agree, coughing is terrible; i mean it can hurt so muchat least when you just have a nose cold (even if its really messy) snot doesnt hurt and is easy to deal with {providing you remember your hanky that day}get better soon Link to comment
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