And I'm still sick. As a matter of fact, I'm worse off than I was last week. I stayed home Tuesday for an extra "rest day" just to be good and not push myself. I was back to work Wednesday and Thursday, not feeling great, but confident I was on the mend. Friday morning I woke up and knew instantly that as much as I had tried, I hadn't managed to dodge a sinus infection. My head, face, jaw and teeth were pulsing with pain and I was seriously bummed, to say the least. I called my Drs. office and thankfully they were able to get me in on Friday afternoon. The Dr. confirmed my self-diagnosis and gave me a prescription for a z-pack. I filled my prescription and came home and immediately took my first dose. As terrible as I felt I was relieved to know that the antibiotic would be kicking in soon and I would be on the mend in no time. The Saturday came and not only did I not feel better, but I felt worse...much worse. Now even the roof of my mouth hurt and it was all I could do to move without causing myself serious pain. I tried to push through it for a few hours in the morning, but finally realized that it was useless and spent the rest of the day between the couch and my bed in pretty bad shape. This morning, more of the same. The girls and I stayed home from church and I have left my bed only a few short times to tend to the necessary care of the girls. Bella has been an amazing helper and Chloe has done pretty well herself. I've taken 3 doses of antibiotics and have 2 left. If I'm not significantly better in the morning it's back to the Dr. I go. As the Dr. was writing my prescription she said, "if you aren't feeling much better by Monday this probably isn't strong enough and we'll have to give you something else." The z-pack has worked before on a sinus infection, but I recall experiencing relief much sooner so I won't be surprised if I end up on a second round of something. I have to say that the thought of taking one course of antibiotics while pregnant is less than thrilling to me, so 2 is down right discouraging, but in the end I know I need something to help me kick this. I'm on day 9 of this crap and unfortunately my body just doesn't seem to have what it takes to kick this one naturally.
I can't say how ready I am to feel better. I want to be back to my usual self. My poor family has no doubt suffered from my week long stay in bed and that's not to mention any of the months prior that has seen me less than functional due to pregnancy related sickness. I had a little melt down this morning as I was trying to explain to Andy how discouraging and down right exhausting, physically, mentally and emotionally, feeling "sick" for so long has been. It started with influenza the week before Christmas, which was immediately followed by the start of extreme nausea and exhaustion and within a week of starting to get a glimpse of feeling a bit more back to myself, I came down with this crud. Just to torture myself a bit more I counted on the calendar and that makes 14 weeks of just plain feeling like crap! And I'm over it! ;)
I am praying that a good nights sleep tonight will be the turning point and that I will wake up with noticeable improvement. While the odds may not be in my favor, I can still be hopeful, right? ;)
And one more thing...for the 2nd week in a row I had to cancel my spa day. :( I've rescheduled for next Monday and come hell or high water, I'm having my spa day! ;)
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