Unwell. X[
Oct. 14th, 2023 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deemoyzaFor over a week, I've been wrangling with a Mystery Ailment (TM) that feels very much like the first time I had Covid, down to the dulled sense of taste, but multiple tests have said it's not that. It started with muscle aches at work on the sixth, then progressed to fever over the ensuing weekend, then moved to a sore throat and swollen lymph nodes, and has now settled on trying to drown me in my own mucus, accompanied by an only-sometimes-helpful cough.
My insurance card still hasn't arrived, so I ended up forking over $200 at an urgent care on Thursday, where they ran tests for flu, Covid, and strep throat, and have decided that it is "most likely mild bronchitis." Two days into a liquid expectorant and a course of steroids, I'm no longer swollen and achy, but still coughing and just generally blah.
I lost a week of work over this, and I'm really hoping that I can be at least vaguely useful by the time Monday afternoon rolls around, particularly in regard to my fuzzy brain. Come on, I'm ditzy at the best of times; the combo of brain fog and snot just lifts my dysfunction to a whole other level. XP
My insurance card still hasn't arrived, so I ended up forking over $200 at an urgent care on Thursday, where they ran tests for flu, Covid, and strep throat, and have decided that it is "most likely mild bronchitis." Two days into a liquid expectorant and a course of steroids, I'm no longer swollen and achy, but still coughing and just generally blah.
I lost a week of work over this, and I'm really hoping that I can be at least vaguely useful by the time Monday afternoon rolls around, particularly in regard to my fuzzy brain. Come on, I'm ditzy at the best of times; the combo of brain fog and snot just lifts my dysfunction to a whole other level. XP
