Bear flu, Day two

[muckefuck]

Dammit all to hell! Whatever I've come down with is just not going away. Yesterday morning, I thought my problem was 9/10ths simple exhaustion and nothing a day of sleep wouldn't solve. By the time I got to Monshu's, I realised there was more to it than that: shivers, borderline fever, loss of appetite. Most of the minor symptons have cleared up, but there is this very inflamed patch on my soft palate and every time I swallow, it's like being jabbed there by a fork. It made sleeping difficult because, try as I might, I could not get myself to drool onto the pillow rather than swallowing every few minutes and thereby waking myself up.

I'm not one to go to the doctor with my afflictions, because the response I get is almost always (1) you just have to ride it out or, worse, (2) overmedication (like industrial-strength muscle relaxant for back pain). There's no fever, so this isn't strep or something equally serious, but if it doesn't let up soon, I may take overmedication over near-constant pain.

I've got mixed feelings about being here. On the one hand, it's really sweet to see Monshu's nurturing side (which he's been known to deny he has) come to the fore. On the other, I know he can't sustain this level of solicitousness for long. Plus, I'm totally paranoid about infecting him. At first, we were relatively confident that it was only my exhausted state that made me vulnerable and, as well-rested as he is, he should have nothing to worry about. But beyond the fact that I wouldn't wish this on anyone I loved, this would not be a good week for him to be out. I'm taking precautions like washing my hands a lot, not touching food he'll be eating, not kissing him, etc. but it all somehow feels like whistling in the dark. Bugger.

Comments

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Try swishing with Orajel or Chloraseptic (sp?) throat spray: either of those might do a good job of numbing your palate.

And FEEL BETTER!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I was getting decent results from (generic) Chloraseptic last night, but it seems to be doing nothing now.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that it's allergy-related? My allergies have been giving me hell for the past two weeks, and it started off with a swollen, itchy soft palate and a fever. I've actually never had an illness that's affected my soft palate except for seasonal allergies.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Sure it's possible, but I've never had serious allergy problems before, just the occasional stuffiness. I have heard, however, that it's common to develop allergies as you grow older.

But what could have the brought it on? The proximity of lots of body hair? No, don't say I'm allergic to bears!

[rollick.livejournal.com]

If it just hit you out of the blue, and it's allergies, you're likely allergic to something that's just come into season, and just being out and about in it probably triggered your symptoms. I doubt it's bears. Bears are in season all year 'round.

Also, I haven't had allergies like this since I was a teenager, so it's possible that this is just an unusually bad year for whatever-it-is, and that's why it's affecting you at all.

[(Anonymous)]

was ist mit Zink, Magnesium und hoch dosierten Vitaminen zur Stärkung? Ich nehme es seit einigen Monaten (fast schon ein Jahr) zur Prophylaxe und habe den Eindruck, es ist wirksam. Vieleicht hilft es ja auch zur schnelleren Genesung.

Bei Gliederschmerzen und Rückenschmerzen würde ich aber auch für wenige Tage ein Mittel zur Muskelrelaxation einnehmen.

Zu overmedication: Antibiotika sind bei viralen Infekten (die auch mit Fieber einher gehen können) nicht sinnvoll. Nur bei bakteriellen Befall (z.B. grünlicher Auswurf oder Rotz)kommt man manchmal nicht drum rum.

Bist du denn bei der Arbeit oder hütest du das Bett?

Gute Besserung! N.