Ugh, it’s been a miserable week. Both Love and I have been sick since Sunday. The weird thing is that I don’t know what “it” actually is. It’s not a normal cold but has some symptoms of a cold; isn’t a normal stomach bug but has symptoms of one, etc. Love and I have had similar, though not identical symptoms and we both got sick at the same time.
Me?
- stuffy nose/sneezing – though not as bad as the constant running I normally get in a cold.
- low-grade fever across several days
- hot flashes/chills, overall irregular temperature
- body aches, fatigue, exhaustion
- headache and severe tension in neck
- serious stomach upset including vomiting and, well, other things
- scratchy throat, but no sore throat, only minor coughing.
Love?
- stuffy nose/sneezing – he’s got this worse than me
- head congestion
- lower back seriously hurting (not sure if it’s connected but it only started when the “cold” did)
- low-grade fever across several days
- hot flashes/chills, overall irregular temperature
- body aches, fatigue, exhaustion
- some stomach upset, but no vomiting and less severe than mine
- coughing
So it’s just…weird. It’s a-typical for a cold, has more stomach upset then a flu, and yet we’re on day four now and both of us are still really unwell. I feel a little better then I did yesterday but ugh, Tuesday was worse than Monday so that’s not saying much.
I just don’t know what’s going on. And I’m stressed that I had to call into work. I don’t want to lose my job because I’ve been sick, you know? Just frustrating because it’s been such a weird range of symptoms, it’s been hard to do much but take some Tylenol for the fever and body aches and just try to sleep. (I’ve been sleeping HUGE hours the last few days.) Have barely been able to eat or keep what I do eat down too which is tough.
Tomorrow no matter what I’ve got to get back to work but still…ugh. It’s been such a miserable and confusing illness for us both.