I of course haven't been working out since last Wednesday I hurt my back and went home from work early to relax and put a hot pad on it. Wednesday night I started having a fever. It started off low, but by the morning it was starting to get high and staying at a steady 102-102.7 no matter what I did. Lukewarm showers, ibuprofen, nyquil, nothing worked. I called my best friend, Ete, to ask if he could take me to Urgent Care when it opened, being dizzy and vomiting and unable to drive. I was puking outside while waiting for Ete to pick me up.
Urgent care was an ordeal; I couldn't drink water without vomiting. They wanted to do a strep test, but of course that would probably make me vomit. They wanted to do a urine test, because of the back pain it could be a kidney infection. But I couldn't drink water. They gave me some anti-nausea medication and tried to do an IV, but the nurse couldn't fine the vein for the IV. After much painful trying, I finally said I would try to drink water and hold it down so I could give the urine sample. The results all came back negative, no strep, no kidney infection, they even tested me for mono; I didn't have that either. They treated me for tonsilitis and gave me antibiotics (in case it was bacterial, but they couldn't really verify that either) and sent me home.
I slept most of the day, like sick people do. I tried to drink water, but my throat hurt and I was just so TIRED. Friday, my temperature wasn't any better. My throat was worse. After my temperature reached 103.7 I started to panic. What do I do? Ete suggested calling the nurse line on our insurance. And after being advised to drink some Gatorade, I got up and drank a full thing of Pedialite and started sweating a lot! Dehydration is scary; I didn't even realize I was so dehydrated.
Anyway, during those two days, about the only thing I could manage to eat were a few toaster waffles, plain, a piece of toast, and soup broth. Saturday, I felt so much better I wanted to try real food! I went out to brunch with Ete and had eggs and bacon and toast, along with some lovely tea with lemon and honey for my still painful throat. It was so delicious, but my stomach was upset with me the rest of the day. Since then I've been sticking to semi-solid foods (pudding, Popsicles, soup, pho, etc). I have to chew very well to make sure everything is small enough to not hurt my throat and I have to eat a few bites, then wait, then eat a few bites, then wait, or my stomach gets upset.
That all being said, I've lost weight. Fevers apparently burn a lot of calories... And the liquid diet seems to have limited my caloric intake enough that I've still lost weight. I'm, of course, NOT sticking to this liquid diet thing. I'll be so excited when I can eat real food, but I might keep eating my meals very slowly so I don't over fill myself.
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