Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!
This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.
It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:
- Something interesting that happened to you
- Something humourous that happened to you
- Something frustrating that happened to you
- A quick question
- A request for recommendations
- Pictures of your pet
- A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
- Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)
So how’s it going?
Currently day 10 of whatever sickness has been going around. Spent all of last week with constant nausea, then last weekend in bed. Been popping ibuprofens and paracetamols for the last few days just to get through. Still getting a bit of nausea, but head and ears are feeling lots of tension and throat is swelling up, but now combined with the fun being unable to sleep through the night for the last few nights! To top it all off can’t get a doctor’s appointment for more than a week. I guess I’ll just resign myself to either being better or dead by then.
Thanks, luckily managed to squeeze in and get a doctors appointment this morning, so now have some extra antibiotics and steroids to take. She is thinking either strep throat or glandular fever, also did a blood test so they can confirm.
Hopefully it’s the least worst option!
I know it’s not really my place to say this but if it does turn out to be glandular fever/mono/Epstein Barr I’d suggest you get a second opinion on whether to use steroids during the acute phase of a viral infection (unless it’s just a throat spray or inhaler or something like that).
Lots of flu going around at the moment. Our house feels like it’s been in a low-level sickness state for weeks. Everyone is drained and grumpy (and also having trouble getting a good night’s sleep).
The stupid thing is I know exactly how I got it too. My wife had it for around two weeks previous and lost her voice and everything. Then a couple weeks ago I stupidly grabbed her cup from the night before which hadn’t been washed yet (I usually wash them up in the morning) to quickly get a cup of water to drink. I remember thinking “it’ll be fine…”
In my experience, there’s not much I can do to stop myself catching it. I just try to eat lots of oranges.
