The H1N1 Chronicles
It's Nov 19th...I don't feel good, and I have a cough. Maybe I'm coming down with something. I go to work anyhow, as it could also be nothing...the cough gets worse throughout the day so I leave a little early...I don't want to gross people out. Everyone is on edge due to the swine flu scare anyhow. People get scared so easily these days...it seems silly to me. "You just need to live your life...don't be so afraid...", I say.
Since so many bugs are going around I decide to go to the doc and get some anti-biotics. I have upper respiratory problems most winters so it makes sense. He tests me for H1N1...Why? "You probably have it", he says...what? My test is negative. "You may still have it, we get lots of false negatives", he tells me. OK, so it's not bad in adults anyway, right? "It depends",...he says. I go home and go to bed.
Maybe I'll take Friday off and relax. My cough improves overnight, but I start to run a fever of about 101. I feel crummy, and stay in bed. I get up and do a little work from home just to not get behind. By evening I still have a fever, and a headache, and a lower back ache...the cough is also back, and worse. I take a shower to get rid of the chills...it works. I am quarantined to my bedroom by Sydney...she moves to the living room. I moan all night long from pain.
Saturday morning 11/21 is the Ohio St Michigan game...! I get up. I have a fever of only 100. Maybe I'm getting better. Sydney brings me a cup of coffee, and a glass of OJ. I drink these, and promptly throw it up. Through the day, my headache comes back with a vengeance, and my back ache is persistent. I wonder if maybe I've thrown out my back coughing. I sleep through the Ohio St. Michigan game...in fact I sleep most of the day.
Saturday night, my fever is 102, my head feels like it's going to explode, and my back is killing me. This, and I start vomiting every hour, all night. It gets to be mostly dry heaves, as I have nothing left in me. I pray when I'm awake to get better.
Sunday, my mom calls to check on me. Sydney tells her the story. She is praying for me now too. I also ask to get on the work prayer list...
This goes on for the next four days...a fever of 100-102, a headache, and back ache from which I can get no relief, and vomiting at least every hour. I think to myself that I can see how this might kill someone...I can't go like this much longer. My mom calls everyday to check on me and pray.
Thanksgiving...The family dinner was supposed to be at our house. We had to move it. The family asked that none of us join them at their house either, which may be a little overkill, but my sister in law is unemployed and thus has no health insurance. I would feel terrible if they tied her getting sick to us in any way.
My fever is still 100, but the other symptoms have lessened somewhat. I take a shower, which really takes it out of me. I have no energy. I still have headaches on and off, but the back ache has gotten better, and I am only throwing up every few hours. Sydney made Thanksgiving dinner, and Jenny brought a plate to my room. I took three bites, and then took a picture of the meal. They did a great job! I just can't eat.
My fever finally broke Sunday night. That makes 10 days with a fever...10 days! I still can't eat. Food tastes like metal. Sydney brings me sport drinks, and chicken soup. I smell like chicken soup...I need a shower just to wash away the smell. I am also extremely fatigued. I can't be up more than a half hour at a time. But I continue to improve each day. I can eat a little more, and I can be up a little longer.
I finally get up on Dec 4, and go to work for a half day. Most people think I look terrible, and suggest I'm still sick. "You can't just lay in bed the rest of your life", I tell them. I go home and go to bed at 4:00 in the afternoon...and don't get up till Saturday morning.
I am now on the mend. I feel better, and am eating a little more each day. Since nothing tastes right I am trying new things. Why not. Mustard on a turkey sandwich for example. I still sleep a lot. The doctor said it could be a month before I fully recover. A month!
So my advice is this...to everyone...Be afraid, and get the H1N1 vaccine. Surprised? :-)
This is not worth it. I have never been so sick.
Since so many bugs are going around I decide to go to the doc and get some anti-biotics. I have upper respiratory problems most winters so it makes sense. He tests me for H1N1...Why? "You probably have it", he says...what? My test is negative. "You may still have it, we get lots of false negatives", he tells me. OK, so it's not bad in adults anyway, right? "It depends",...he says. I go home and go to bed.
Maybe I'll take Friday off and relax. My cough improves overnight, but I start to run a fever of about 101. I feel crummy, and stay in bed. I get up and do a little work from home just to not get behind. By evening I still have a fever, and a headache, and a lower back ache...the cough is also back, and worse. I take a shower to get rid of the chills...it works. I am quarantined to my bedroom by Sydney...she moves to the living room. I moan all night long from pain.
Saturday morning 11/21 is the Ohio St Michigan game...! I get up. I have a fever of only 100. Maybe I'm getting better. Sydney brings me a cup of coffee, and a glass of OJ. I drink these, and promptly throw it up. Through the day, my headache comes back with a vengeance, and my back ache is persistent. I wonder if maybe I've thrown out my back coughing. I sleep through the Ohio St. Michigan game...in fact I sleep most of the day.
Saturday night, my fever is 102, my head feels like it's going to explode, and my back is killing me. This, and I start vomiting every hour, all night. It gets to be mostly dry heaves, as I have nothing left in me. I pray when I'm awake to get better.
Sunday, my mom calls to check on me. Sydney tells her the story. She is praying for me now too. I also ask to get on the work prayer list...
This goes on for the next four days...a fever of 100-102, a headache, and back ache from which I can get no relief, and vomiting at least every hour. I think to myself that I can see how this might kill someone...I can't go like this much longer. My mom calls everyday to check on me and pray.
Thanksgiving...The family dinner was supposed to be at our house. We had to move it. The family asked that none of us join them at their house either, which may be a little overkill, but my sister in law is unemployed and thus has no health insurance. I would feel terrible if they tied her getting sick to us in any way.
My fever is still 100, but the other symptoms have lessened somewhat. I take a shower, which really takes it out of me. I have no energy. I still have headaches on and off, but the back ache has gotten better, and I am only throwing up every few hours. Sydney made Thanksgiving dinner, and Jenny brought a plate to my room. I took three bites, and then took a picture of the meal. They did a great job! I just can't eat.
My fever finally broke Sunday night. That makes 10 days with a fever...10 days! I still can't eat. Food tastes like metal. Sydney brings me sport drinks, and chicken soup. I smell like chicken soup...I need a shower just to wash away the smell. I am also extremely fatigued. I can't be up more than a half hour at a time. But I continue to improve each day. I can eat a little more, and I can be up a little longer.
I finally get up on Dec 4, and go to work for a half day. Most people think I look terrible, and suggest I'm still sick. "You can't just lay in bed the rest of your life", I tell them. I go home and go to bed at 4:00 in the afternoon...and don't get up till Saturday morning.
I am now on the mend. I feel better, and am eating a little more each day. Since nothing tastes right I am trying new things. Why not. Mustard on a turkey sandwich for example. I still sleep a lot. The doctor said it could be a month before I fully recover. A month!
So my advice is this...to everyone...Be afraid, and get the H1N1 vaccine. Surprised? :-)
This is not worth it. I have never been so sick.
posted by Jim at 8:53 PM
8 Comments:
dude, sorry for the Swine Flu! glad you're feeling better :-)
ewww, yuck! Glad your feeling better. Hope you were able to celebrate your birthday.
I am off to get my vaccination this Saturday!! I hope I don't get it between now and two weeks from Saturday. Your saga made me a believer in getting vaccinated!!!
My birthday was the first day I was able to finish a meal...woo!
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I was hit by a truck when I was 13. it was a catastrophic accident, and It changed my life...in both positive and negative ways. The swine flu (H1N1) was also catastrophic, of course less so. In fact I was so sick I wonder if it was something else; something worse. I did not fully recover for over a year! Also, I did not regain my appetite (and weight unfortunately) for nearly 7 years. Events like these mark you. I think about, and deal with issues associated with them both regularly still. One example, RE: H1N1 I've napped ever since daily due to chronic fatigue. I am not interested in medical solutions. Life happens... : )
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