Yup, still sick

[mistressofmuses]

Yesterday was the first day that I felt better than a previous day, but today was a bit of a backslide to worse again. My coworker who has probably the same thing is on like... week three of being sick, so I've got a ways to go, probably. Not thrilled.

I was supposed to do another telehealth or urgent care visit yesterday if I wasn't feeling better, but yesterday I *was* starting to. I'm not sure another appointment would help - the first one he didn't really listen, and I still have the cough med I got px'd. The cough is definitely the worst of it right now. I don't really want to pay more money I don't have to get told the same thing again. If I'm still hacking up chunks of gross and am running out of the cough med, maybe then I'll call back in. (I thought maybe urgent care would be better, but even using my insurance's "find an urgent care" option specifically... apparently there are no in-network urgent cares in Colorado. They suggest going to a "convenient care clinic," instead, but I can't actually determine for sure whether that would be covered or not.)

I do feel *mentally* better, at least, though the physical stuff is still pretty bad. Apparently Alex almost woke me up on Sunday night to force me to go to the ER, because I was coughing so hard for so long. (I was... half-aware of it.) I've had a few more really bad, prolonged coughing fits, but nothing that bad since. Still bringing up a lot of stuff from my lungs, though.

Feeling better in terms of a clearer head is a mixed blessing... it's making the inability to get much else done even more frustrating. It's also making the looming sense of everything I have to catch up on feel that much more threatening, ha. There's a definite mismatch between what I mentally WANT to get done and what I physically CAN get done. I'm still exhausted, and get interrupted by coughing fits every few minutes. But at least I could sit upright at work for 8.5 hours, so I guess that's something? Even if my attempts to answer calls tended to lead to me having to put the customer on hold while I hacked for a minute, heh.

I want to come up with some sort of catch-up plan for all the things I haven't done for a couple of weeks now, but it's hard to commit to much when I still don't know how I'll be feeling!

Comments

[olivermoss]

That's horrible. I'm sorry you've been so sick for so long, and that you have to go into work like that instead of focusing on getting better.

Starting to come out of a fog is always mixed, because you become more aware of how fucked it all is and how much time slid by.

[mistressofmuses]

Ugh, I'm so tired of being sick already. The nurse I saw today told me that yeah, I should be prepared for weeks or months before I'm back to 100% and that made me want to cry.

But that's very much it right now... I'm *glad* I'm back to thinking more clearly and at least *wanting* to do things... but it definitely makes it a lot more clear how much time has passed and how much has gone undone! (And unfortunately, there's no surge of sudden ability to do extra to catch up!)

[spikedluv]

I'm glad you're feeling slightly better! I hope the full recovery happens swiftly.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I hope so, too. Unfortunately the nurse I spoke to today told me to be prepared for a few more weeks or months before I'm back to feeling 100%. The thought makes me want to cry!

[scarlipswolfwife]

I'm glad you're feeling a tiny bit better, though it sounds like it still wants to kick your ass for a little bit longer. Ugh with insurance companies and doctors who don't do fuck-all. *hugshugs*

[mistressofmuses]

This stuff sucks. The nurse I saw today was much more thorough than the telehealth doctor, but she did come away with pretty much the same diagnosis: viral bronchitis. She gave me more of the cough med I already had, plus a stronger cough syrup that will hopefully help at night, plus an inhaler just in case I have any breathing trouble. But she said that yeah, it's probably weeks or even months before getting back to "fully well." *cry*

[umadoshi]

So wretched! *hugs* Yay for what progress there's been so far, and I hope it speeds up. The cough sounds beyond miserable.

[mistressofmuses]

The cough is terrible! I now have a px for an additional stronger cough syrup, which I hope will let me at least sleep through the night. I really hope it improves sooner rather than later.