I've been sick. Actually, it has occurred to me how very often lately I've been sick, or had aching joints, or have been so exhausted that even though I've had a full night's rest, I can still nap for several hours during the day if I let myself.
Almost all of the symptoms can be explained away individually: my job is physical, so of course I'm going to be achy and tired, or have memory lapses (from the numbness of exhaustion). I keep getting a shooting pain in one of my knees, but as my knees come into play a lot at work with lifting, climbing and kneeling, that's to be expected. My neck is stiff and sore, but I have back problems. I have allergies that sometimes mimic a cold, so naturally I'll get a sore throat and the chills. I've had difficulty swallowing the pills I have to take for bipolar and my thyroid condition lately, almost choking on them, but that could be psychosomatic, a reaction to almost choking on them the first time it happened. I keep getting this stomach/gi thing every few days, too, leaving me feeling squiffy.
But if I step back and lump some of these symptoms together, it could be that I have a recurrence of Lyme Disease. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon to get tested. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm going to go take a nap. I don't feel so hot.
Almost all of the symptoms can be explained away individually: my job is physical, so of course I'm going to be achy and tired, or have memory lapses (from the numbness of exhaustion). I keep getting a shooting pain in one of my knees, but as my knees come into play a lot at work with lifting, climbing and kneeling, that's to be expected. My neck is stiff and sore, but I have back problems. I have allergies that sometimes mimic a cold, so naturally I'll get a sore throat and the chills. I've had difficulty swallowing the pills I have to take for bipolar and my thyroid condition lately, almost choking on them, but that could be psychosomatic, a reaction to almost choking on them the first time it happened. I keep getting this stomach/gi thing every few days, too, leaving me feeling squiffy.
But if I step back and lump some of these symptoms together, it could be that I have a recurrence of Lyme Disease. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon to get tested. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm going to go take a nap. I don't feel so hot.
It's a sucky disease.