The past few days have not been easy on my body. I’m sick and fighting not one but TWO infection. So for the next days I’m on Levofloxacin. I hope I feel better soon.
At the beginning of the week I noticed my ears were hurting off and on, almost like at the beginning of an ear infection. It wasn’t constant pain, though, and it wasn’t unbearable, so I didn’t really think too much about it. I was actually more concerned with the fact that my period was late AGAIN because of all the stress I’ve been under.
I’m sorry if me disclosing that is TMI, but I’m not going to sugarcoat topics like this and pretend I don’t get visited by a monthly “friend” because I do.
Every month.
But when I have a stressful month, my period ends up arriving a couple days to a week late. In other words, my body doesn’t respond well to stress. AT ALL! It protests quite loudly in fact.
So when this past Wednesday morning rolled around and I was a bit dizzy and nauseous, I brushed it off, thinking my period was finally going to show up. And it did. FINALLY!
But that evening around 8pm I got really dizzy. I felt as though I was drunk. It felt EXACTLY like the one time I drank too much at my ex-brother-in-law’s wedding reception. Back then I swore I would NEVER drink like that again, and I haven’t. But it sure as hell felt like I did Wednesday night.
My boyfriend finally got me up into bed after arguing with me that no, I couldn’t lay on the bathroom floor. I was quite content to stay draped around the potty, but he didn’t think that was the best idea.
Once in bed, I cried and begged for the room to stop spinning. It didn’t listen. It was so bad I eventually puked up that night’s dinner, hoping for relief, but none came and I finally fell asleep only to wake my boyfriend up at 3am because I wasn’t feeling well. I had a headache. I was really crampy. I felt like I was going to puke again and my back hurt.
And what’s also when I noticed the sinus pressure. A cold facecloth over my eyes helped to relieve some of it.
The rest of Thursday was not a good for me either. I spent most of the day in bed except when I went to get my kids at the bus stop. I didn’t eat much. I had constant sinus pressure and a headache. I kept having dizzy spells and nausea, but I managed to choke down a bowl of cereal for a late lunch and then a cheeseburger at dinner.
Friday I woke up feeling a bit better. I was still really crampy, though, which seemed odd since my period was down to spotting. I was also still dealing with a headache. As the morning progressed, though, I started feeling worse, so my boyfriend decided to take me to Urgent Care even though I didn’t really want to go because I don’t have insurance and couldn’t afford another doctor’s bill.
At Urgent Care I told them I thought I may have a sinus infection that was causing Vertigo. I also explained that I was worried I may have a UTI. Both of these problems are not new to me, so I know the signs. The nurse, of course, asked if there was any chance I was pregnant. I told her it wasn’t likely, but she still wanted a urine sample to check. A few minutes later the results were back. No pregnancy…but there was signs of an infection. I wasn’t surprised.
And before anyone thinks I’m a dirty person and that’s why I got an UTI…that’s not the case. I’m prone to them. Some people are. Ever since my last pregnancy, I’ve been getting them at least once per year. This year I’ve had TWO! Ugh! They are not pleasant. They make me feel rundown…like I have the flu.
I’m now on my second day of antibiotics. My symptoms seemed to have diminished some but not entirely. I’m not as queasy as I was. I’m not having the headaches anymore either, but the dizziness is still present. Although not nearly as bad as it was. I can function now. When it first started I couldn’t do anything. Even laying in bed with my eyes closed did not help.
Here’s hoping I wake up tomorrow feeling like my old self. I’ve got way too much to do and not enough time to get it done.