And I'm not talking about the R&B group :P
Friday my left forearm was very tender and sore. I didn't think much of it until Saturday when I woke up and my left knee was starting to flare up as well. Sunday morning I woke up with swollen joints in both knees, my right ankle, left arm and right pointer finger; it was extremely painful to move any of my limbs. I spent the day with packs of frozen peas everywhere and resting. What was going on here!? Sunday night I started to develop a fever and headed off to the hospital to get things checked out. Two hours later they gave me some anti-inflamatorys, did a blood test and sent me home. Tuesday I get to go back for a follow up appointment. It was really bizaar going from dancing up a storm on Friday night to barely walking on Sunday. It took me about an hour to walk to the corner store and sleeping at night has been very unpleasant when my joints don't want to move without major pain......
Today I took my first sick day of the school year and it hasn't been too bad. I've been popping pills every couple hours mixing it up between anti-inflamatories and pain relief tablets. Tiger Balm is the Bomb!!!! I'm not too sure what colour my pee's going to be, but the pill cocktail has made the day fly by a lot easier:) It's kind of annoying to have to send Cover work (lesson plans) on my sick days, but c'est la vie when you're a teacher. I just hope this is a one off experience because the last few days haven't been very much fun :(
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Swollen joints!?! That sounds serious Steve...I'm glad you went to see a doctor, but didn't they tell you more? Sounds like you would need antibiotics in addition to antinflams. Big big hugs, hope you feel better soon!!
xo,
Laura
Yikes, that sounds scary. Did they ever tell you what it was? It sounds rather serious but I'm not a doctor! I hope you are feeling better. And I thought I had a rough weekend. I got up Friday morning without a voice, went to school to teach and by the end of the day I was sick in bed, coughing, shaking, with a fever. Oh it was awful. I can't remember the last time I felt that bad. Today I feel much better but I have had to take a couple of sick days just to make sure I'm not rushing back to work too soon. And I agree, writing lesson plans when you are sick sucks! It would almost be easier just to go there and do it yourself. Well, I hope you are feeling better. Take care! Miss you.
Doctor said it's a viral infection - meaning no meds available. Should clear up in the next two weeks - so it'll either slowly get better, or reach a peak and than get better. Either way I should definitely be on the mend by Monday. A week off with limited range of motion seems like a pretty lame week off work :(
Steve
Wow that dont sound good Steve look after yourself it must be all the moistue in jolly old England that is doing it, sucks love and miss you from all of us in Edmonton Alberta and in case you forgot CANADA
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