sick of being sick
i haven't been feeling well since last friday.
i don't know if it was something i ate that made me throw up about five times last friday. i really felt weak, i just wanted to lie down. and that's what i did. i borrowed misty's sleeping bag and found myself a little corner in the office and tried to sleep. i didn't care if there were people who went in and out of the room. all i know is that i wasn't feeling well and i wanted to rest.
come saturday and sunday, i still felt weak. no more trips to the restroom, fortunately, for my throat already ached. i had no fever, but i feel that something's not right with me. whatever it was, i don't know.
monday...i still went to the office. except that i didn't really have my usual appetite, i was ok.
when i woke up the next day, i knew i was sick. my eyes felt hot and i had a difficult time getting up from bed. still, i did. i prepared for work. but during breakfast at mcdo with i. and gudang, i knew i couldn't stay at work the whole day. i felt cold and my legs hurt so much. i just went to the office to read an important email from my sister and then i asked permission from my boss if i can go home.
when i got home, i just lay down. i couldn't even sleep. i was burning with fever, and at the same time i was having chills. i couldn't explain the pain i felt with my legs. they hurt so bad that i wanted to shout. i was lucky to doze off for a few minutes, but either the pain or the loud patter of rain on the roof would rouse me from sleep.
it was almost six when i. got home. i was feeling better then. my eyes did not feel as hot and my legs did not hurt as much. my dinner was mushroom soup, fruits and juice, all courtesy of i. [thank u! :)]
the next day, the fever was still there. i still wasn't able to go to work. i just stayed home to rest. i was also able to finish "harry potter and the half-blood prince". by the end of the day, i was feeling ok. i knew that i could make it to work the next day. but i felt that i still had to have a check-up.
so, this morning, i went to the caritas clinic. i got there before 9am, but it was almost 11am when my name was called. and because i didn't have the fever anymore, the doctor told me that what i had was just viral. apparently, there are two types of fever - viral and bacterial. the first one could easily be cured with medicine. the second one is more dangerous, like dengue.
but because of an abnormality in a previous test that was made on me (urinalysis - albumin was present in my urine), she asked me to have a blood test. i didn't know that protein could be present in urine, and if that was the case, it was not a good sign. albumin in urine could mean severe physical stress, fever, infections, or kidney diseases.
anyway, i would get the result on monday. but for now, i'm glad that i don't feel as sick anymore. bad trip e!
i don't know if it was something i ate that made me throw up about five times last friday. i really felt weak, i just wanted to lie down. and that's what i did. i borrowed misty's sleeping bag and found myself a little corner in the office and tried to sleep. i didn't care if there were people who went in and out of the room. all i know is that i wasn't feeling well and i wanted to rest.
come saturday and sunday, i still felt weak. no more trips to the restroom, fortunately, for my throat already ached. i had no fever, but i feel that something's not right with me. whatever it was, i don't know.
monday...i still went to the office. except that i didn't really have my usual appetite, i was ok.
when i woke up the next day, i knew i was sick. my eyes felt hot and i had a difficult time getting up from bed. still, i did. i prepared for work. but during breakfast at mcdo with i. and gudang, i knew i couldn't stay at work the whole day. i felt cold and my legs hurt so much. i just went to the office to read an important email from my sister and then i asked permission from my boss if i can go home.
when i got home, i just lay down. i couldn't even sleep. i was burning with fever, and at the same time i was having chills. i couldn't explain the pain i felt with my legs. they hurt so bad that i wanted to shout. i was lucky to doze off for a few minutes, but either the pain or the loud patter of rain on the roof would rouse me from sleep.
it was almost six when i. got home. i was feeling better then. my eyes did not feel as hot and my legs did not hurt as much. my dinner was mushroom soup, fruits and juice, all courtesy of i. [thank u! :)]
the next day, the fever was still there. i still wasn't able to go to work. i just stayed home to rest. i was also able to finish "harry potter and the half-blood prince". by the end of the day, i was feeling ok. i knew that i could make it to work the next day. but i felt that i still had to have a check-up.
so, this morning, i went to the caritas clinic. i got there before 9am, but it was almost 11am when my name was called. and because i didn't have the fever anymore, the doctor told me that what i had was just viral. apparently, there are two types of fever - viral and bacterial. the first one could easily be cured with medicine. the second one is more dangerous, like dengue.
but because of an abnormality in a previous test that was made on me (urinalysis - albumin was present in my urine), she asked me to have a blood test. i didn't know that protein could be present in urine, and if that was the case, it was not a good sign. albumin in urine could mean severe physical stress, fever, infections, or kidney diseases.
anyway, i would get the result on monday. but for now, i'm glad that i don't feel as sick anymore. bad trip e!
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10:16 PMWorkaholic kasi e! Remember one of those chain email reminders: No (person)ever said on her or his deathbed, "I wish I had spent more time in the office."
Di ka pa naman mamamatay, hehe.
10:29 AM
albumin? di ba yun yung sa itlog? nangingitlog ka na bananarit. :-)
anyway, it's nice to know you're feeling better. while reading your post kala ko pa na-dengue ka na, buti na lang hindi. take richie.
12:16 PM
It sounded at first like food poisoning, then turned to sound like a bad flu, then to an apparent attack of polio(pain in the leg). Whew! Aren't you glad you survived it? Hope you're better Chie :o)
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