This is something that gets passed around communities of folks with rare/chronic diseases. It’s well worth the read, since most of us will cross paths with someone with a chronic illness at some point. I can’t think of a better analogy. Click on the link that says “click here to read The Spoon Theory”. It’s a PDF, and… I’m not that tech savvy.
So it appears yours truly may have crossed paths with a certain infamous virus. I’m not sure if it’s the chronic pain/chronic illness or if it’s just the most hideous virus known to man, but wow, I’ve never met a level of pain that sent me running to the emergency room, but after 8 hours waiting for Killsya Permanently to call me back and prescribe tamiflu, and hopefully something, ANYTHING (that works) for the pain, since max doses of tylenol and motrin were lasting 30 minutes tops…. I had met my match, and spent enough hours sleeping (which is all I was capable of) in 30 minute stretches, moaning all the while.
It wasn’t just the pain, once I hit the threshold of every single “if you have this symptom, you might want to go to the ED” combined with pain that would make birthing quadruplets naturally, simultaneously (yes, REALLY) seem like a pleasant way to spend an afternoon….Thankfully 2 doses of Tamiflu on board, and a couple of doses of various pain meds, I got the pain back under control to the point where my usual self care is enough. Battling a migraine from being kept off my HCTZ, but that will resolve once the HCTZ is working again. Meanwhile dark rooms and Well-Patch are my best friends.
Now if anyone has a remedy other than antibiotics, salt water gargles, and citrus that can make tonsils like these look like these, I’d be grateful.
