I'm an sat at home in the dark when it is glorious outside because I feel so rotten, and I admit to having a bit of a cry as I feel so pathetic.
All started about a month ago when I got back from a much needed holiday.
The day I got back I wasn't right, swollen glands, sore throat and generally virally. Then my chest became very tight and I developed sinusitis. About 2 weeks in when I started getting temps of about 37.8 I went to see my GP and they gave me abx and steroids.
I ended up taking 3 days off work in the end as I just wasn't getting better and felt rough. Went back Monday, still not 100% and then noticed that even though I had completed my abx I was still getting temps up to 37.8. Sinuses were a bit sore but a bit better. Gp gave more abx. Since about Wednesday I was fever free but still feeling a bit tired.
Last night I couldn't get to sleep because I had what felt like terrible reflux. Then I started vomiting violently and continued all night. No sleep, even sips of water coming straight back up. Horrible cramping abdo pains. Spoke to ooh on phone and px me buccastem and lanzoprazole mups. Temp is now 38.1 and HR > 100. I have actually managed to keep down some paracetamol.
I know I probably just have a viral GE that I was unlucky enough to get on the tail end of something else - all my family had it last weekend and I thought I'd escaped it. But have seen lots of patients this week including home visits so probably just picked it up.
However work is really high pressured at the moment, I can't take any more time off, yet it is a really tough environment to be in when you're not feeling 100% and I come home feeling stressed and exhausted.
I'm just so fed up of being ill and just want to be myself again, but I know I am being pathetic and in the grand scheme of things I am lucky that I am generally in good health.
Just wanted a moan really as I listen to other people's troubles all day but always feel a bit silly talking about my own...