Viral Myalgia

[fuzzpig]

That is what the doctor told me I have today. Got a chest infection in mid-June which is only now starting to clear after 3 lots of antibiotics and some steroids.

For the last couple of weeks I have been in immense pain so today the doctor did lots of muscle tests etc. He said he'd never seen it that bad and got another doctor to come in just to confirm it wasn't something worse (in the time I was waiting I nearly fell asleep on the bed ).

In a way I am glad they've said what it is (I am a paranoid mess person and was terrified he'd tell me I was imagining it or just unfit or something) but I'm gutted that he says it's likely to last for a few more weeks at least.

I've been signed off for a couple more weeks and given an anti-inflammatory (naproxen). Feel guilty for being off work so long and worried because when I get back I have to see Occupational Health as I've missed so much :(. In pain, exhausted and bored.

Not sure why I'm posting really, just needed a pathetic rant.

not patheetic rant at all i have just done the same...id like to say hope you feel better soon but that doesnt look like its gunna happen so instead(((Gentle BIG hugs)))

Thanks belle :)

I'm now on day 2 of Naproxen and I think it's helping a bit, but I don't want to rush things by doing too much. Yesterday a friend was here briefly (picking up her DD who had been over to play) and just sitting up instead of lying down, and making small talk, was exhausting after a few minutes.

I recognise your name from other threads belle, I know you have been dealing with this and worse for a long time ((hugs back)). I am trying to be logical and think this will get better soon but a part of me is scared, I've had milder versions of these symptoms for over a year before I got the chest infection so I'm finding it hard to envisage ever feeling better [maudlin emoticon]

I am wondering if there are any particular vitamins I should try and take especially as I'm finding it hard to eat. I know there's no magic bullet though.

hi fuzz, the infection may just have made things alot worse, i had coldsores in my eyes a few years ago ironically because i was run down, but my symptoms became unbearable and i just havent recovered properly since, this doesnt mean you wont we are all different but i guess what im trying to say is you will get better, maybe not back to full steam but you will. its hard to imagine thou isnt it. i have been laid in bed this afternoon thinking i should get up and do stuff its sunny outside etc, in reality i couldnt.... i really hope you start to feel stronger soon. xxx

That's what I feel like - that this was lying dormant(ish) and I was more vulnerable to the chest infection (I have had heaps of those before, at least twice a year since childhood, but they always go in 10 days max, usually without any treatment).

I am worried that when I get "better" I will actually only go back to how I've been for the last year, where I've been barely coping with my job and utterly incapable of anything outside work, but not technically unwell enough to get any help or time off. It's like being weak and sore is my new baseline.

Thats how i am, my current job is 30 hours and it really is too much, but i cant get anything with less hours (im a specialist nurse) and same pay, so i struggle week upon week to cope. My work life balance is non exisitant, and on a monday im counting down the days till i dont have to work..That doesnt mean on my days off i dont do anything thats not true, i just do things at a slower pace. My poor kids is how i feel constantly. Last week when we were on holiday i didnt makeit over the threshold after 6pm...not fab when you are away with kids. the guilt is as painful as the symptoms at times. Nevertheless i love my job which helps, i just think counting down the hours from 1pm till i finish and can come home put PJ on and shut do nothing really cant help...still im lucky to have a job, just a shame benefits dont support those who want to work but with restrictions of CFS/ME...