meganrosetx
16-01-19, 01:31
I posted for the first time a few weeks ago about increased anxiety while sick and unfortunately I’m still suffering. I had a cold which turned into a horrible ear infection. I was on antibiotics for a week (finished last Friday) but on Sunday I started getting worse.. fever, body aches, cough etc. I went back to the Dr today and my pulse was 155 and bp 120/97 which kind of freaked me out. He confirmed I still have a bad infection and possible mastoiditis and need to do a 2 week course of stronger antibiotics. He also gave me a steroid shot to clear up my congestion. I’m trying to stay calm and trust my Dr. but I can’t stop worrying that I’ll end up in the hospital or worse because he mentioned if I wasn’t better by Friday I might need to be admitted. He didn’t seem too concerned about my pulse, said it was probably high from being sick and anxiety but that I should “keep an eye on it” and have it checked every so often while I’m at work since I work in a doctor’s office. I wish I could just relax because I feel like my anxiety is making me feel worse....
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Has anyone else here had a steroid shot for sinus congestion? I keep having hot flashes and need to sit in front of a fan to cool down even though it’s fairly cold here. Not sure if this is normal
---------- Post added at 19:31 ---------- Previous post was at 18:03 ----------
Has anyone else here had a steroid shot for sinus congestion? I keep having hot flashes and need to sit in front of a fan to cool down even though it’s fairly cold here. Not sure if this is normal