Js2019
09-12-19, 02:22
Hello all,
I know the winter months here (on the east coast of the US) can be pretty rough when it comes to illnesses going around. My 10 month old son goes to daycare and is always seeming to bring home sicknesses. I myself have chronic sinusitis so my baseline is usually congested as it is. But, for the past 2 weeks I have been sick. It started with a respiratory virus, then I got the stomach flu. I thought I was in the clear after that but I was sick again this morning with a low grade fever, achiness and I have swollen nodes in my neck. It just seems like I can't shake whatever illness this is. I finally went to urgent care and they checked me over. Lungs, throat and ears were great but because of my symptoms and swollen nodes she gave me a ten day course of antibiotics and a steroid dose pack. She thinks that my viral infection is actually bacterial. I guess I am just sick of being sick :( ugh. I work in the hospital with cancer patients so I don't want to get them sick. Also, my health anxiety soars when I am sick for long periods of times.
I know the winter months here (on the east coast of the US) can be pretty rough when it comes to illnesses going around. My 10 month old son goes to daycare and is always seeming to bring home sicknesses. I myself have chronic sinusitis so my baseline is usually congested as it is. But, for the past 2 weeks I have been sick. It started with a respiratory virus, then I got the stomach flu. I thought I was in the clear after that but I was sick again this morning with a low grade fever, achiness and I have swollen nodes in my neck. It just seems like I can't shake whatever illness this is. I finally went to urgent care and they checked me over. Lungs, throat and ears were great but because of my symptoms and swollen nodes she gave me a ten day course of antibiotics and a steroid dose pack. She thinks that my viral infection is actually bacterial. I guess I am just sick of being sick :( ugh. I work in the hospital with cancer patients so I don't want to get them sick. Also, my health anxiety soars when I am sick for long periods of times.