LeeBee
01-01-09, 07:39
I have started to wonder why I keep getting ill every time I exert myself a little bit beyond the norm. When I first got a viral illness in July this year, I had two dance classes and a yoga class in one week and the following week began a sickness which lasted the best part of 3 months.
Once I got better I slowly built my strength back up, put a bit of weight back on (I got quite skinny) and slowly increased my level of exercise. A couple of weeks before Christmas I went to two dance classes and a yoga class. I was exhausted(!) and the following week I had a return of the symptoms that I had in July - dizziness, swollen glands, fatigue.
I was terrified that the illness had come back but it has got better. Since Christmas I wake up most mornings with a snotty nose and a sore throat which gets better as the day goes on. I have bouts of dizziness and nausea but once they go away I feel OK. I'm examining myself for lumps, bumps and bruises (scared bruises aren't healing), checking glands daily but they seem pretty much OK. I had a series of blood tests in July/August which were all fine and I was OK for about 2-3 months before this latest relapse. I went to the doctor just before Christmas and he said it was a mild virus.
Am I overreacting? Is it just the HA messing with my mind? Or could I have some kind of underlying weakness (ME or cancer or something) that are causing me to get ill every time I push my body a little further than normal? I'm worrying that there is something lurking under the doctor's radar that is making me weak. Help?
Once I got better I slowly built my strength back up, put a bit of weight back on (I got quite skinny) and slowly increased my level of exercise. A couple of weeks before Christmas I went to two dance classes and a yoga class. I was exhausted(!) and the following week I had a return of the symptoms that I had in July - dizziness, swollen glands, fatigue.
I was terrified that the illness had come back but it has got better. Since Christmas I wake up most mornings with a snotty nose and a sore throat which gets better as the day goes on. I have bouts of dizziness and nausea but once they go away I feel OK. I'm examining myself for lumps, bumps and bruises (scared bruises aren't healing), checking glands daily but they seem pretty much OK. I had a series of blood tests in July/August which were all fine and I was OK for about 2-3 months before this latest relapse. I went to the doctor just before Christmas and he said it was a mild virus.
Am I overreacting? Is it just the HA messing with my mind? Or could I have some kind of underlying weakness (ME or cancer or something) that are causing me to get ill every time I push my body a little further than normal? I'm worrying that there is something lurking under the doctor's radar that is making me weak. Help?