Hey, can anyone give ideas on what this might be? I'm so tired of being sick!!!
12/15 Woke up with snotty nose, some drainage and a moderate sore throat. Fever 100.5
12/16 Fever gone. Sore throat worse; really bad. One eye gooped and red like pink eye. Goes away without treatment in a couple days. Sore throat continues without getting any better. Negitive home Covid test.
12/20 Still have really bad sore throat. Now, rash on back of one hand and down the outside of both thighs. Rash may or may not be related; I just do that sometimes when the weather gets bitter cold, which it was. Rash gets steadily better and gone in a few days. Sore throat continues without change. Negitive home Covid test.
1/3 Still horrible sore throat. Call Dr make appt. My Dr on maternity leave, set up to see another Dr in practice 1/9.
1/9 Still sore throat, but seems to be improving now... but by no means gone, maybe moderate. Go to Dr. Where I have:
Negitive Covid, Negitive Strep. Says testing for flu is pointless, they said after this much time it probably wouldn't show and wouldn't change teatment in any case. Or rather, lack of treatment. Listens to chest, says no bronchitis, no RSV, no pneumonia. They have no real idea; just sent me home to hydrate and rest.
1/10 If I did the math right this is day 26. Sore throat is worse; now back to where it's been for weeks. It was somewhat better for 2-3 days, but never went away. Still no fever since the first day. Have had a little snot and slight cough throughout, but nothing major.
I am so tired of feeling like crap, living on advil, sudafed, soup and oatmeal. Dr was pissed I'm going to work. Well, me too... However since I work in a place with no sick leave and I enjoy both eating and living indoors, I'm going to work. I did call out the first couple days and then I had the pink eye stuff on my days off, but yes, I'm working with a sore throat. Especially if you can't tell me WTF this is.
Any ideas? I'm willing to entertain about any ideas at this point....
Update....
Rash is back. Sore throat gone, but canker sores in mouth. Massive sinus pressure, ear pressure so bad my ballence is all messed up. Called nurse's line: she's thinking HFM! Went to Dr today (2/21), tomarrow it will be ten WEEKS I've been sick. Dr says massive sinus infection, double ear infection, plus pneumonia. (She made me cry when she tapped on my under-eye sinus!) Thinks the rash and cankers are just because my body is so run-down. Finally got the antibiotics and steriods they wouldn't give me before. They still have no idea what started all this; four negitive Covid home tests plus one the Dr sent in someplace. Dr wanted to know why I "waited so long" when this is the third time I've seen her since Christmas. I came off the table and almost smacked her. A nurse came in because I was screaming at her. (My bad.) But man. I was pissed. So glad my regular doc gets back from maternity leave in just a few days.
Three Dr visits @ $150 each, $400 in various tests (all negitive) to get the drugs I needed that cost $2.91 at the pharmacy today.