Lord, the inside of my mouth was killing me when I woke up. My tongue hurt really bad, surpassing the annoying and uncomfortable feeling into complete pain. The inside of my cheeks felt like I had been biting and chewing them all night in my sleep. There were welts all over too, like from teeth marks. I also had some pain in my throat. Not like a sore throat but more like my glands in my neck were really swollen and tender. I took my temp as soon as I woke and it was at 100 degrees. However, it continued to get lower and lower throughout the day which is the exact opposite of when it has been doing. It is now 99.3 degrees. Maybe it was just a little virus and it’s on it’s way out now. That would be nice. I still have the rash on my upper back and a lot of nasal drainage going on. I have been taking Allegra and the steroid asthma inhaler for the last 2 days. The Allegra doesn’t appear to be doing anything. But the inhaler has been extremely helpful and I really really like it. It’s so nice to be able to draw in a deep breath without discomfort. Unfortunately, I think I’m going to have to stop the inhaler. The last time I was on a steroid rescue inhaler like this was a few years ago and I was on Advair. It caused really bad thrush which is infection on your tongue. Dr. O told me that if I rinsed thoroughly after inhaling the steroid that it would not be a problem. Well, it has only been 2 days and I already have really bad thrush. Not sure if that is why my tongue is hurting but it seems like a plausible theory. My tongue is also completely white on the top, which is another sign. I’m a little confused as to how this infection got out of hand so quickly considering that I am on a course of antibiotics. I have been on them for 8 days and have 2 more days left. Shouldn’t that prevent me from getting other infections? I asked Dr. C as much in a message I sent to him earlier. We’ll see what he has to say.
Have had a pretty bad headache all day. It might be from smoking too much but I’m not sure because it is extremely consistent, instead of waxing and waning. I slept better last night, although I woke up like 10 times and wandered around a little. It has made me draggy all day and I have my fingers crossed that I’m tired enough to sleep through the night. My weight is holding steady though I want to get back into the rhythm of losing it. My nose is really itchy but I have not had any nosebleeds in like a week. I really don’t feel like eating dinner but I know I need to because I don’t like going to bed with nothing but Oxy in my stomach. The eye is continuing to get better, very small bump now and almost no pain. I have been very thirsty today and have drank a lot of Dr. Pepper and water. I know that’s not interesting but I figure the more stuff I throw out there then the more likely it is that some sort of pattern will emerge. I’m really glad that Dr. C and I didn’t lower my pain med dose. My whole body hurts.
Well, off to take my sleepy meds. It’s nighty night time for this girl.