Ever since i came out of hospital i haven’t been feeling quite right and now to top it all off it looks like i have gone and got a nasty throat infection. Over the weekend my mouth became so sore i couldn’t hardly drink or eat anything and my stomach is hurting so much its like having constant cramps. I decided to run over the doctors this morning just to be on the safe side and also refused to take my Lithium tablets just in case it is them that is causing all these problems. The doctor took one look at my mouth and felt my throat and said oh my god your glands are swollen and your throat is red raw. She then immediately issued me with some antibiotics and also some lactulose solution for my bowels. I now have to take Penicillin 500mgs 4 times a day on top of all the other medication i am on.
Again the beast decided to pay me a visit during the early hours and has been playing up all day. I think its because my immune system must be battered at the moment with this infection and i hope that with the antibiotics it will improve soon. My body feels so weak and everything inside me feels sore. My stomach feels like have have eaten glass, my throat is so sore i can hardly swallow and my head keeps throbbing to the beat of my heart. At first i thought it was down to the new medication but the doctor is trying to say its just down to bad luck. Surely my luck can’t be that bad that 3 different types of medication all had a bad effect on me and now i am paying the price. I don’t want to take any more medication until i have spoken with the specialist on Thursday as i have an appointment to go back to the hospital for blood tests and to check on my levels.
If the specialist feels that i should continue the medication then maybe i will continue it but until i have seen him there is no chance on this planet. It has really made me feel ill and i always thought you go into hospital to get better not worst. I suppose as i was run down anyway it was easy for me to pick up an infection or illness and now i have to try and get myself well again. I can’t believe that after everything i have been through so far i still have to suffer and continue to fight for my health. It bad enough having to deal with the CH and attacks always happening and then to have to deal with infections and illness on top of all this is just one illness too many. I am really hoping that this infection lifts soon as i don’t know how much strength i have left.
All i have wanted to do since i got home is go fishing but every time i feel that i am up to it something else comes along to throw a spanner in the works. When i am fishing i feel completely relaxed and it helps to keep me calm even when i have an attack. Now that i am home from the hospital i fancied a day out fishing but it looks like i have o delay once again due to the nasty infection i now have. It’s been a late start to my fishing this year but am positive as soon as it starts there will be no stopping me i just have to get myself well enough to make that initial start in the first place. Let’s hope that this bug or virus or what ever it is doesn’t last long and will be out of my system soon. maybe then i will have a fighting chance to get myself well again and get on with my life….. fingers crossed!
