OMG, I'm so SICK right now (vent)

I had all these grand plans of getting everything ready early so that I could go into pesach calmly and not stress the entire house out. I worked extra hard last week so I could flip my kitchen motzei shabbos, and Sunday I baked and made soup and roast and some desserts, then today my dd baked the rest of the desserts. Today was supposed to be clothes shopping and kugle making. I woke up and my throat hurt a little, but I thought it was just post-nasal drip. I worked this morning (had to or wouldn't make hours), and as the day progressed I felt worse and worse. By the time I got home from clothes shopping with dd (for her and me) I had 102 and my throat was killing. I can barely drink water, and even with three motrin I still have 100 degree fever. I alternate between chills and being flushed. So I pushed through and cooked three of the four kugles I have to make, but I haven't done any chicken yet, and I haven't cleaned my upstairs, or really fully cleaned my living room. I hope I can get out of bed tomorrow. I will try and get a strep test (my baby had strep last week), and if I'm really lucky it's strep and not a virus that will last a week.

Mostly I just needed to vent b/c dh saw how sick I was and how I was barely functional and got all stressed out and I needed to vent. I have one more day until my little kids are all home .... any thoughts on how to beat this (other than rest and fluids?)

Active Poster Joined: Aug 03 2011 Posts: 84

you have to catch this few hours between motrin and tylanol when you feel a little better and work then even if it is at 2:00 am and about the cleaning clean only what is a must chametz gamur the rest is only spring cleaning and not a must ,and don't forget that after shabbos you can cook in yom tov so concentrate on the first 3 seudos if you are not in israel and just make a simple meat recipe so there will be what to eat good luck and refua shelema

Oy!

Poor sheifele! Murphy's law never fails, huh? Refuah sheleimah bekarov!

On a practical note, whenever I get sick I find that the sooner I get a good 12 hours of sleep or so, the sooner I get better. So pushing yourself may be counterproductive. Sometimes you just need to sleep it off (if you can!) And yes, I have gotten sick due to lack of sleep, which lowers your immune system. Don't know how much sleep you've been getting, but that could be a possibility.

FEEL GOOD!! Hug

_________________
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
- G.K. Chesterton

Diamond Member Joined: Mar 29 2005 Posts: 3580

Refuah Shlaimah. I am not a medical professional but it sounds like strep so the sooner you get antibiotics the better.

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 27 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 2528

Don't know where you live but the flu is going around in my neighborhood...go to the dr asap and check it out. If u do have the flu, you shouldn't be preparing food, or at least wear gloves and keep purell or strong disinfectant soap nearby for frequent hand washing. Oh, and rest, and drink a lot of fluid. It's sounds impossible to do erev pesach but if your body needs it, then do it.

Oy. Hope you feel better!! HUGS and sending you virtual tissues, cough syrup, etc.!

Oy, refuah shelayma!!
_________________
Liba, mommy to Zlata Tova 5/6/98, Tziporah Faiga 1/12/01, Esther Rivka 7/13/04 and Avraham Chaim 7/2/2006

Executive Member Joined: Sep 14 2009 Posts: 458

OP, how do you feel now? Hope this will pass quickly.

I'm going to give you some practical advice.
I don't know if it's strep obviously. But, whenever I get sick and it's NOT strep, if I take a few cloves of garlic, chop them up and swallow them with water (like pills) whatever I'm sick with gets stopped in its tracks by the next day. Garlic really works. You can also make garlic bread or crush garlic on your salad. Eating garlic works.
Another natural thing you can do is take some honey and cut slices of onion into it. It becomes watery. Take a tablespoon of this every hour or whenever you remember. It doesn't tastes gross at all.
Refuah shlema and hugs!
_________________
�All that is thought should not be said. All that is said should not be written. All that is written should not be published. All that is published should not be read.�
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

Thank you all for all your well-wishes. I went to see the dr. this morning who gave me an antibiotic and said ti sounded and looked like strep, and then I should get cultured, but he was pretty sure even if it didn't show up on the rapid it would show overnight, so he wanted me to start the antibiotic. Still have fever, but motrin helps a little bit, and sure enough it IS strep. It showed positive on the culture.

Yes, I am exercising huge infection control precautions, gloves, hand sanitizer and washing my hands all the time. I wouldn't want anyone to have this.

I might just try and stay in bed today and just play catch up with the cooking tomorrow when I'm not contagious anymore.

I think just knowing it's strep and that it's curable is a huge relief, b/c there's no way I could eat matza like this.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 27 2010 Posts: 1434

Usually I give myself a day or two to wallow and act like a baby and then I get dressed take meds and try to do something. I often feel better when I am in doing something mode. I think its endorphins.