Week Ending 2/25

Well that happened...

Had my regular doctor's visit this week. Juno took me out early in the week to get some bloodwork done and I realized it was the first time I'd been out of the house in literally months (and I don't actually know how many months). It was the first time I'd been down the stairs in weeks.

The doctor's visit... well, kinda sucked.

The past couple of years, my bloodwork has shown that my blood sugar levels where in the pre-diabetic range. Well, this week we dropped the "pre" from that. I shouldn't be surprised. The Post-COVID has me housebound and more often than not stuck in bed. My diet has never been great, but add the sedentary lifestyle, a family history of it, and the fact that Post-COVID increases your risk of Type 2 Diabetes and it was only a matter of time. It seems time has caught me at least.

The good news is that my doctor isn't too worried. She wants to start by seeing if we can control it with diet. Smaller portions, less sugar, more veggies.

OK, I'll own it... I'm upset. I like food. I enjoy food. Food is good. Meanwhile, change is bad. I do not like change... and damn it, I'm already sick! I don't need to be more sick. 

... and moving on. I've got Juno my corner and if anyone can make whole wheat bread and spinach salad into something I might actually want to eat, it's Juno. 

I can do this.

Onward

Week Ending 2/18

Another late update. 

I'm actually feeling better than last week but crashed hard yesterday afternoon. 

So, yeah, starting to feel better... or at least better than I was last week. Still not back up to my normal, but recovery takes time. 

The annoying part is that I'm coming off weeks of flu induced brain fog straight into writer's block. I'm struggling with the next part of my Raven's Apprentice story, but I've got one more week drafted that I'm comfortable with and two more weeks that I'm iffy on, but they're written. So, I've got some time...

OK, short update this week. Back to resting

Onward

Week Ending 2/11

 OK, late update and I'm glad I waited.

So, where we left off last time, I had the flu and was improving. That trend held for most of last week. I stayed in bed, didn't push it and improved slowly but steadily. Until the weekend...

My fever, which had been completely gone, spiked to 102.6. At one point my pulse ox (Juno got me the little gizmo and I really have fun with it) dropped to 86, which is low ever from me. (It bounced back to 90 after a minute or so, but it was "impressive" watching the numbers drop like that.) I was literally almost doubled over in pain, roughly every hour on the hour, for some reason. In short, it was Not Fun. This is why I didn't post an update yesterday.

Now the good news. I woke up this morning feeling better than I have felt in a while. My fever broke during the night, my pulse ox reading is actually higher than usual (around 95... my usual is 92) and the pain is mostly gone. 

The cough lingers but honestly, I've had a cough since 2020. 

Oh and here's a thing... there is a reason I've had a cough since 2020. Turns out, coughing dramatically increases blood oxygenation. So, that explains why I cough when I push myself too hard or let myself get worn out. See, I learned something. :) 

Guess what my plan for the week is... yes, I am going to stay in bed, not push it and continue to feel better (or call the doctor if I get worse again... one of the those). 

Onward

Week Ending 2/4

 So, last week I said I was pretty sure I caught D's bug. Well, we can upgrade "pretty sure" to "yeah, I caught it." In fact, we've all caught it.

I've pretty much spent the entire week in bed, being sick. 

Funny thing, I feel terrible physically and great emotionally. I've actually been smiling.

See, the thing about having a cold/flu/Venusian space-virus while being chronically ill is that I know the cold/flu/Venusian space-virus. I know the course it's going to take. I know what I need to do to deal with it and, above all, I know it will end. There is great comfort in that. It's even kind of relaxing.

Fever broke sometime mid-week and I've been on a slow, steady upswing since. 

So, yeah, laying in bed, drinking lots of water, basically taking care of myself. 

Not gonna push it. 

Onward.