How I'm Doing...

It's been a rough week for me. I came down with something on Monday night, extreme sore throat, fever, body aches, no other major symptoms. Tuesday evening I went in for a strep test, the nurse swabbed my throat and the next morning I received the results. I was negative for strep throat. By Thursday morning I was nowhere near better and after barely any sleep for three nights I called and insisted on seeing a doctor. I saw the man, he was dismissive and insensitive, (his body language told me that I was totally wasting his time) said I should go home, gargle with salt water 5 to 10 times a day and wait out my virus...then reluctantly repeated the strep test. His technique with the swabbing was 10 times more abrasive (thank goodness, I guess) than the original one. Anyhow, Friday morning they told me that I was positive for strep throat. Right away I started the antibiotics and I am feeling much better today.

The moral of the story is follow your instincts and be persistant with the medical people, even if you don't have the strength. I have no idea who I could have picked it up from. I didn't have very good instincts on this one, maybe because I only had it once before when I was 19 or 20. It is so PAINFUL, I'm glad it's over! But it's not really over because now I get to wait and see if anyone else in my family has unfortunately picked it up. I will be so upset if any of my babies gets this, I tried to keep my face away from everyone, but you never know.