I need to live in a bubble.
I went to the cardiac doc on Tuesday morning, picked up some food and came home.
Over the next few days, I started feeling super tired, like no matter how much sleep I got, it wasn't enough.
Then I woke up yesterday morning feeling like I had been hit by a truck..
Coughing, sneezing, sore throat, headache, body aches, stomach upset and all.
I have no appetite at all, and who the hell needs appetite suppressants when everything you eat tastes bad and then makes a rapid exit 30 minutes later anyway?
Sebastian had spent Friday night with sis, and when she brought him home yesterday afternoon, they stopped here first, picked up my debit card, and then went to Publix for me so that we'd have some food in the house for the teens to eat, and pick up everything else we needed too.
Cat food, toilet paper, lunch meats, bread, milk, cereal, and some cold medicine for me.
Sis picked up some Contac cold and flu, and it seems to be working ok for the cold part, but my stomach is still not happy.
I tried to eat last night, nope, not trying that again for a few more days, not a good experience at all.
The absolute worst places that one can go when you have a lowered immune system is the grocery store or a doctor's office.
Everybody is sick at a doc's office, and sick people go shopping for food and sick supplies.
I need to just live in a bubble with my own self contained oxygen system or something.
I'm so sick of getting sick, but germs are like unavoidable at the only 2 places I ever go these days.
The only places I ever go anymore are the docs and the grocery store, and I catch whatever other people have.
I am so glad though that Publix started putting out those containers of alcohol wipes at the cart entrances.
I grab like 4 wipes, and wipe down the cart handle, the baby seat, the baby seat belt, everything, and then I wipe my hands after locking my purse into the baby seat belt.
I always lock my purse in after almost having it stolen at the store once, so I have to wipe down the whole baby seat, the seat belt, everything, and let me tell ya, people with babies are disgusting.
There's always something nasty on the baby seats, I have to hold back my gags every time I'm wiping the seats down.
*gag*
Maybe I should just buy some hazmet suits for when I have to go out, at least until my immune system gets better..
I'm sick of being sick.
Comments
I hear you on the grossness of store shopping carts. Our stores here have also put out those sanitizing wipes, and I am so glad they did.
Once I grabbed the handle of a cart, and what did my fingers come in contact with, but a big old BOOGER? I don't know if it was put there by a kid or an adult, but it doesn't matter. It's still gross to have touched it. I almost threw up on the spot.
People can be so disgusting.
Anyhoo, I hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: Christine | May 3, 2009 8:16 PM
Hey Kat. I feel your pain! I've had several episodes of Diverticulitis over the last 2 1/2 yrs. Each one brings on severe pain and nausea so bad I can't open my mouth more than a sliver or it's all over. I've tried every nausea drug there is. I can't remember why, but when the nausea gets so bad I can't even hold down my meds, the docs and ask a nurse have suggested 2 tbs of the syrup from canned peaches, every 20 minuntes. Try it. It's hard in the beginning, but after a while something happens and I start to hold down fluids etc. Hope that helps.
Posted by: Gina | May 4, 2009 10:57 PM