No news is no news, I guess
@GardenGerty (169568)
United States
May 2, 2023 7:11am CST
Saw the Ear, Nose, Throat Advance Practice RN. We talked. She says I am still puffy, but it is a cold or allergies or both.
Yay, no new medicine.
I told her I would follow up later this month with my regular primary. This ARPN has said more than once that I should probably get a CT scan of my neck. I am just not ready to do that in a hospital I am unfamiliar with. She also suggested blood test for mono, perhaps.
I will see my primary towards the end of the month as I am due a visit anyway.
Meanwhile doubling another allergy medicine.
Fatigue is part of mono, fatigue is also a side effect of the antibiotic I just took. Fatigue is part of this part of the school year.
We went to a Chinese Buffet, because we had not had lunch.
Fatigue is a part of over eating. I went to bed early last night, slept 8 hours plus a little more.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
2 May 23
@Marilynda1225 - And I am noticing that Mom was right, after the 70 it worsens.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
2 May 23
You are so right Anna. I would give anything to have even half the energy I had when I was younger.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
2 May 23
@LadyDuck guess it's unavoidable and she was right about it getting worse in the 70s. I'm always tired and full of aches and pains especially on rainy days like we've been having.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 May 23
Mono? Isn't the general perception that only young people get it? (Not saying you're old, but by "young people" I mean in their teens and twenties.)
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
Anyone can get it. It is the Epstein Bar virus. It is transmitted through saliva, so no sharing spoons and coffee cups, etc. Often implicated in chronic fatigue syndrome.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54730)
• United States
2 May 23
Eight hours of sleep is a nice stretch.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
3 May 23
I hope you feel better soon and get the CT scan and mono test as suggested. I haven't been to a Chinese buffet in years. I don't know of any since COVID-19.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
This restaurant is a long way away. I will visit with my primary care about the other tests. I am feeling better since I am done with the antibiotics.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
So many buffets closed during covid. I will ask my primary care what she thinks of having a CT. I would rather have it here, less waiting around, people who are familiar in a place that is familiar.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
Mono is viral, so no meds. Lots of extra rest, though. It can have serious side effects.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
2 May 23
Chinese yum..that is the great news too Heather..sorry they are not figuring this out though.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
Like many other things it will pass with time, it always does.
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
2 May 23
Hope it's just allergies and not something more serious. I know allergies are high this year for a lot of people.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
I often have allergy problems this time of year.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
I was tired all of the time. Better a bit this evening.
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@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
3 May 23
Doing my best to eat healthy. I have been too tired to really cook.
