I had strep throat dx Dec. 4 with my family Dr. Have taken my course of antibiotics, felt better for a day, and the sore throat came back. Woke up this AM feeling crappy still. I have been soooo tired, coughing, the sore throat thing, dizzy, no appetite, sinus congestion. I have had NO fever, nausea, aches, diarrhea...one day with a headache, but not ongoing.
Family dr has no appts available today, of course, but the young dr he recently brought in was available. OK, gotta have someone check this out. I go in and they have a new MA (I guess that's what she was, he doesn't have nurses). She took my blood pressure wrong, twice which gave a REALLY high reading, no way, I have never had BP that high. I had to help her the second time with the cuff to reposition and get it tight enough as it was FALLING down my arm. She was like, "Well, maybe you've been coughing a lot or it's just because you're sick." Umm, no, ya did it wrong babe! I just looked at her, smiled a bit and she said, "Since it's so high you should have the Dr. double check it." I told her I sure would.
Doc comes in, I tell him my symptoms, asks if I have drainage...tell him, no...proceeds with exam...when done he prescribes and antihistimine and a decongestant for the DRAINAGE I don't have! I have white pus patches on my tonsils still, even after the antibiotics. Yes, this could certainly be viral...I am thinking it might be mono, I have been burning the candle at both ends with school and family commitments.
I didn't mention to the dr what I thought it might be because the last time I did he told my family dr that he thought I didn't like him....(again, ) It is times like these I wish my family dr was less busy or that I had an NP instead!!!!
I've had my flu shot, BTW. This doesn't seem like flu to me, though. Oh, and he told me if I don't feel better in 10-14 days to give him a call Is he telling me this so he's covering his butt if it IS mono? What to do...I feel HORRIBLE!
(He did check my BP again...normal...I felt like I wanted to alert someone to the fact the MA needs some skills brush up, but I didn't want to piss anyone off!)