Nurses General Nursing
Published Dec 11, 2008
Maudy
49 Posts
I'm set to go independent some time in January. How scary! Anyway, I had a minor problem a couple weeks ago when I had strep throat, so I had to take 2 days off. I took my antibiotics and I was better. Yesterday, my sore throat came back again, plus a weird rash. Now I have mono. Figures. I'm in the middle of orientation and I'm most likely gonna have to take a couple weeks off to recover. This sucks. What did I do to deserve this?
pagandeva2000, LPN
7,984 Posts
Feel better, soon:redpinkhe. I had mono as a teenager. It was an incredibly exhausting illness. I remember being very tired all the time and took about three weeks to recover. It does suck to have this happen smack in the middle of orienting for a new job.
tryingtohaveitall
495 Posts
I hope you recover quickly. I had mono in h.s. and honestly, I needed a lot more sleep for months afterwards. Take care of yourself!
Keepstanding, ASN, RN
1,600 Posts
oh sweetie....i hope you will feel better soon !
you will be able to catch up once you are on the mend. feel better :heartbeat
praiser :redpinkhe
Flare, ASN, BSN
4,431 Posts
I'm sorry to hear that. It stinks to have to start up a new job like that. I remember starting at a VNA a few summers ago and through the course of my first day of a brief orientation I could feel my face swelling up and my eye swelling closed. I had poison ivy all over. I felt like such a jerk having to leave early to see a doctor on my first day there.
nursej22, MSN, RN
3,855 Posts
{{{Maudy}}}
Perhaps the stress of orienting (not to mention finishing school, NCLEX) has lowered your immune system. At the end of my first quarter of grad school and a stressful situation at work, I broke out in shingles on my face. Luckily, it was over Christmas break and I had 2 weeks scheduled off.
Please give yourself time to get better.
jjensen
149 Posts
Yes that stinks to have an illness during orientation; however, it is almost better to be sick when you are not on the floor by yourself. It is easier to cover the missed shifts. Just concentrate on getting better...