costrow

I have been sick for about 2 weeks. It started with exhaustion - tight chest (thought I was going to have a stroke actually) - & had on and off dizzy episodes out of nowhere at work - home - I had a fever (around 99 so not so high) I wasn't really ill (what I consider ill) so I went about my regular life. Went to New York for a week. While there had off and on episodes of nausea and chills/sweating and would be fine within a few minutes or about an hour. Usually was precipitated by steam heat in my apt bldg. I came home and the next day woke up with: chest congestion, total laryngitis (total), a horrible sore throat (like a strep), and a tickle that was causing some coughing with alot of just air expulsion. Within about 24 hrs. I was sick as a dog.. My chest was so tight and I had a dry hacking painful cough. I started self medicating with day and nyquil and motrin which seemed to help a little with the cough so I could at least sleep. I decided against going to the doctor again because I figured it was flu and maybe H1n1. Read up with it online and it seemed to have all my symptoms. I have a very low grade fever so this hasn't been significant. Today - day 6 of the outright flu or 13 with everything else I started to cough less and the sore throat isn't as bad. Still there though. I now have a wicked headache with bloody mucus and a few hours ago developed conjunctivitis in my right eye. Started and got really bad in about 5 minutes. My nasal cavity is very stuff and nothing seems to open my airway. I thought I could tough it out but not going to happen. I guess it is good I waited a week because I would have paid for a doctor and would have needed a recheck to get pink eye medication. I caught conjunctivitis from my daughter when she was a baby over 20 years ago and it came back over and over for several years every time I got exhausted. It just stayed in my system. Hope this isn't what happens this time. I think I must have h1n1 from my list of symptoms. I did not get a shot since I wasn't in a risk group and they were low in the area and I didn't want to get 2 h1n1 shots and a seasonal flu. Will rethink this next year. Wasn't a great idea.