in sickness and health
I'm sick.
Not sick in any definable way;it's not a cold or a flu or anything like that. I'm exhausted all the time, so much so that doing something like food shopping makes me crash on the couch for at least an hour afterwards. My bones hurt; a simple task like sweeping the floor has me reaching for the Motrin.
Have I been to the doctor? No, of course not. If my kids run even the slightest fever we are at the doctor's in no time at all. But with me, I tend to try to let things run their course before I make the call. And I'm still not ready yet. Sometimes you just don't want to know what's wrong with you, you know?
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Comments
...and sometimes you know enough to not want to know more.
Posted by: datarat | October 6, 2003 03:51 PM
Have you had your TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) level checked lately? It could be a lot of things, but hypothyroidism comes to mind, especially if it doesn't respond to rest and painkillers. It's not uncommon in women your age (29, isn't it?). ;-)
Posted by: Curt | October 6, 2003 03:52 PM
Feel better soon.
Posted by: Kevin Parrott | October 6, 2003 04:37 PM
10 cc's of vodka, stat. OK, make it 20 cc's with a beer chaser.
Posted by: JohnO | October 6, 2003 04:49 PM
You might want to go or you could be like me and end up in the hospital with pneumonia and a pulmonary embolism. Better to be safe than sorry, my dear!
Posted by: Kymberlie R. McGuire | October 6, 2003 05:10 PM
Kymberlie's right Michele, you should look into it. Once it's confirmed that you're basically OK you can go back to overworking with clear conscience.
Posted by: Stephen | October 6, 2003 06:03 PM
I hate going to the doctor myself, so I'm sympathetic to your plight. And I know it's a lot easier to tell someone else to go than to go yourself. Even so, if it's a persistent thing and there's not an obvious explanation (like consistently not getting enough sleep), you ought to go ahead and get checked out. The fact that you mentioned the problem here is pretty good evidence that you know you really should go...
Posted by: MikeR | October 6, 2003 07:23 PM
You have been working really hard. Our bodies have an amazing way of communicating with us and can tell us to slow down and rest. That communication technique is called PAIN.
See a doctor to rule out any scary possibilities--which thinking about makes you not want to go. I've done the same thing myself (dozens of times). When I do finally go and it ends up being something trivial, I wished I'd gone sooner so I wouldn't have spent so much time worrying.
A doctor said to me once, when I was procrastinating about something I needed to do, "Die of something we can't cure. Don't be an idiot and die of something for being lazy about seeing the doctor."
Posted by: Mrs. du Toit | October 6, 2003 08:03 PM
or it could be mental and emotional burn-out...based on your recent posts, I'm inclinec to incline my opinion in that direction.
Posted by: dave (daves-not-here) | October 6, 2003 10:08 PM
*inclined
Posted by: dave (daves-not-here) | October 6, 2003 10:09 PM
ahem.
Posted by: Mike | October 6, 2003 11:27 PM
The problem, Michele, is that you just spent more of the last week working on the web site and are getting burnt out. You need to relax more, kiddo.
Posted by: Dean Esmay | October 7, 2003 12:20 AM
Yer pregnant, kiddo.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | October 7, 2003 01:14 AM
Bit your tongue, Kim. Not possible, anyhow.
Posted by: michele | October 7, 2003 05:59 AM
That's it. I'm rounding you AND the Mr. up and taking you both to the doctor myself. Feel better soon! And rest...the blog can wait...
Posted by: robyn | October 7, 2003 07:42 AM