Well, at least I know that my timing is on. 🙂
It seems to happen once every four years. It usually lasts for about three to four days. What is it, you ask?
I get sick.
Monday started out alright, but starting about noon things began to go downhill. I drove home with one of those full-body aches and was exhausted. I was actually cold — and I was wearing jeans. That never happens. Sure enough I got home and took my temperature — 99.0. A decent mid-grade fever for a person whose normal temperature is 97.0.
I go to sleep. For three hours this cycle occurred: Sleep for forty-five minutes, wake up and go to the bathroom, take my blood sugar and temperature, lay down and warm up enough to go back to sleep. By the end of the three hours my temperature was 101.9 degrees.
Let me interject that it was no small comfort that my blood sugar stayed normal throughout this whole process. If you know anything about diabetes, then you know that blood sugars tend to rise during times of sickness, and the body produces ketones, which burn fat for energy. This may sound nice, but ketones are toxic to the body, and can be very dangerous in a diabetic if not monitored during these times.
Anywho, Sarah got home and took care of me for the next couple of hours, and then we went to sleep. I woke up yesterday feeling okay. Not great, but okay. Fever was back down to 99.0, and since I wanted to make sure I was better I called in sick to work. I relaxed yesterday, although I did do some housework to help Sarah out. By the end of the day my temperature was back down to 97.1, so I thought I was in the clear.
I had every intention of going back to work today, since I actually woke up at a normal time, but now I had a sore throat and some not-so-fun acid reflux (probably the cause of the sore throat). Temp was back to 99.0. So I called work and let them know that I would not be in for the rest of the week, since I was supposed to leave early for an appointment tomorrow and I’m supposed to fly to Pennsylvania on Friday for the weekend.
You may say that I just need to “suck it up” and go back to work, but here’s what I say: I don’t want to get as sick as I usually have in the past…throwing up for four days, not being able to eat, high blood sugars, and losing ten pounds (the hard way). It is not fun.
So here I am. Doing my devotion and blogs, taking care of the cat, doing some minor housework, and relaxing so I can heal.
