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| Sun, 11-27-2005 - 6:44pm |
... to go with my whine, please? I feel like I am falling apart -- and just in time for the holidays!
Shortly before Thanksgiving, I learned that I have contacted the Epstein-Barr virus. It is a pretty close relative of mononucleosis, and pretty common, I guess. It does little more than wear you down! I am positively exhausted all the time; can't get through the day without a nap ... or two and I still run out of steam by about 8:00.
Because it's viral, there are no medications or antibotics that will help. All that I can do is rest and get extra sleep ... and I am a terrible insomniac! I DON'T sleep much at all! I simply have to ride this out, and the average duration is 4-6 months! I am currently in month 3 (I think) and hope I am on the downhill slide of this mess.
To add insult to injury, literally, I also have managed to pull, tear or otherwise damage the tendon that holds my foot together and it hurts like you know what nearly all the time! I can hardly walk without limping and standing is pretty painful, too.
We spent the holiday at Disneyland and all the walking and standing I did over the course of 4 days just didn't help matters much. We got home yesterday and there is laundry still to be done and I need to get to the supermarket for lunch fixings for tomorrow. Plus, I woke up with the FLU today and feel extra-specially like doo-doo. Everything aches and I feel feverish. I don't know how much worse I can actually feel.
Oh yes ... and one more thing ... DH, who tore his ACL right outta his knee some 15 years ago and who has subsequently suffered through 2 knee recontstructive surgeries, felt his knee give way once again the day we left for Disneyland. He struggled through DLand in obvious discomfort with an extremely short temper and in a very crabby frame of mind, I must say. (But hard to blame him for that, though, I knew he was in serious discomfort.) Anyway, he will most likely be in surgery again soon which means ... ugh! I can't even go there without feeling like I'm gonna cry.
Wish I could say I feel better now, but I honestly don't. Time to buck up, get some shoes on so I can get to the store so I can come home and go to bed.
Sorry for such a lenghtly whine ... I just don't know how I'm going to get all my holiday stuff done this year. Not that I really care at this moment.
Julie

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