Can I Have Some Cheese ....

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Registered: 12-22-2003
Can I Have Some Cheese ....
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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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Registered: 12-22-2003
Tue, 11-29-2005 - 11:22am
Thanks Pam, feeling better today -- a lot! I like the new photos of your boys! Very handsome, indeed.
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Registered: 12-22-2003
Tue, 11-29-2005 - 11:23am
Thanks, Shels ... that is so sweet. I'm so much better today and managed to finish up laundry so am in a much better frame of mind!
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 11-29-2005 - 1:23pm
I'm about 30 miles west and north from Los Angeles. We're about 12 minutes from Zuma Beach in Malibu. That's the easiest way to describe it. And no, my kids aren't at the beach every day in the summer. You'd think they would be, but they are so busy with other stuff, they only get there about once every other week or so.

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