Chronic's Research and Aeronautics Project (C.R.A.P.)

[zenrat]

You are young and stubborn.  You'll be fine if you get bed rest, keep your fluids up and take plenty of vitamin C (I combine these by lying in bed swigging OJ).
Sounds like you are on the right track.
You don't need antibiotics for a virus.

Be well.  I'm projecting +ve vibes at you.





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[NARSES2]

Good to hear from you mate. I was getting a little worried as you'd dropped off the radar for a couple of days and you are a regular poster.

Look after yourself and get well soon

Chris

[TheChronicOne]

Thanksm, y'all. Worse today but in one way I feel better....   My pain medicine was hiding symptoms and I haven't taken any today and I now realize that I have more symptoms of flu than I thought. It was always a theory but was more mysterious because I wis missing a bunch of the symptoms. Now todayy I have more of the classic symptoms along with the swimmy head and lack of energy.  Add to those I now have some of the joint aches, headache, pressure and ache in my sinuses, and things like that.  No coughing or runny nose or anything so doesn't seem like a cold. I've had flu before both with and without those so who knows. Also having warm ups and chiils like with a fever....     So,,,  It;s more comforting not dealing with some strange mystery illness.   everything is much more recognizable now.  Dumb thing is I've almost convinced myself not to go to the doctor tomorrow. I guess it depends on how I feel tomorrow after I wake up. 

[Old Wombat]

To make you feel a little better; a certain item has, apparently, landed in Chicago & is awaiting clearance into the US.

[NARSES2]

Thanksm, y'all. Worse today but in one way I feel better....   

I can honestly say I know how you feel mate 

[TheChronicOne]

To make you feel a little better; a certain item has, apparently, landed in Chicago & is awaiting clearance into the US.

Ha!!! That's awesome.  It'll sit there for a wee bit while customs inspects it for Crayolavirus I suppose. lol     YEBAT!!!!   (nah, just customs being customs... It'll just sit there for awhile "because")

[TheChronicOne]

Update on whats going on. I feel marginally better today but by no means all the way better or anything approaching it. I'm going to go ahead to go to the Dr. and get something done. I've had a bit of respiratory infection going on lately from mold spores all over the damn place and maybe that's what the problem is. That or flu....   my top two contenders. We'll see. If they can't get me in this morning I might just drive down to the place that sells medicine for livestock and get some of the very same antibiotics that they prescribe humans and see if I can get that infection knocked down (if that''s what it is) and if THAT doesn't help, go on ahead into a dr/s appointment which I will schedule today and can cancel later if I feel better.


That's the plan I guess. Until I get this solved, however,  I don't see how I can work....the weather will have cleared up by the weekend so I need to get my arse in gear and start mowing... pretty much ALL of my properties need it but I can barely walk 50 feet, pick up a piece of trash, and return to my truch without feeling like I'm 90 years old.

[TheChronicOne]

Alright, I kept my word and saw the doctor today and he thinks I just have some bad allergies. Tons of people around here are having real bad allergies so it stands to reason. Good thing is that over the last few hours I've felt better than I have in about 5 days so that's a good sign. Saturday I couldnt walk 50 feet without feeling like I was going to pass out but today I did the whole work routine at the shopping center and managed quite well. I still fill light headed and fatigued but it's not like it was. Hopefully i continue to improve.

That's that. Still not up to do any model stuff right now.  Getting closer though!

[reddfoxx]

Glad you are feeling better.  It sucks to be slammed like that, no energy.  I always think "here I am at home, tons to do, and I just can't do it."  Rest yourself up till you are sure you are okay.

[zenrat]

Sometimes just knowing the problem can make you feel heaps better.  Stops you worrying about what it might be.

Good to hear you are improving mate.

[NARSES2]

Sometimes just knowing the problem can make you feel heaps better.  Stops you worrying about what it might be.

Good to hear you are improving mate.

Totally agree with both of the honourable gentleman's comments 

[Rheged]

Sometimes just knowing the problem can make you feel heaps better.  Stops you worrying about what it might be.

Good to hear you are improving mate.

Totally agree with both of the honourable gentleman's comments 

As do I.

[TheChronicOne]

Thanks, everyone!  I feel better today again but it's marginal... again.  I'm going to give it another couple of days then go back to the doctor If I feel it necessary. I don't want to wait until Friday because they shut down at noon and then of course it's a pain to get anything done on the weekend.

[TheChronicOne]

Time for another update I guess. I'm hesitant to even talk about it because I don't want to wind up disappointed later but I've slowly felt better over the course of the day. Most of tremors and shakes have gone away and I'm not as dizzy. Some of the disassociated half drunk feeling as if I'm just an occupant in my head feeling has subsided a bit, too. I even caught myself starting to do chores and stuff and that's when I realized I MUST be feeling better. Inability to think and confusion has gone away a bit, too.   I hope this is a sign that this crap is on the way out. After all, it's been a whole week now since I started feeling really bad. Ol' immune system must be winning out finally I suppose along with the astonishing amounts of rain we've had later stamping down a lot of the airborne pollen. I can walk more than 50 feet now without being winded.... I even managed to jog up the stairs earlier and it didn't seem to make me any worse for the wear. SO.   Here's hoping. Tomorrow after I wake up and get the motor running I'll take stock again I hope I continue to feel better and that this afternoon and evening aren't just a fluke. If I wake up tomorrow feeling worse again or like I was then I'm going to be pretty sad. 

I have a new trick up my sleeve for tonight. Going to take a benadryl before I go to bed so while I'm sleeping and the body is repairing and renewing itself maybe it'll have a hand from the medicine to keep whatever pollen and stuff is still stuck in my system from messing with me so much. Going to look into picking up some generic Claritan to start taking, as well. Meanwhile I'll continue chugging copious amounts of water and trying to conserve my energy. 

[TheChronicOne]

UGGGH.    Whole day was a wash. I woke up feeling about how I have been the last week but unlike yesterday I wasn't feeling any better as the day went on and I was feeling worse by evening then had a panic attack over it all. I was feeling so bad I called 911 and had them send me an ambulance then decided to go to the ER where they ran a bunch of tests on me and X-rayed my chest.    Well.......      THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME. Slightly elevated liver enzymes from winter beer habit but funny thing is I've not drank any alchol for a week other than 4 beers on Saturday night so they told me to just keep on not drinking as much beer and otherwise the official diagnosis is anxiety.... that I've just been under way too much stress and emotional DIStress lately (what with everything breaking down, being stolen, being angry and depressed, and going into debt and all that) and that it was just too much for me so they prescribed me some claritan and anxiety medication.

So that's that....