A week ago I get this little spot on my lip. I wake up thinking I scratched myself on the lip, not thinking anymore about it. As the week goes on, this thing starts getting a little bigger, I'm still thinking I just scratched myself. I start feeling a little yucky, tired and a constant headache. I'm thinking allergies are kicking in with these 90 mph winds we have been having, so I am popping extra allergy pills. I worked on a Wed. and would have up and downs of not feeling well. When I got off work I thought I would just take a big drink of nyquil and that would knock me out and I could maybe sleep it off. I fell asleep and woke up the next morning and could hardly walk. I was sore all over, my throat was killing me, I was chilling terrible, running fever, my ears hurt, my eyes burned and I just wanted to sleep. Craig makes me get to the Dr., not even remembering the drive to town. and they tell me I have the flu. They give me tamaflu and tell me to rest over the weekend. I make it back home from the Dr, cancel 3 shoots I had for that week and go to bed. I wake up on Friday this thing on my lip is the size of a nickle! I am feeling a little better and really tired of laying around so I start to get up and move a little bit and then I am hurting again. At this point as long as I have motrin in my system, I feel better except for this terrible sore throat. I go to work on Friday night midnight shift and my throat is killing me. (don't even ask why I would cancel all picture appointments for one job, but go to another)???? I keep thinking if I can keep eating and drinking I will keep it limbered up or something =) then I start chilling again and feeling bad when the motrin was wearing off. In the mean time at work, I do a search on this thing on my lip and figure out it is a cold sore. Something I could have been treating a week ago instead of waiting until it's the size of a nickle and swollen!!! Never had one, never seen one, so I had no clue what the heck it was. I called the Dr. first thing Sat. morning for my throat and he called me in an antibiotic. So he tells me I need to be home resting and getting over this. I go home and go to bed. I took the next night off and used my whole beautiful weekend laying around praying the next day I would feel better. Sun..... I am feeling pretty good. The throat is a little better the lip is still terrible, but no chilling going on. All the other symptoms are subsiding pretty good and I'm starting to see the bright side of this flu. So I get up and start moving around a little bit and then get nauseous and have to make a trip to the bathroom. This happens twice on Sun. For pete sakes, I am ready to get up and do something! Here it is a new week and now my oldest daughter has it. =( I feel her pain so much!! Same exact symptoms, she's chilling, sore throat and everything. Just minus the big honking cold sore on her lip. I am totally babying her because all I seriously wanted was my mom and my bed.
I am feeling pretty good and knocking on wood as I say that got meds for the cold sore, got outside and got lots of flowers planted and enjoyed some sunshine today!!!! The Dr. told me there was a new summer flu going around and sounds like we def. ended up with it. I am praying the other daughter doesn't end up with it too =(
I am back in business, just keeping all my sessions out of the house right now. The weather has been perfect to be outside, so I am def. taking advantage of being out there. Hope everyone stays well and can avoid this flu!!!
