maybe mckay is right--medicine is just voodoo

[lunabee34]

Emma has the flu. Maybe. Who knows? Her bloodwork indicates a virus or infection, and she's had a fever for four days, but no other symptoms. The flu test came back negative, but they're treating her for it anyway. Did I mention that this is the second time in about a month that she's been ill in this manner? She had a fever with no other symtoms for three days over Christmas vacation.

And to top off this wonderful week of figuring out how to manage work with an ill child who can't go to school and probably won't be able to attend again until next week (How do people with less flexible schedules than ours deal with this kind of thing? I love my job):

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with severe neck pain and pain in the back of the head. Like severe, no relief and nauseating severe. I immediately panicked and ripped off all my clothes looking for a rash which I did not have. I had no fever and google was all like, "Well, these are the symptoms of meningytis sometimes and sometimes they're not. Whatevs, sick girl." I took 400mg of ibuprofen and then another 400 a half hour later and was eventually able to go to sleep. Today, I feel really tired and my neck feels like it used to hurt, but it doesn't really hurt now. I didn't go to work today, both because I feel puny and because somebody has to watch Ems.

Josh is making me go to the doctor this afternoon. Let me tell you how much I'm gonna love paying 75 dollars for some dude to kindly tell me he has no idea what happened but I seem to be okay now. I wish I could get people to pay me 75 dollars for stating the fricking obvious. "You don't feel good, so something's clearly wrong, but heck if I know what it is. You should start taking birth control again. I get kickbacks."

Pity me and pet me, my friends. I am frustrated as fuck.

Comments

[tabaqui]

Gaaaaah.
Yes, i, too would love a job like that. C'mon in! I'll tell you you're sick but really, nothing to be done, ah ha, have a sample!

I got the same sort of dumb-assery when i was having incredibly bad pain in my side, had a high fever and was throwing up. In the ER, blah blah, no, your appendix is fine, we think maybe a uterine infection, see ya. I'm like - how? what? why? And they're all - no clue! C'mon, you're fine, go home.

I now know - gall stones! Yay.

*hugs*

Feel better, bb.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry you (plural) are sick! But, hey, maybe they WILL have a clue and will give you stuff that actually makes you feel better. Stranger things have happened.

[trobadora]

*hugs*

[zillah975]

*pets and hugs and pets and pets more* I'm sorry you're having mystery unhealthiness!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

*pets*

[lyr]

*pets* Maybe you slept on it wrong or clenched it in your sleep? I nearly dislocated my shoulder once while having a nightmare; it's amazing what you can do to yourself while you sleep---especially if you have some stress-triggered TMJ or something like that.

[kaleecat]

*pets the lunabee* I feel your annoyance. the medical institution and the medical insurance institution (assuming you have it, I don't & thats a whole nother can of worms) is such a frustrating, annoying, stroke inducing ..... ((hugs))

hmmmm that doesn't induce calm does it. (i just finished re-reading "paws of fury", sigh, it still leaves me warm & happy).

Fic Rec! GenkaiFan who wrote the fun "poison pen" (wherein harry gets annoyed at the prophet & strikes back with the pen) have started a new story, only 2 chapters but I'm already loving it as its set at the Tower of London. This author is a steady poster & a track record of finishing fic so I feel safe rec'ing a WIP.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6652537/1/Quoth_the_Raven_Nevermore

ETA: for wacky cracky funniness that just had me hiccuping in laughter--
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4951074/1/Harrys_Little_Army_of_Psychos#