Been sick/Vent

Hey everyone, I've been sicker than a dog for the last week. Had to work 6p-7a on 3-23, was feeling bad that night but just thought it was because I hate working nights. (I am NOT a night person) Slept all day Thurs & Fri. Now I'm really looking forward to this crappy schedule I have for the next week (this past week). Sat & Sun 6a-7p, Mon 6p-7a, off Tues (to sleep) Wed 6a-7p and Thurs 6p-7a again. Started with the green stuff from the chest and nose, got a Rx for a Z-pack from one of the docs at work on Sat. Come into to work on Sunday and by 0830 I'm about to fall over. I can't think, we were so short our clinical manager was working. I couldn't help it, I had to go home, but first I went back to my room to nap and prayed I would be able to drive home at some point. (we have old dorms rooms we can use if we work 12's and live an hour away or more) Finally drove home about 11. Kept getting worse, now my tonsils are growing white stuff and just about touching each other. Being a nurse and of course the last person to actually go and see a doctor (plus I live in a podunk town and I have been to 4 different quacks here) I go to the convenient care clinic at the local hospital on Wednesday, oh yeah because by now my left ear feels like someone is stabbing it with a nail. Actually have a nice doc at the CCC, say I have sinusitis, strep, and a raging ear infection but that the z-pack is working on the bronchitis. He gave me an Rx for Medrol dose pack and Augmentin and a note not to go back to wor****il my next scheduled day next week which is Tues. Here it is Friday and I'm still hocking up crap all the time. Although the Medrol dose pack did give me a lot more energy (Iguess that's what it was) Let's see, so now I have used up all of my 36 hours of PTO I have finally built up, and the last day off will be without pay, what fun. I'm gonna have to work tons of OT for the next couple of months, our short term disability pays 60% of our base pay but I work W/E option. Hubby is a full time student. Money is going to be crap until after surgery and I get back to work. Anyway I guess this vent is over, new ya'll would understand...just can't wait to get back and hear the lecture on how many "incidents" I have.

So sorry about your illness. I hope you feel better now. It looks as though you haven't had surgery yet. Me neither. Do you think we won't get sick as much when we're thin and can stay active and healthy? Probably just a pipe dream... Bonnie

Thanks Bonnie, actually I don't get sick that often. Good luck on your WLS quest.

Sorry to hear you've been so sick. I had a lot of trouble in December and January with my asthma. Thankfully I didn't end up with bacterial infection as well. I missed a lot of work and finally had to take a week of administrative leave. I used up all my PTO and then some. I hope you're feeling better soon. Caryl

I was sick over the holidays and then again last month, so used up a bunch of days. And back in Nov my FIL got very ill and has since passed so we ended up going to TX twice. So between all off that no PTO left. I'm feeling much better but still feel like I have a bell over my head.