vodka and lyme
Jul. 10th, 2007 12:59 pmWell, ever since our last episode . . .
A red splotch with a darker center appeared on the back of my knee Wednesday morning. I figured it was just a spider bite. We loaded into Liam's car and headed off for Origins.
The stupid 24-hour bug refused to go away, at /all/. This made my days consist primarily of running Fluxx tournaments with a steadily increasing fever, and then going back to the hotel room to collapse for awhile and let the fever drop a bit. Then repeat in the evening. On the bright side it was totally non-contagious.
I'd been wearing pants so the splotch wasn't really noticeable. Neither was the one that had appeared along my collarbone. On Satyrday Emily noticed that the original one had gotten substantially darker, larger, and generally more unhappy-looking. And we put a few things together and realised that I probably had Lyme disease.
Came home yesterday and went straight out to the doctor, who agreed with our diagnosis and gave me a three-week regimen of antibiotics. The fever broke (for good, it seems) last night. Now I'm just exhausted pretty much all the time. No work today or tomorrow, maybe not Thursday either.
Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me
I /do/ have two mostly-full bottles of vodka in the freezer, but I hate vodka.
Many many many thanks to everyone who took care of me this week, especially Emily for being Emily, Liam for getting orange juice and a sweatshirt (Ohio State yay!), and Carol for running the Stoner Fluxx tournament at midnight so I could go home and collapse.
?skip=425. 'Bout average, I think.
A red splotch with a darker center appeared on the back of my knee Wednesday morning. I figured it was just a spider bite. We loaded into Liam's car and headed off for Origins.
The stupid 24-hour bug refused to go away, at /all/. This made my days consist primarily of running Fluxx tournaments with a steadily increasing fever, and then going back to the hotel room to collapse for awhile and let the fever drop a bit. Then repeat in the evening. On the bright side it was totally non-contagious.
I'd been wearing pants so the splotch wasn't really noticeable. Neither was the one that had appeared along my collarbone. On Satyrday Emily noticed that the original one had gotten substantially darker, larger, and generally more unhappy-looking. And we put a few things together and realised that I probably had Lyme disease.
Came home yesterday and went straight out to the doctor, who agreed with our diagnosis and gave me a three-week regimen of antibiotics. The fever broke (for good, it seems) last night. Now I'm just exhausted pretty much all the time. No work today or tomorrow, maybe not Thursday either.
Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me
I /do/ have two mostly-full bottles of vodka in the freezer, but I hate vodka.
Many many many thanks to everyone who took care of me this week, especially Emily for being Emily, Liam for getting orange juice and a sweatshirt (Ohio State yay!), and Carol for running the Stoner Fluxx tournament at midnight so I could go home and collapse.
?skip=425. 'Bout average, I think.