We went to a third doctor today, because I needed to. The first doctor was nice but not incredibly thorough, the second doctor was kind of a dbag, and the third doctor ended up being Asian, which was a good sign. As my family is Asian, we tend to put more stock in what Asian doctors say, you know, because of all of the stereotypes of Asian people being smart and hardworking, for the most part, in my experience, those rumors and stereotypes are true. So I was excited when today's doctor happened to be Asian.
Yesterday was by far the worse day of my sickness. I puked up EVERYTHING I ate. I puked up my anti-nausea meds, I puked up water just as soon as I drank it, I even puked up a tiny piece of bread I had tried wrapping my meds in and the 3 whole fries I ate from Jake's chicken nugget meal from Wendy's. It was awful. This morning was the same thing, I even managed to throw up on my feet. Talk about miserable.
I told all of this to the new doctor, including how all of the skin inside my mouth is peeling off, I get dizzy if I even move my head from side to side let alone stand up and I looked right at him with tears in my eyes and said, "Please, help me." He thinks I have a viral infection of the inner ear. That I did originally start out with the flu, but that the virus migrated and settled in my inner ear which gives me vertigo which leads to all of the puking. He prescribed me a few things. One is an anti-vertigo patch I wear behind my ear to not get motion sick, the other is a rapidly dissolving anti-nausea pill that melts on my tongue in a matter of seconds so I don't have to swallow it and puke it back up before it can even have any effect. So far all I've tried eating are popsicles, saltines and water but since none of it has come back up, we're in business. Tomorrow I might get wild and try for some macaroni salad. Who knows?! My regular doctor who has been gone this entire time is supposed to be back in the office Monday and I'm to go in and check in with him as well, as per Asian Dr.'s instructions.
The only bad thing is that there is no antibiotic or anything to get rid of the virus. I just have to wait it out, which will be a lot easier with some food in my belly. Thanks for all your well wishes guys!
I hope you can finally get some relief. Get well soon.
ReplyDeleteOh thank goodness! It's a start at least. Here's hoping for some macaroni salad!
ReplyDeletethat is more like it! i am soooooooo glad you went to another doctor! i am so sorry this is happening to you sweetie. i hope with the new meds and seeing your doctor on monday you can finally be on the mend. i would have lots of chicken broth rather then something heavy like macaroni salad, at least maybe for today. chicken broth has magical healing powers and people still to this day do not know why it works so well. maybe put some tiny pasta stars in it and then move to macaroni salad, you know take it gradually but i am sure you are starving for real food. take it easy don't rush, you want to make sure you kill this horrible horrible virus you have! well that is just my advice :) thinking of you and sending you my magical healing powers. if it makes you feel better, my nose is still running, i cant get rid of it! it is driving me crazy with all this stuff in my throat.
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Thanks for the good thoughts, cb! I can't have chicken soup because I'm vegetarian. I thought about having some veggie broth but I'm too sick to make it myself and the store bought versions are way too high in sodium. I've just been eating popsicles and some plain noodles my mom brought over. No sauce or anything, just basic noodles. I'm dying for real food.
DeleteGlad to hear you got a second (wait, no, third) opinion and it is helping some! I hope you recover soon because being sick is no fun! Especially when it's summer and nice out!
ReplyDeleteUgh viruses are the worst. Yay for Asian doctors who know what they're doing! I hope you're feeling better by now. I feel like you've been sick for far too long, Poor Thing. Have Jake make you some smoothies. They were what got me back on my feet when I had the h1n1 flu.
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