So Sunday morning I woke up 2 hours before I had to get on a plane, looked in the mirror, and both my eyes were practically glued shut with gunk of some kind and when I got them to open, they were blood shot red.
I woke up with a duel case of Pink eye.
This was on top of the cold that I had developed once again which consisted of nasal congestion and hacking up green stuff.
My mom was angry that I couldn’t have developed pink eye the night before, when I could have gone to the doctor. No, I had to do it at 8am Easter morning. Since it’s really irritating, my mom rummaged through our old prescriptions and found some eye drops that had expired in 03. I was forced to use these to get through the day. (It’s 08 for goodness sake! That’s 5 years expired!)
So I got on the plane, flew to Ohio, and eventually got back to school. It was nice to be back, except for one thing. The fridge.
Now let me just say that I don’t keep a lot of things in the fridge my roommate and I share in our room. Mostly because its located right next to her dirty clothes hamper and I just find that disgusting. But occasionally I like to put a few orange juices in there for a rainy day. Well, apparently my roommate spilled some milk, and none of us realized it.
So when we had to defrost and unplug out fridge before spring break, it was left to grow in an enclosed, moist, and warm environment for a week.
Needless to say, when I opened it Sunday afternoon, it was like a wave of toxic fumes bellowing out of tiny box. It was RANCID. I quickly closed it, aired out the room, and waited for the roommate to get back so she could experience it herself.
When she did, her entire family was present. They then forced us to clean it. It was harder than cleaning up puke from St. Patrick’s day.
I wish I had gotten a picture because it could probably have made an awesome science project. Alas now, after me doing a lot of hard scrubbing, its clean again.
Today I went to the market and stocked up on yogurt, orange juice, and hummus. Yes, hummus, it’s good. Don’t knock it till you try it.
Monday however, didn’t end as happily. After going to class and actually staying awake, I headed over to the health center. After two hours of medical enjoyment, getting blood drawn and waiting on prescriptions, I walked out with three different meds (eye drops for my eyes, an antibiotic, and pseudoephed) and a diagnosis of a random bacterial infection. They also tested me for mono (negative), anemia (negative), and hypothyroidism, which I wont get the results back for a few days because they had to send it out.
Hypothyroidism is a possibly explanation for why I’m always so damn tired. I doubt I have it, but it’s nice to cover all the bases, especially when insurance pays for it!
Now I have to put eye drops in 4 times a day, take 1 pill three times a day and pseudoephed occasionally. That’s on top of the BC and SSRI’s. Yes, count that up, I’m on 5 different medications right now. AWESOME!
haha At least I can laugh about it. As long as I get healthy, I’m so tired of being sick! And sick of being tired!
Hopefully it will be a smooth last 7 weeks of school!
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i blame your boyfriend. somehow, he managed to commute these deseases to you. he needs to be tested. and clean his room.
Comment by mlah 03.26.08 @ 7:12 amAgh! Pink eye was going around in my dorm hall a week before break. I hid out in my room and defriended everyone. Hope you feel better!
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Man, that sucks! I’ve never had pink eye, but it seems terrible.
Comment by Gooseberried 03.25.08 @ 10:34 am