Three days before I was due in hospital I came down with a really nasty virus. Very similar to flu, except that I had already had a flu jab. It totally knocked me off my feet and the operation had to be cancelled!! Gutted to say the least. Since then the virus hasnt improved, I have been off work over 2 weeks and spent most of that time in bed, shivering with a sore throat, hacking cough, coughing up blood and temeratures one minute and shivery the next.
Then I started being sick and having awful headaches and now I have lost the feeling in the right side of my face! My doctor has been brilliant , and has been keeping her eye on me, and although you arent generally given antibiotics for viruses, she was concerned about the numbness of the face. So I am just about to start a second course of antibiotics.
The only time I have been out of the house is to go to the doctors and I am feeling really sorry for myself!
Christmas is just around the corner and I have done nothing, nor do I have the energy to do much tbh. All I have done is write some xmas cards and a neighbour posted them for me.
I AM going to go out today as I need to post my secret santa parcel, I just hope that it gets to the recipient in time. Apologies if it does end up being a bit late.
All in all, I am thouroughly fed up!
Sorry for the moan everyone!
Gotta wait until the new year for the op too!
(thanks)
The virus itself is slowly getting better, although I am still getting temperatures and the shivers etc. My face is still completely numb on the right, which is why I am at home still. The doc has given me another week of entibiotics but neither of us are sure that they are helping. I think they ruled out bells palsy as my muscles in my face are ok. ( no drooping of the mouth or eyelid) Occasionally I get the sensation of something crawling across my face, and the doc is hoping that its a sign that the nerves are trying to work again. Time will tell.