Sweet Catastrophe

Not so much a complaint as just updating those I don’t often talk to and also a reminder for me should I need to look back to keep up with time-frames and such…

Today at work I realized that a lot of problems I’ve been having lately could very logically be a mono-relapse. I’m trying to be as non-hypochondriac as I can be in assessing the situation and it really all makes sense.

Lately it hasn’t been odd for me to be ready and able to go to bed by 8pm. I’m ready to go back to bed within just a few hours of getting up, even if I haven’t done anything significant with my time. I’ve been complaining to Ryan about an unusual amount of muscle aches in muscles that I haven’t been using out of the ordinary, and my work-induced aches aren’t fading as they normally do. I’ve also been having a lot of abdominal pain, which I’ve been assuming had something to do with the missing-menstruation-situation, but this morning I realized it’s only been on my right side. Once I realized that, it really became clear that this has been the same dull ache I had during my mono-stint with my not-so-swollen spleen. It also became clear that every time I’ve gotten up to do anything at all–put a few dishes up, make a sandwich, etc–I’ve experienced a feverish heat. I took my temp at the beginning of my lunch break, end and also once I got home, and I am, indeed, running a low temp.

Now, I know it’s not a very common thing for people to actually have mono a second time, but 10% of people do, and I did have a weird case the first time around with a limited number of symptoms. At this point I’m not saying, “hey, I’ve got mono,” I’m just realizing it’s a very big possibility. On Tuesday I’m gonna make a call to the school clinic and find out what I’d have to pay in health fees to see a doctor since I’m not in classes this semester. Even though there’s nothing to do other than wait it out, I’d like to know–If I do, in fact, have mono again, we’ll discuss how much, if any, swelling I have in my spleen this time around and figure out if I can be okay with just cutting to short-shifts at work. I’d like to avoid rupturing my spleen since, well, ow….and uninsured surgery would probably leave me all but homeless…

On the female front–one month in and still no sign. For those counting, that makes 4 months with no period. I had cramps the day I should’ve started, but that was about it. Originally the doctor wanted to see me in two months, so if I pay the health fees to the school, I’ll probably go back to her after the next missed one.

So yeah, those are the current events in my ridiculously unhappy body.