Woke up Wednesday with my throat hurting again. Went into the doctor today (go Socialist medicine!) and he was not sure what I had. My elevated white blood count suggests viral (thus the mono diagnosis), but with my reaction to penicillin being so good and my tonsils being covered in "white crud" (which ties into the strep diagnosis, especially thanks to my tonsilitis/strep history).
So got another throat swab for strep and more antibiotics. I also have a requisition form for a mono test if the strep comes back negative.
Blah. First I feel tired in October, throat bugs me beginning of November, Meesh gets a cold, and now my throat is back. It is going to be really odd to be well as the same time as her.
3 comments:
hope you feel better soon. because i'll kill you if you get me sick. can one diagnose mono from an autopsy? mostly kidding.
j
just got a flu shot today. it worked pretty well last year so hopefully it will work just as well this winter.
Its possible that Mesh got whatever you have, and the virus got more resistance and went back on to you.
just fyi, elevated white count doesn't suggest viral. it just suggests infection.
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