still not enough spoons

[baratron]

Well, my gall bladder stopped being evil. But I still lacked sufficient spoons to go to Polyday. Had a high temperature & headache & period pain & legs so achey I was limping in the house, so there's no way I could have made it up the hill to the station, let alone across London. I miss the people I didn't see, but at least the smoking ban means it's not my only chance to see people for 6 months.

Today, the headache is (mostly) gone and the period pain is manageable, but I still have a temperature of 37.4 °C 90 minutes after taking paracetamol. It's not obscenely high, but it's high for me (my usual is 37.1 °C at this time of day) and high enough that I can't quite think straight/right. And I'm not sure what to do about it other than take paracetamol - go to the doctor and say "I have a high temperature but no other symptoms?!". It's pretty clearly my usual chronic fatigue/glandiness thing, except my glands don't actually seem to be swollen. I'm about 95% sure that they'll look at a temperature of 37.4 and decide it's within the range of normal - never mind that it's high for me, or that the hospital panics and starts feeding you paracetamol if it goes above 37.0 (a problem, when my normal temperature is 37.1!). Blah.

How is life treating you? I want to hear all the gossip & scandal!

Comments

[ailbhe]

My implant is giving me a period-style bleed with no increased temperature or aches, in abdomen, breasts or otherwise. I'm pretty impressed.

Also, ecoballs work well, as far as we can tell.

And our remortgage is coming along nicely.

[ailbhe]

I bet my implant is made of, like, plant sex encased in latex, or something.

You can alternate paracet. andibuprofen toreduce temperature, and use ;cooling wipes ;;on exposed; ;sk;in.;

;Argh, I hate my key;;b;;;oard.;;;;;;;;
;;;

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Didn't you only get a new keyboard a few months ago following a daughter-related incident with juice? It's gone wrong already?

I'm sure a person could alternate paracetamol with ibuprofen to reduce temperature, but I personally can't because ibuprofen makes my throat close up :/ Same with aspirin and this stuff called salol that's used in schools to model igneous rock crystal formation. So I'm officially Not Allowed to take any aspirin derivatives. Salicylates are not my friend. Blah.

The implant wouldn't work for me either, joyous though near-permanent contraception would be. I go loopy when my progesterone levels are high, in a Not Good way. There's some debate among my medical professionals about whether synthetic progesterone would have the same effect, but I think it would be like playing Russian roulette with my mental health. It would be a case of trying some Pill or other and stopping if I go nuts. Dunno if it's worth the risk.

[ailbhe]

The new keyboard is a plugin, not a replacement for the actual laptop keyboard, which is still in place and liable to suddenly start inserting characters into otherwise innocent text boxes. The old laptop keyboard has just gotten *worse*, that's all.

I hated the progesterone-only-pill. I wish sterilisation was (a) reliable,and (b) reversible (the implant has a higher success rate than sterilisation).