Huairen
「 ✦ᴘɪᴄʜɪʜᴏɪᴘᴘᴜ✦ 」
Premie, born with asthma, developed diabetus as a young adult. Medical back history, cool. Working built up my immunity towards germs and what not but after the pandemic hit, I slowly but surely lost all that immunity. Now, this year... I hadn't been outside in 3 months. Last time I got a cold, I brought an overnight bag with me to the hospital because I couldn't breathe and quite frankly, I had another problem on my hands in which they had to use an ultra sound to find a vein. I- Anyways. Feeling cooped up in the house with nothing to do and constantly being on a short leash with everyone. I finally bit the social anxiety bullet and texted my sister for the dog because he always makes me feel better.
Got the dog, according to my pacer, I took him out for a 15 minute walk. Everything is all fine and dandy and then yesterday I felt like I got hit with a brick wall. Understand that after we got back in the house, I washed all the pollen off me, disinfected, changed my clothes, took proper precautionaries with his fur. Everything. So it wasn't that at all.
I woke up sweating three times, tongue swollen, post nasal drip, fever, half cold/half hot. Only outside for 15 minutes and I ended up taking 4 allergy pills. 2 before I left and 2 afterwards. Sucks my teeth. Maaaaaan.
I've been drinking lots of fluids and taken holistic medicine because most man-made medicine doesn't work too well on me if at all. (i.e. the only pain med that works on me is pamprin, allergic to mucinex and etc.)
The only thing that's really bothering me out of all this is I know I'm hot because my body is fighting off something, but I'm used to being cold. I love being cold and I don't know how to adjust being a walking furnace temporarily. It's worse than on my menstrual. Any tips to combat the sweltering heat that is my upper body trying to cook me?
Edit: Thank you guys for all your suggestions and I implemented most of them thoroughly. I do have Zyrtec but when in severe cases like this, it does nothing. Tylenol does not work on me. I did place a lot of icy-cold things on my person and regularly rotated. Now I feel a lot better. Dehydrated. But a lot better.
I actually don't have a nebulizer, but I've been requesting one yet my doctor keeps saying no. (Still demanding one though) but my doctor wants me to get an epipen after having a few allergic reactions to certain stuff... off topic but anyway.
Yesterday was grocery day, so I got it delivert and was able to flush away anything else that was lingering. Thanks you guys so much.
P.S. My doctor is a POC but not Black. So you know, we have to demand to be taken seriously and let them know we're not overreacting.
Got the dog, according to my pacer, I took him out for a 15 minute walk. Everything is all fine and dandy and then yesterday I felt like I got hit with a brick wall. Understand that after we got back in the house, I washed all the pollen off me, disinfected, changed my clothes, took proper precautionaries with his fur. Everything. So it wasn't that at all.
I woke up sweating three times, tongue swollen, post nasal drip, fever, half cold/half hot. Only outside for 15 minutes and I ended up taking 4 allergy pills. 2 before I left and 2 afterwards. Sucks my teeth. Maaaaaan.
I've been drinking lots of fluids and taken holistic medicine because most man-made medicine doesn't work too well on me if at all. (i.e. the only pain med that works on me is pamprin, allergic to mucinex and etc.)
The only thing that's really bothering me out of all this is I know I'm hot because my body is fighting off something, but I'm used to being cold. I love being cold and I don't know how to adjust being a walking furnace temporarily. It's worse than on my menstrual. Any tips to combat the sweltering heat that is my upper body trying to cook me?
Edit: Thank you guys for all your suggestions and I implemented most of them thoroughly. I do have Zyrtec but when in severe cases like this, it does nothing. Tylenol does not work on me. I did place a lot of icy-cold things on my person and regularly rotated. Now I feel a lot better. Dehydrated. But a lot better.
I actually don't have a nebulizer, but I've been requesting one yet my doctor keeps saying no. (Still demanding one though) but my doctor wants me to get an epipen after having a few allergic reactions to certain stuff... off topic but anyway.
Yesterday was grocery day, so I got it delivert and was able to flush away anything else that was lingering. Thanks you guys so much.
P.S. My doctor is a POC but not Black. So you know, we have to demand to be taken seriously and let them know we're not overreacting.
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