I am so grateful to be healthy again! About a month ago, I started feeling a little run down and soon after got sick. I was running a low grade fever and felt tired with a cough. The cough kept getting worse over the next few days and so I figured I had bronchitis. So being the aspiring doctor that I am, I started a dose of Augmentin which is an antibiotic that I had sitting in the medicine cabinet. After 5 days of fever and pills, I decided something was wrong and went to urgent care. They diagosed me as having strep throat and gave me a prescription of Amoxycilan. They said the Augmentin wouldn’t help with strep. That day I had sort of an attack where I got really dizzy and felt some intense tightness in my chest which lasted for 20 minutes. I could barely talk during that time and soon headed off to the ER. They couldn’t find anything wrong with me and said it may have been the cold and flu medication I was taking. They also said the Augmentin would have worked fine for strep and didn’t know why urgent care put me on a different antibiotic. So I went home.

A week later I was still running a fever and felt miserable. It had been 2 weeks now with a fever and it went up to 101.7 now. So back to the ER I went. They found that my strep was gone and couldn’t find anything else wrong. So they said to go see an Infectious Disease doctor in a week if I didn’t feel better. So week 3 came around and I started to feel better. On the 21st day my fever broke in the morning. It came back that night, but the next day it was gone completely. And the day after that I went to a fair for a few hours and survived. I am still a little tired from my inactivity. I mean I’ve been laying in bed and on the coach sleeping and watching TV for 3 weeks. But I am picking up strength everyday.

What did I have? Maybe a bad case of strep and the flu? Not really sure. But in any case, I am so grateful that I am well. And I realized that I had been taking my health for granted, once again. The spiritual seminar I had taken had weakened me a little. Plus being in close contact with 650 people for a week, I must have picked up some bugs.

Now the simple act of going outside is a joyous occasion. Being hungry again is awesome! And I lost 10 lbs of mostly fat which was nice. I can kiss my wife again, woohoo! Life is good, and I love my life! Today I will finish building the greenhouse frame in the backyard. And I might jump on my motorcycle and practice for next months competition.