It has been awhile since my last blog. I haven't had the energy or even the thoughts to put into the blog. I have been battling with congestion and a persistent cough for a little over a month. The congestion is so bad that I have no sense of taste and no sense of smell which has interfered with my appetite. My cough becomes so persistent that at times I lose my breath and become lightheaded, with many bouts of vertigo. Sometimes I'm coughing so hard my eyes water and my ribs ache. And most recently,to add on top of all this, I'm 100% pure exhausted. I become so tired I have a hard time keeping my eyes open and many times I'm out of breath. I can't even climb the stairs without trying to catch my breath.
I'm on my second round of antibiotics. This round of antibiotics is completely different from the dosage I had a couple of weeks ago. I'm ready for warmer weather with the hopes of less sickness. So far, 2014 has been a difficult year on my health. I'm becoming very down and very frustrated. And I'm just sick of being 'sick'.
Is this going to be my 'new normal'? Since my stem-cell transplant, my winters have been full of cold and flu. However, this year seems to have hit the hardest. I don't remember being this sick all of the time. I'm truly hoping and praying this is the worst of it and better are days ahead.
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I thought what you described that it would be my norm too, that was 3 years ago I took control of my health first with diet and latetr with vitamin d but way past the guide lines around the 200 nmol/L 80ng/ml of 25(OH)D3 and my norm now is feeling better and less tired with better Wbc counts not a quick fix it took 100days to get there @ 10000 iu/day of vitamin d3 but we are all different work with your doctor and get those levels up.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing and I hope things continue to go well for you.
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