THE STORY

ok, So I was reading through my past blogs ( which aren't that many) and If I wasn't me and I was reading them I would be a bit confused. So I am going to explain everything :) Just for fun and because I am bored!!

Ok Back in December I got a weird cold, I didn't really have a sore throat, I just didn't feel that well, and didn't know what was wrong. The week of Christmas I was taken to the ER because I was having excruciating stomach aches and I seriously thought I was going to die!! So at three am I was in the ER, They hooked me up to an IV, gave me some medication, did some test and then sent me home. I decided to make an appointment with my family dr, because I was still not feeling better the next day. I got an appointment Christmas eve morning. They found out that I had strep throat! Crazy, but apparently strep throat can cause severe stomach aches if not treated soon enough. That is when they gave me a huge shot in my rear. I basically stayed in bed the next week recovering. I don't remember much of Christmas and the week after. Around new years, I decided I would get another doctors appointment because I was still feeling pretty sick. I wasn't terribly sick, just not feeling great. I went in and they ran a bunch of test. I ( and everyone else) was worried that I had mono. For some reason it takes a week for the mono test to be done. In the mean time I decided to go back to school with 16 credits and work, to see if this icky sickness would go away. I don't think that was such a good idea. I didn't get the results for the test back until about jan. 20th, and yes I had a bad case of mono. So the doctor said that it should go away within 4 to 6 weeks and that I needed to rest lots and drink lots of water. So I quit school, and since I had work study I quit work too. And I basically did what the doctor said, Sleep!! I got really bored, because you are not supposed to do a lot of activity because when you have mono your spleen is enlarged and could rupture, well I didn't want that!! I read lots of books, and crocheted lots of beanies. A month past and I could feel myself getting better. I was happy to be getting better, even if it was just a little bit. This is where I started to think I was better enough to start selling Mary Kay, so I signed up and got a bunch of inventory! I shouldn't have gotten so much. When I just barely started up with mary kay, I got something called Bells palsy and it paralyzed half of my face! Fun huh! So I was back at the ER, because it is kind of scary when you wake up and you cant blink or move half of your face, and all you can think about is a stoke! Luckily it wasn't and I was so happy it wasn't!!! Since my body was suffering with mono, another virus (the one that causes cold sores) decided to take over and cause my face to be half paralyzed! It was a really weird feeling. It isn't permanent, and luckily I am all better now. I just hope that doesn't happen again, because taping my eye shut every night was not fun. Not to mention the freaky looks I would get from people because one eye would not blink. It took about a month, but my face started slowly getting better. Now you can't even tell.
So now you are probably wondering "what about the mono?" yes I will finish that story. Ok so during this whole bells palsy and my Mary Kay stuff, I started noticing a slow regression. I wasn't all the way better by any means, but I felt like I was getting worse and not better. I went back to the doctors, and they tested my mono again. WEll.... I still had it! It was still elevated in my blood. This was in April. I had mono for four months already, and I still had it. Well so I started to slow things down a bit. I still felt like I continued to get worse over the next month. I went back to the Doctors in July and he declared that I have Chronic mono. He was really worried that I might get this, and I did. SO.....Now what??? I am not sure..... I get tired and sick really easily, but at least its not as bad as it was in January. I am not contagious, so don't worry, if you see me in the store there is no need to run away screaming :) I didn't do much the last month in deciding what to do, because I was in Yellowstone( which was very therapeutic) and I was more worried about both of RB's parents. I made a doctors appointment and went yesterday. We are testing me for chronic mono again, to see if it has gone down. I really don't think it has because I slept all day long today. The doctor is going to refer me to a specialist here in Logan that deals with Chronic mono and chronic fatigue patients, if it is still elevated.

So that has been my wonderful life since January!! Now you all know, and you can read my blog and not get confused at the little bits here and there about me not feeling good, or sleeping all day. Hope you all have a great night!