Real People Sick

I think it was Allison who coined the phrase "Real People Sick", meaning illness that people without diabetes get. *EDIT* The term actually comes from Kerri. See here for more. 

I'm "Real People Sick".

This is coming to you from my bed (thank you wireless network) where I've been tucked up for the last hour and a half or so. I've got a throbbing headache, fever, runny nose, aching neck and a nasty, hacking cough that makes me feel as though I'm coughing up knives. To cap it all, my eyes won't stop streaming and so swollen that I look as though I've been crying for a week.

So I've beaten a hasty retreat to bed (at 7.45pm!). I've taken paracetamol for the fever, and something a little stronger for my headache. I've got a two litre bottle of water, straight from the fridge, a bumper box of tissues and back-to-back re-runs of Friends on TV.

But that is where "Real People Sick" ends. Because even when I'm "real" sick, I'm still chronic illness sick too.

My blood sugars are behaving like... well the point is they're not behaving. Amongst all those 'ordinary' supplies, I've got my meter for frequent testing and juice for bounce-back lows.

And then there is the reaction to another number. The temperature number. When I checked my temperature earlier and saw 39.2 (that's over 102 in Fahrenheit) blinking back at me, my first thought was that all the shaking I'm doing might not be shivering after all. For someone with Addison's disease, it's definitely time to crack out the extra steroids.

And later on they'll do their own number on my blood sugars.

I feel truly awful.

I want to crawl in to a hole for a very long time. But unfortunately I need to keep checking my blood sugar every couple of hours.

So much for "Real People Sick"!

Comments

[Penny]

I'm so sorry.

I hope you feel better soon.

[Jillian]

Ugh, sounds like the pits. Feel better soon!

[in search of balance]

This picture is so sad! :( I hope you feel better right away. Let me know if there's anything I can do to speed on the healing from 4782 miles away. And yes, I just looked that number up.

Feel better!

[Sandra Miller]

Caro, I'm so sorry.

I hope whatever this thing is, it's fast moving...

Take care of yourself.

[Kerri.]

Ah, "Real People Sick." That's actually my phrase and I've been using it since I got pneumonia in college - my first "big time" real people sick moment.

And I'm right there with you, Caro. I just came back from the doctor's and have been handed the diagnosis of strep throat. Blech.

Feel better soon! :)

[Scott K. Johnson]

Oh man - major suckage! I hope you're feeling better soon!

[Colleen]

You definitely look sick and sound sick, poor baby - Hope you kick the bug soon.

[Allison]

I actually say "Real People Sick" too, but I don't know if I have ever blogged the phrase before. I'm sure Kerri and I are not the only ones to say that or some variation of it, because it's true!

Anyway, hope you feel better asap.

[Rachel]

Yuck.

I'm fighting something off myself. blah!

[landileigh]

so sorry to hear you are "real people sick". "real people sick" is not easy to manage for a person without diabetes, let alone us. get lots of rest and watch those numbers!

[amylia]

yuck. hope you feel better soon.

[Seonaid]

hope you feel better soon!

[type1emt]

get well soon!I feel for you.
((((

[Bernard Farrell]

Caro

Sorry you're under the weather and I hope you're feeling MUCH BETTER soon!

[Liz]

Hope you feel better soon! I hate the extra sterods high sugars combined with 'real people sick' elevated sugars!!! This is the time James normally ends up in hospital so I hope your levels and Addison's behave and you get enough rest to get over it all!!

[Caro]

Awww... guys. Thanks for all your wishes!