Feeling better.
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
February 20, 2009 6:48pm CST
Have you ever been really sick, and then one day you wake up and suddenly you're perfectly fine?
I've been pretty sick since Tuesday. It started off as a bad sore throat, then my ears began to hurt, and my neck where my lymph nodes are. It was so bad that on Wednesday I went to see a doctor, which I don't normally do unless I think it's really bad and won't clear up on it's own. Yesterday (Thursday) I was still pretty bad, and to add to all the pains, I also felt very weak and lathargic. I felt like I was going to collapse at any moment, and could barely move.
At the end of the day I began to feel better, my sore throat was gone by the time I went to bed, and my ear ache was gone too.
I woke up this morning feeling 100% better. It's astonishing! It feels like I was never sick at all. All week I haven't wanted to do a thing, not even move. Today I got up and out of the house early, I did all my grocery shopping, I even put on make up (which isn't something I do often, but just felt so good today I wanted to do it).
When was the last time you were sick? How long did it take you to get better? Did you just suddenly feel better, or was it a long and slow process before you felt 100% again?
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@GreenMoo (11833)
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22 Feb 09
I caught a flu bug which has been sweeping the country a few weeks ago. The sore throat, the coughing, all that stuff I could cope with. But after all those symptoms cleared up I was left with a heart that was missing beats occassionally and I was just so tired it took all my efforts just to mind the little one. I was napping several times during the day and in bed before the kids.
Thankfully, about a week ago I started feeling more normal again. One day I woke up and just carried on as normal again and it wasn't until later that I realised that I didn't actually ache any more! My heart is still doing funny beats occassionally, goodness knows what's going on there, but the rest of me is fine.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Feb 09
Your heart issues are nothing to mess with, you should see a doctor immediatly!
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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12 Apr 09
The last time I was ill was just the last 9 days actually! I took my daughter to tots on a thursday, when we came home an hour after she started with the runs. Over the next few days she was really off it and she seemed to have a head cold. The following wednesday I spent the day in the garden and in the evening I started feeling off colour, all bunged up in my head an aching neck and ankles and my chest hurt. I thought it was because I had been by a tree and that it was the pollen off the tree causing it but over the next few days I realised that I was not well at all. I felt so ill, and I had no energy whatsoever every little chore around the house was a trial and I just could not wait for bedtime to come every night. To wake up these last couple of days and feel my normal energetic self has been the biggest blessing ever because I was really starting to think something was wrong with me and I lost over half a stone as well because I was unable to eat anything for the last few days.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Glad you're feeling better. We were all hit with those stomach bugs too, it was pretty nasty. Thankfully we're all getting better now.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I had the flu a month ago and it took about four days to feel like myself again..once I started drinking lots of water I started feeling better and better...I had the earache thing too...strange. Also got a stiff neck. that took several days to get over.....just talked to my son a bit ago and he now has a headache...stiff neck etc....can't wait until spring!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Feb 09
My neck was getting stiff, but not quite there yet. I seriously thought it would get a bit worse before it got better, but it just very suddenly got better. So odd!
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Lucky girl. Not me. I get sick and it takes forever (or it feels like forever) for me to get better. Even when I am, the experienced wears me down. And then I am just exhausted. Glad you feel better. I had a cold in November while I was still pregnant. Which made things seem even more awful.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Each time I've been pregnant I was horribly sick from start to finish. I didn't go a day of feeling well at all. I remember my most recent pregnancy I almost passed out during my son's curriculum night because I was so weak and feverish and ill feeling!
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Hey kats! I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better! I haven't
been feeling too well for that last few weeks myself. One minute
I'm ok and then the next I am feeling achy and tired and just
plain miserable! And then I feel better for awhile and I go
out and then the next day it starts all over again! I finally
also went to the doctor yesterday and I found out that I have
a really bad sinus infection. The doctor looked in my nose and
said it was so bad he couldn't see anything! So he gave me an
antibiotic, which I haven't picked up yet so I guess that is
what was wrong! I have had some pretty nasty sinus infections
before and they can make you feel pretty sick! So hopefully
this antibiotic will get it out of my system totally!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I hope you feel better soon. I usually get the sinus infections, I hate them, so much pressure! But mine go away on their own.
@forslahiri (1042)
• India
22 Feb 09
Hi,
God is so kind to You.And U can also feel the difference in Wellbeing,Thank Him.
I am SICK and sick for last 30 years(from the day of my marraige), hehe...
Not yet I am fortunate to have the sense of "wellbeing", but I certainly feel better and air of freedom soothes me- when she takes off for few days in my in-laws place.hehe...
=Lahiri,Kolkata,India.
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
21 Feb 09
I am really sorry about you sickness. I believe the Doctors will deal with the problem shortly. I will keep you on my get well prayer list. Best wishes!
@laglen (19759)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I have been flirting off and on for about a month and a half. Not enough to keep me down, just enough to annoy me. I do know what you mean about the morning you wake up feeling great. I love that day! You can take on anything and seem to get a superhuman amount of stuff done!
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I think often the rest does our bodies good so when we awake we feel refreshed and ready to go again. Being ill can take a lot of energy from our bodies normal "get up and go". I hate being sick. I have major health problems that limit my ability to live a normal life. I am not going to give up though. I am a survivor. Glad you are feeling better.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I am glad that you are feeling better. I have been told that there is a nasty stomach flu going around where I live, and I am really hoping I do not get it myself.
The last time I was really sick was in Feb. 2008, right around Valentine's Day. As a matter of fact, for two or three weeks straight, one or two of us was sick in the house. It seemed as though it lasted close to a week and then, one day, we woke feeling brand new again. It was not a long drawn out recovery.
@BlueGoblin (1829)
• United States
22 Feb 09
I don't get sick and when I do it is only for a short time. My genes are special. All my ancestors lived to be over 100 yrs old.
@twinklee (894)
• India
21 Feb 09
sore throat that disturbs me very often......tat definitely takes a toll on you....u feel like oh god!....wen it l be got rid of.....on one day i got a sprain on ma back ....i tried evrything to that off my body but it was hurting me still.....then the other day i woke up & it went away like a dust through the wind
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@vicky30 (4766)
• India
21 Feb 09
Good to know you are in good health now
.I have been sick for three months.It doesn't suddenly go away.It takes six months for me to be alright.Its a slow and gradual process that goes along with the tablets.Because of this problem i cannot so my outside job well.Now i am taking good care of my health and see that i never fall sick again.
.I have been sick for three months.It doesn't suddenly go away.It takes six months for me to be alright.Its a slow and gradual process that goes along with the tablets.Because of this problem i cannot so my outside job well.Now i am taking good care of my health and see that i never fall sick again.
@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Yes, sometimes it feels like you keep going downhill more and more and have other things making you feel worse, and you wonder what could possibly happen next ... And then start to wonder if you will ever get better!!
... Then one day it starts fading away until you forget all about it almost.
Glad to hear you're feeling better. :-)
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
Yes.. i've been hospitalized for four days due to diabetes.. before i was admitted, i wasn't really feeling well because my sugar level is above normal (260 and up).. when i've started to take the insulin and medicines, i felt a great change within me.. now, i'm feeling better and i can do some things that i used to do before like window shopping, going to the grocery, cleaning our condo unit, etc...
@TnWoman (1895)
• United States
21 Feb 09
hello katsmeow
wow, it is good to hear that you woke up this morning feeling lots better like that. that is good news. it sounds like maybe that the medicine that you were taking, kicked in and made you all feel better. there is nothing like feeling good for the day. and to answer your question about when was the last time that i got sick? a couple of days last week i was fighting some kind of a cold or it was more like a sinus headache, pressure, yuckie feeling. so i kept doctoring that myself with tylenol and hot tea. it is good that you are feeling better so that you will be ready for your-all's moving coming up soon.
take care and have a beautiful evening.
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
21 Feb 09
It seems that for me whenever there is something upsetting, I feel weak to fight against the potential offences. The mental stress and poor immune performance for inferior weather conditions are a surprisingly strong spark to ignite the disease. I had one during the spring festival when i had a lot of chores to do. Exactly the same feelings as you had. With conscious medication, and abundant water, and good rest will help recovery.
It is good you are well, and enjoy mylotting.
@shiqimeng (25)
• China
21 Feb 09
very glad to hear that you are feeling better now !
You said it was astonishing that you felt like you were never sick at all .Yes ,i often have that feeling after i recover from bad cold or something .Our body system is really magic !haha
Wish you healthy all life ,hah ~
