I think the WebMD symptom checker gave me mono.
I’ve been experiencing some very sucky and weird symptoms lately. Every day last week, I would wake up feeling fine, and gradually throughout the day I would begin to feel increasing tension in my neck and shoulders. My head got fuzzy and everything just felt…thick. But then I’d go to sleep, wake up the next morning and start that process all over. Then this Monday, I woke up and the pain and discomfort from the night before hadn’t gone away. So I stayed home from work until noon, slept, and felt somewhat better — at least enough to make it through the rest of the day at work. Tuesday I seemed to be much better, with only a slight bit of tension in my neck and a little of that cloudy head. Wednesday I felt almost 100%! So I was like, yes! I can go to the gym for the first time since last week.
And I did. I spun my freakin’ heart out last night, and within two hours after that sweatfest, I began to experience NEW symptoms. Every time I stood up from sitting or bending over, I’d get a rush of intense pain shooting up my neck and into the base of my skull. My head started feeling cloudy again, but in a somehow different way than it had been doing last week. So, I went to bed last night and thought, “Well, I’ll feel better in the morning.”
Not so. I feel bizarre, and uncomfortable, and a little freaked out. And you know what really DOESN’T help (besides having to be at WORK right now)?
Looking up my symptoms on WebMD.
Please reference the following conversation I had with my husband over Gchat a few minutes ago:
Tabitha: According to WebMD, I may have one or more of the following conditions: acute sinusitis, tension headache, fibromyalgia, anemia, high blood pressure, stroke, muscle strain, nearsightedness, chronic sinusitis, aseptic meningitis, low blood pressure, cluster headache, acute kidney failure, heart attack (female), mononucleosis, thalassemia…or ALL OF THE ABOVE !!!!
Joseph: lol
wow
Well, guess you are about to die. Nice knowing you.
Tabitha: Butthead.
Man, WebMD totally freaks me out though. Any time you select a neck pain, it’s like, “IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING NECK PAIN, GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU ARE DYING. SERIOUSLY.”
So yeah. WebMD has me thinking that I have both high AND low blood pressure, and clearly I am also having a heart attack (but only because I’m female?) AND I have mono, so watch out everyone or I might just kiss you and pass it on.
In other news, if this weird series of symptoms doesn’t disappear by this time tomorrow, I plan on drinking enough alcohol in Vegas to sterilize every last trace of illness in my body because I WILL enjoy myself in Sin City. (Dear Mom: I’m exagerrating. I promise I won’t drink THAT much alcohol…)
Oh man! That’s kinda worrisome! Any time to make a quick trip to the doctor today?
Seems like it gets worse after periods of extended activity: your busy weekend, the gym on Wednesday, etc…
So tonight: NO activity. No TV, no video-making for VEDA, no blogging, no reading. Let Joe make dinner, pack your suitcase while he does, eat, then go straight to bed! That’s an order!
You don’t want me packing her suitcase…
And yes mom, lots of alcohol. Because as any chemist knows, alcohol kills germs.
I didn’t say for you to pack her suitcase, I said for her to pack it WHILE you make dinner
May I highly recommend a massage? Like a professional one? Sometimes when I pinch a nerve in my back or shoulders, I get crazy aches and pains, shooting through my neck and arms, and it can make you feel awful from top to bottom. It might help! And drink a crap ton of water
Feel better and have a GREAT time in Vegas! I freakin love Vegas. Wave at the Mirage for me, it’s my favorite!
Dear Tabitha’s Mom,
Oh, she is SO going to drink like an alcoholic this weekend. Don’t let her fool you.
Love,
Sara
Um, this may be a random question, but is a little mini tabitha/joe carnes a possibility? Or maybe you just need a chiropractic adjustment? I hope whatever it is that you feel better soon! Thinking of you. xoxo
Oh, dang. I love Nora’s comment! Hahaha. Mayyybe it’s Baby Joebitha?! (Tarseph?)
Can I diagnose you?
1) You’re prego (very unlikely, but there are weird pregnancy symptoms out there)
2) West Nile Virus, in which case you should RUN to the ER. Had any recent mosqueto bites in the last few weeks?? Yeah, that would be my diagnosis. Please keep us posted and I really hope you don’t die.
Oh man, I think it’s time to go to a doctor! Having symptoms for that long would totally freak me out. All the best to you!
Haha, love your husband’s comment when you talked with him on gchat. Seriously, I was the same way just a few weeks ago. I freaked out when I woke up one morning and my hands, wrist, neck, knees were all sore and felt swollen. I googled every symptom I had and kept thinking I had the weirdest diseases. Then I went to Vegas for the weekend and after that trip I felt so much better. Hopefully that will be the same for you after you come back!
I hope it’s not actually mono!!!!! That would be NO fun in Vegas.
Can’t wait to hear about your trip! (Remember, when you wake up in Vegas with the spins it is 100% legit to start drinking again to make it better)
Ugh!! I stopped using WebMD (and our city’s “Health Links” line which is basically calling up a nurse WHO PROBABLY USES WEBMD to tell you the same thing it would’ve told you!!) because it always tells me I need to go to the ER
I hope you feel better soon! And thank you for your BEAUTIFUL card <3 <3
webMD is bad. any online diagnosing site is bad. BECAUSE ALL THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME. i’m sure you’re fine.
or pregnant. :p