As you may have read in this post, 1 month ago I was hospitalized at MGH for adrenal insufficiency as a result of 2 different strep infections. 2 weeks later, I was at my PCP's office after the sore throat returned. I finished the 2nd course of antibiotics just a few days ago, and this afternoon, the sore throat came back.
I called my doctor's office and spoke to one of the nurses who suggested I come in for a mono test tomorrow. The symptoms of mono and strep are similar, and as a result of having no adrenal glands, I am always more exhausted than the usual healthy 26 year old. They tested me for mono at MGH in January, but it may have been too soon for a positive test, or this could be a new infection.
Getting sick all the time is frustrating and exhausting. I have spent the month sleeping all day on my days off (today I only got out of bed at 2pm, I have to sneak that rest in whenever I can!) and in the rest of my free time, I go to doctors appointments. The next few weeks will be especially busy, with respiratory/speech therapy for my vocal cord dysfunction, neurology and endocrine follow ups, and likely a surgical consult for my parathyroid glands. Of course, to HAVE surgery I need to be free of infection, so I'm hoping it's just strep that can't get out of my body and they can give me an antibiotic to finally kick it.
I called my doctor's office and spoke to one of the nurses who suggested I come in for a mono test tomorrow. The symptoms of mono and strep are similar, and as a result of having no adrenal glands, I am always more exhausted than the usual healthy 26 year old. They tested me for mono at MGH in January, but it may have been too soon for a positive test, or this could be a new infection.
Getting sick all the time is frustrating and exhausting. I have spent the month sleeping all day on my days off (today I only got out of bed at 2pm, I have to sneak that rest in whenever I can!) and in the rest of my free time, I go to doctors appointments. The next few weeks will be especially busy, with respiratory/speech therapy for my vocal cord dysfunction, neurology and endocrine follow ups, and likely a surgical consult for my parathyroid glands. Of course, to HAVE surgery I need to be free of infection, so I'm hoping it's just strep that can't get out of my body and they can give me an antibiotic to finally kick it.
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