I'm tired of being sick...

This ick started two Friday's ago and I'm still feeling less than 100%. The doctor thinks it's exacerbated by my allergies so I'm actually fighting two things. Lots of nausea but only two instances of vomiting (thank goodness). Lower GI is still a little quivery but not too bad. Mostly my stomach feels like it's sitting in my throat, my face hurts, my ears hurt and I'm exhausted all the time. I had a fever off and on all week.

I tried some homeopathic earache drops but they contained belladonna which apparently, even in 20ppm, causes a poison oak type reaction on me. Fortunately it reacted on the outside of my ear instead of the inside. That would have been ugly. I did go to urgent care because of the ear pain but there isn't an infection- a little fluid in one ear but otherwise normal. Dr. says it's the Eustachian tubes opening and closing because of pressure put on them from outside- the pain comes when they stick closed, even momentarily. I have a lot of swelling/tightness/pressure just behind my jaw on both sides and that's probably the cause. What is causing that is probably the virus and allergies. Only thing I can do is wait it out.

I missed work Tuesday and Friday last week and only worked a half day on Monday. I didn't feel any better in between but my sick leave is really low and the boss was encouraging me to be here. I could have used vacation or furlough time but the boss really wants me to save those for doing something fun and relaxing- sick isn't a good use of it, in his opinion. I can respect that. He was also sick and worked only half days all week. It was a bit of a competition to see who could last the longest. I missed whole days and he missed half but I think over all it was pretty even.

Yesterday, I was hibernating at home, avoiding spreading germs to the older folks in the church. So Robert and Carrie came over, dropped off some groceries and kidnapped me. Carrie drove my car to their house and Robert drove me there in their car. Seemed silly but I wasn't likely to leave the house otherwise. I spent most of the day and night lounging on their couch. We watched some movies, I did some electronic scrap-booking on my laptop. Unfortunately, sleep was elusive last night and interspersed with nightmares.

Today, I'm tired but at work. Nausea is in the background but not as bad as it has been. My ears are crackling and popping but I'm going to try to make it through the day.