I'm not feeling very well at the moment.
It seems to be classic head cold symptoms - runny nose (clear), major congestion and sinus pain, scratchy throat (thankfully no pain and only a cough every now and again) and fatigue. Oh, the fatigue. I am absolutely exhausted. I seem to be sleeping well and deeply, but when I wake up, I am still bone-deep tired.
I don't think it is a head cold - and the cold and flu tablets don't seem to be making a difference.
I started having the symptoms towards the middle of last year. A trip to the doctors diagnosed hayfever and allergies, including asthma (although I was still able to exercise). A round of asthma inhalers, nasal steroids and anti-histamines seemed to help, but still didn't get rid of it entirely.
I think eventually I just learnt to live with it. It got better, but not 100% so I brushed it to one side and forgot about it. The medication did not seem to be helping things at all, so in January of this year, after giving it a good six months to work, I stopped the medication. The Doctors were not very helpful at all - at no point did they suggest a specialist, or allergy tests or looking into things in more detail. It was all quick fix, take a pill, thanks very much and see you later.
Quite disappointing.
I ended up demanding an allergy test - which they did, but it came back inconclusive. So that didn't answer anything.
And so I forgot about it.
Until this week. It was probably the fatigue that hit first. Waking up in the morning after a good 7-8 hours and feeling like I have been hit by a bus. No aches and pains, just so incredibly tired. I have been eating fairly healthy and exercising to moderation (nothing too heavy) so it is really not making sense.
Then I woke up yesterday and the cold symptoms had kicked in. My nose was completely blocked and I couldn't breathe. It was giving me a sinus headache and just made me feel like sh*t.
In my heart of hearts - I know it's not a cold.
But I am also not convinced it's allergies either.
To be honest, I am at my wits end. I just want to wake up and jump out of bed and feel at least 80-90%. Not even 100% - I would settle for just feeling moderately human at this stage. I don't know what's wrong. It takes all my energy just to hang a load of washing.
I don't have much faith in our medical system. You have to wait for hours for a five minute consultation where you just don't feel like they are listening to you, and walk out with no answers and no sense of care or concern. As someone who has worked in the professional services industry as a lawyer - I find this incredibly disappointing. I understand they have a busy workload, and they are probably looking at me thinking - 'she's a healthy young girl, there can't be anything wrong' - but that really is no excuse.
I have been talking to a lady at work who has recommended a naturopath nearby. I have seen naturopaths before, and felt like they just wanted to create problems to justify the ridiculous amounts of expensive supplements they insist you need. But I am so desperate now that I am willing to give it a go. And this guy apparently is reviewed as being a bit of a 'witch doctor', apparently able to just look at a patient and diagnose what is wrong.
So tomorrow - I am going to make an appointment and give it a go.
After all - at this stage, what have I got to lose?
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