What a week!

I thought this was a great picture to show how I have been feeling this week....(thanks Mike).

I have been feeling lousy for the past couple of weeks and it was really bad over the last few days. I will spare you all the bathroom stories, but the other usual symptoms such as stomach ache, nausea, loss of appetite and of course my personal favourite, weight loss.

So two nights ago after another night of waking up at 2:00 am and soaked in sweat, I decided I had to go to the Doctor. In the morning I headed off to the clinic and explained my symptoms to the Doctor. She took some blood samples, returned several minutes later and stated "you have malaria". I asked "are you sure?", she said "yes", I said "really?" she said "yes". I paused for effect and asked her again "are you sure?". She also paused for effect and said "I have been treating patients in Afghanistan for 16 years and I am sure". She prescribed some meds and off I went...in disbelief.

You can imagine how quickly I shipped off the result back to Ottawa for our Health Services to take a look at. I also mentioned that I was going to go to another clinic for a second opinion, which they supported as well as asking for additional testing.

So this morning I went to the German Clinic and gave blood and was asked to return with a stool sample (I'm not talking about a small chair) which I did later in the day. After all my various body samples were tested, the Doctor informed me in a rather shrill loud German voice "I can't confirm the malaria, but you are full of parasites"

My bathroom vanity looks like a Pharmasave Drug Store and I am trying to keep my meds straight...not forgetting to take my daily vitamin pill of course. Heavens only knows what would happen if I stopped taking that.

I feel like the rooster....what a week!