I’m super fun to vacation with.

Middle of the night musings: 

Friday night: Ugh We\"re on vacation and I feel so sick. I must have gotten RSV (one of my kids tested positive for that a couple weeks ago, negative for Covid and Influenza). Idk. I\"m not congested just super sore and achy and headachy. Fevered and convulsing. I wonder if it\"s from going off prednisone. Some diarrhea but not really watery or urgent (could be curry), no blood or pain (besides the extremely achy joints/muscles).

Googled. Could it be Prednisone withdrawal? I just went from 10mg to 5mg (doc said to just stop after 10, but I didn’t want to risk a flare so I tried to taper more slowly). 

Currently (Sat night / early Sun am): Stayed on Tylenol (reg dose, 1000mg) all day so I wouldn’t feel too crummy, but I was still weak and light headed. Then I woke up in the middle of the night FREEZING and convulsing (no exaggeration) from a fever - whilst in blankets etc. I did have a cough Fri evening, but it wasn’t extreme and was mostly an occasional tickle. I don’t have one now. I haven’t taken anything for that. I ran a straight-hot bath and took Tylenol and stayed in there for about an hour. Eventually my body calmed down. No diarrhea or blood but some pain to the left of my belly button (which concerns me, though it doesn’t double me over). I’m super dizzy/lightheaded, like scarily so. I feel weak. My head hurts. No real cough currently. Just feeling like garbage. 

I know I need a doctor, but my GI doesn’t have an after hours number and I don’t want to find an ER in a strange city if I can help it (but intend to go to Urgent Care when we get home tomorrow evening). Wanna make sure it’s not Covid (though I’m fully vaccinated, so hopefully not). In the meantime, however, should I take extra Prednisone?? Would that offer relief? I just don’t know. Waa.

UPDATE: I went into urgent care Sunday night when we got home. They swabbed me for Covid and RSV and influenza and strap even, I think. Everything was negative. The doc said some of it could have been due to the drug adjustments. My GI told me Monday that some of it was likely due to the deficiencies they found via my most recent blood test (iron, vitamin D, zinc), because of which he wants me to take  supplements that should help. But ultimately, I had caught some sort of raunchy virus. I was pretty knocked out for a whole week, peaking in a super low depression Thursday night. But Friday I woke up a billion times better. God intervened. And I’ve been so much better (and immensely happier) since. Thank Heavens. Literally.

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