Been a rough week...

Phew... It's been one week and I didn't even realise it... The past week had been rough, in terms of work, emotions and health...

Emotions are unstable. Guess will talk about it the next time since the worst of it had passed and I need some time to sort it out and settle down. Health issues are easier to deal with though... Apparently, my nose is giving me more problems. My sleep is greatly disturbed due to blockage in the nose and on the average, I had only been sleeping 3 hours per night... And the sleep is not continuous, which makes things worst. Initially, there were some of those infamous lymph node blocks but it dissipated in 2 days. The cheeks and nose area had some feverish feel but the mucus is too thick to be blown out to check on colour... After that, mild fever came in cycles... Well, till this point, I thought it could be fungus infection as I was working on a whole chunk of it not too long before symptoms started and what's worst, one of my colleagues did some fungus coated stuff in open space... The major surprise came on Thursday. There was a line of small bruises along the left side of my left calf. The bruises were about 2-3mm in diameter and stretches from mid-calf to knee, with about 10 of them. They were basically painless but obvious enough when I was applying some body cream. And for some reason, the dilated veins on the back of my right knee started to throb badly when I walked.

Well, guess that's the signal to go see a doctor. After compiling my complaints, there were 2 conclusions. First on list was actually dengue! Next came the question on weaken immunity. The bruises were more worrisome as it could indicate that I am already infected by dengue and my other complaints are secondary reactions to it. Weaken immunity was the other probable cause as I lost weight and my appetite had not exactly returned. Basically, the nose problem and unexplainable mild fever could be all due to weaken of the immune system which could lead to fungus infection.

I was asked to submit a blood sample for a FBC and of course, it was not smooth sailing. As usual, my veins were hard to locate and my GP missed during the 1st attempt. After that, he located another good spot on the back of my left hand. It was quite tiny and a 25G needle plus the help of a nurse was required. Before the attempt, my GP told me straight in the face that if he missed, it's best that I looked for my ex-colleagues to take for me the next day. Luckily, he manage to get it done with minimal problem except for the common worry about the blood clotting before it can be transferred to the tube from the syringe.

The lab report was out but I missed the call from the clinic hahaha. But since there was no voicemail and no subsequent calls, guess at least the blood sample is fine. Results wise, it's harder to conclude as they may not bug me if the values are borderline. Guessed, the results are either normal or grey zone, poor results are definitely out and that's good enough news :-D

Ok going to concussed soon... Taken medication about half hour ago... Last week been real tired and depressing. Will try to blog as frequently as possible during this coming week;-)