A Really Lousy Few Days

I've been struggling with typical mast cell issues over the past week or so but things worsened significantly this past weekend.  I've had increased breathing difficulties, more nausea than usual, and increased bone and joint pain.  Generally, I feel quite lousy and I'm having more trouble than usual with my breathing.

I started wondering if I had food poisoning of some sort on Sunday because I spent quite a bit of time in the bathroom and was nauseated most of the past couple of days.  That being said, this could also be my mast cells being over-active, as usual.  

This evening, however, I realized that some of what I'm feeling feels a bit like a fever too so I checked my temperature...  the thermometer was showing 99.0°...  then, since I felt that I'm feeling worse than just a 99.0° fever, I quickly wiped off the thermometer's sensor with one of my cleaning cloths for my eyeglasses...  I was then registering at 99.6° consistently.  Now, that explains more like how I've been feeling.

Generally speaking, I've simply been feeling lousy and not accomplishing much.  Tonight, I can add a sinus headache to my short list of symptoms.

Since Sheila and I rarely wander from the house (since the beginning of the pandemic and my health being so vulnerable), I can pinpoint when and where I likely picked up whatever I'm trying to rid myself of...  on Thursday evenings, we do our weekly grocery shopping so that was the only time in the past week and a half to two weeks when we were exposed to any other human being.  Picking up some bug during our last visit to the supermarket provides an incubation period that makes sense though.  I must have picked up some sort of bug at the grocery store...  again.  

Sheila just reminded me that perhaps I should take a COVID test so I guess I'll do that.  Unfortunately, even if I do test positive, I think I've been sick for too long to start on the anti-viral medication.  

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Okay...  I tested negative for COVID so I think that is good news...  well, unless the test is wrong (the statistical odds are in favor of it being wrong).  Regardless of what this is, hopefully, I'll begin to feel better very soon.