when hangovers go wrong
I've never really had hangovers until last month when i ment out and drank so much one night in December i gave myself some mild alcohol poisoning and was rather unwell.
that un-wellness led the way for my flu - (you know the winter one this year everyone got)
which because i didn't really take time off became a chest infection - (which was lovely with its hacking cough)
then i took my antibiotics and went back to work feeling mostly better
then new years eve occurred. where i got drunk to the point of imbecility, apparently offended a close friend (really sorry), and was generally a very drunken twat. but apparently some people still had a good time i was glad to hear the next day.
the next day i felt mostly OK until the evening when the hot and cold flushes hit me with a force. and i assumed i had a bit of a late hangover.
when the 2nd of Jan rolled around and my headache worsened and my chest grew tight i thought it was once again the hangover i deserved
upon the 3rd of Jan when i was starting to have pain upon breathing in. i assumed i had i really really bad hangover (i assumed this due to the a for mentioned facts that i hadn't really had many hangovers before)
yesterday i tried to go to work. i got 30 mins into my shift when the chest pain got a lot worse and the staff on my ward had the matron for the block send me to a&e.
i was in a&e for nearly 3 hours, explaining the above to them, having an ECG, letting them take bloods, going for a chest x-ray, etc. etc.
after three hours a rather hunky doctor sat me down and took my top off. this would have been fun had it not been for the fact i was having a hot flush at the time and was sweating so much it was litterally forming a pool beneath me.....oh yeah...sexy
after listening to my chest he rather politely tells me that in his opinion my chest infection has become Pneumonia.
so i have pneumonia, am on antibiotics the size of horse pills and have yet another week off work. if these antibiotics don't work i will need intravenous medication which will start on Saturday. oh the joy of joys.
and this tale all started with one simple hangover
that un-wellness led the way for my flu - (you know the winter one this year everyone got)
which because i didn't really take time off became a chest infection - (which was lovely with its hacking cough)
then i took my antibiotics and went back to work feeling mostly better
then new years eve occurred. where i got drunk to the point of imbecility, apparently offended a close friend (really sorry), and was generally a very drunken twat. but apparently some people still had a good time i was glad to hear the next day.
the next day i felt mostly OK until the evening when the hot and cold flushes hit me with a force. and i assumed i had a bit of a late hangover.
when the 2nd of Jan rolled around and my headache worsened and my chest grew tight i thought it was once again the hangover i deserved
upon the 3rd of Jan when i was starting to have pain upon breathing in. i assumed i had i really really bad hangover (i assumed this due to the a for mentioned facts that i hadn't really had many hangovers before)
yesterday i tried to go to work. i got 30 mins into my shift when the chest pain got a lot worse and the staff on my ward had the matron for the block send me to a&e.
i was in a&e for nearly 3 hours, explaining the above to them, having an ECG, letting them take bloods, going for a chest x-ray, etc. etc.
after three hours a rather hunky doctor sat me down and took my top off. this would have been fun had it not been for the fact i was having a hot flush at the time and was sweating so much it was litterally forming a pool beneath me.....oh yeah...sexy
after listening to my chest he rather politely tells me that in his opinion my chest infection has become Pneumonia.
so i have pneumonia, am on antibiotics the size of horse pills and have yet another week off work. if these antibiotics don't work i will need intravenous medication which will start on Saturday. oh the joy of joys.
and this tale all started with one simple hangover