A Sick Day
There's another blog post I want to write, but it's challenging and in the meantime I wanted to complain at you all. :P
I was really, really sick yesterday. I was sick enough that I thought it was worth it to go to the Health Center, which is located in the worst place for a Health Center, because getting there is quite a trek and if you're actually unwell it can be nearly impossible. I've said before that they should have a sign saying "If you managed to walk here, you don't need to be here."
I actually tried taking the campus shuttle, because I was feeling so poorly that I didn't think I could quite manage the walk. However, that only got me partway there. I'm not sure if I misunderstand the shuttle routes or if there is actually no way to take the shuttle directly from the area where I live to the stop near the Health Center. It was certainly too difficult for me to figure out when I was in a bad state.
And, the whole thing with having to walk up a hill to get to the Health Center, particularly when sick? It resulted in them getting an inflated blood pressure reading for me. I went back there today for a follow-up, because I was told to (I'm mostly better), and for a while it seemed like this illness would be a minor issue that revealed a much larger one: That I have seriously high blood pressure. But, then they got another reading after I'd been there for a while, and my blood pressure was perfectly fine. This is a PROBLEM. If they get skewed test results because of the physical exertion required to get there... there could be all sorts of negative consequences.
Anyway. In my most recent update I mentioned having taken a nap when I was extremely sick. Well, I was sick enough yesterday that I napped, but I didn't get any solid sleep. I was drifting in and out of consciousness and having unsettling dreams for an hour or so.
Oh, and something's wrong with our water heater. And I really needed to wash my hair, because, well, there hadn't been anyone around to hold it back for me. I think I rinsed everything out of it, but I couldn't bring myself to properly wash it because the water was SO COLD. I'm hoping if I try early tomorrow there will be fewer people using hot water in the morning and there might be enough that I can wash my hair without freezing. There certainly wasn't enough hot water this afternoon.
Also, this was a terrible time to get sick. I've got tons of things I need to do, and losing a day set me back and added other things I need to do because I didn't do some of the first things in time. And of course, though I'm feeling way better, I'm still not thinking straight all the time and I get tired easily. This is proving to be a frustrating week.
I was really, really sick yesterday. I was sick enough that I thought it was worth it to go to the Health Center, which is located in the worst place for a Health Center, because getting there is quite a trek and if you're actually unwell it can be nearly impossible. I've said before that they should have a sign saying "If you managed to walk here, you don't need to be here."
I actually tried taking the campus shuttle, because I was feeling so poorly that I didn't think I could quite manage the walk. However, that only got me partway there. I'm not sure if I misunderstand the shuttle routes or if there is actually no way to take the shuttle directly from the area where I live to the stop near the Health Center. It was certainly too difficult for me to figure out when I was in a bad state.
And, the whole thing with having to walk up a hill to get to the Health Center, particularly when sick? It resulted in them getting an inflated blood pressure reading for me. I went back there today for a follow-up, because I was told to (I'm mostly better), and for a while it seemed like this illness would be a minor issue that revealed a much larger one: That I have seriously high blood pressure. But, then they got another reading after I'd been there for a while, and my blood pressure was perfectly fine. This is a PROBLEM. If they get skewed test results because of the physical exertion required to get there... there could be all sorts of negative consequences.
Anyway. In my most recent update I mentioned having taken a nap when I was extremely sick. Well, I was sick enough yesterday that I napped, but I didn't get any solid sleep. I was drifting in and out of consciousness and having unsettling dreams for an hour or so.
Oh, and something's wrong with our water heater. And I really needed to wash my hair, because, well, there hadn't been anyone around to hold it back for me. I think I rinsed everything out of it, but I couldn't bring myself to properly wash it because the water was SO COLD. I'm hoping if I try early tomorrow there will be fewer people using hot water in the morning and there might be enough that I can wash my hair without freezing. There certainly wasn't enough hot water this afternoon.
Also, this was a terrible time to get sick. I've got tons of things I need to do, and losing a day set me back and added other things I need to do because I didn't do some of the first things in time. And of course, though I'm feeling way better, I'm still not thinking straight all the time and I get tired easily. This is proving to be a frustrating week.