Mastitis...
(need I say more?)
Right now I am so sore I can barely move. There isn't a part of my body that's not in misery. My head is throbbing, every muscle aches, and one minute I'm shivering uncontrolably, and the next I'm sweating like a race horse. If I get up too fast I get so dizzy I almost fall over. My lungs feel like they'll collapse if I breathe in too deep, and my left breast looks and feels as though it were hit by a baseball bat... and not just any ol' hit, I'm talkin a real slugger here. If it was really a ball in an actual game, it not only would've been a homerun, but probably would've shot clear out of the whole stadium!
And all the while, my sweet little Chloe' has chosen this day of all days to give up on her near perfect sleeping schedule... but as hard on me as that is, I consider it a blessing from God, seeing as that's a very important factor in recovering from this, is to nurse your baby as often as possible... and given the fact that she hardly ever goes as long as I would want her to, and usually sleeps 2 hours inbetween every feeding, that's probably how the whole thing started... A plugged duct from improper draining. Plus I haven't been rotating her like I should. I forgot that it was really important. I thought it would just alleviate soreness, of which I had none. Well, live and learn I guess.
The real kicker is this all had to happen the day after my mom leaves! What luck eh? Well the good news is my saint of a husband is home to help me, and take care of me. The funny thing is he decided to drop out of shcool for (just for this semester) that morning, before any of the symptoms had started. So again it was like God send. The only thing to take up his time besides tending to me is him looking for a job, which he does online, so he's still here, and I'm not alone, and I don't have to lift a finger... well I almost don't. My dear little one acts as though she's near starving... something I was wishing for weeks ago. Oh well. at least I can say, slow but sure, my life seems to be falling in line. I don't want to sound too critical, but it had been my request that Ed not go to school this semester anyway, before we moved to Sacramento, knowing that I'd be having a baby (#2 at that), and we could use the extra money from him just working. Well he had agreed at first, but had decided to just take one class, so he could keep up on his math, and still be able to work... but over time that turned in to 3 classes, one being very hard math, with a very strict teacher, and piano and spanish... him thinking the latter two wouldn't have much homework requirements... Well it might not have been too bad except that 2 months later, and still no job, and him worried about me so much he could hardly keep up with any of it anyway. Then with us going to Tahoe, he took off a whole week from school, which at first seemed ok, but by the time we got back he was convinced he wouldn't be able to keep his grades up. So no grant money this semester, but it's better than having to pay it all back if he had failed his classes. Again, live and learn
Well, if I had finished this post sooner I wouldn't have gotten to share the lovely fact that we just lost our EBT card. If you don't know what that is, it's the card that has our foodstamps and cash aid on it, (what we're basically surviving on at the moment) and the only way to get another one is to hang out at the welfare office all day, litterally. Not something someone wants to do in my condition. Ed thinks maybe he left it at the bank (you can use it at regular atm's), and he's on his way there now on his bike in the hopes that he'll find it... he used the outside atm, so hopefully either nobody else used that one since then (very unlikely), or else any and everyone that did notice it there, left it there... seeing as the bank is closed... I guess if someone brought it inside we might be able to get it tomarrow... but another hope, mainly, is that no one took it, or that it wasn't dropped in some random spot never to be found by us...
All in all I'm determined not to let any of this get me down... but I can say, I'm having a real tough time with it. Please pray for us. Mostly I hope to not get thrush on top of the Mastitis, fom the antibiotics I have to take... But also, we really need our card, and we lost the keys to our car in Tahoe, and my friend flies in tonight... perfect timing eh? ya.. atough time indeed... HELP!!!
Right now I am so sore I can barely move. There isn't a part of my body that's not in misery. My head is throbbing, every muscle aches, and one minute I'm shivering uncontrolably, and the next I'm sweating like a race horse. If I get up too fast I get so dizzy I almost fall over. My lungs feel like they'll collapse if I breathe in too deep, and my left breast looks and feels as though it were hit by a baseball bat... and not just any ol' hit, I'm talkin a real slugger here. If it was really a ball in an actual game, it not only would've been a homerun, but probably would've shot clear out of the whole stadium!
And all the while, my sweet little Chloe' has chosen this day of all days to give up on her near perfect sleeping schedule... but as hard on me as that is, I consider it a blessing from God, seeing as that's a very important factor in recovering from this, is to nurse your baby as often as possible... and given the fact that she hardly ever goes as long as I would want her to, and usually sleeps 2 hours inbetween every feeding, that's probably how the whole thing started... A plugged duct from improper draining. Plus I haven't been rotating her like I should. I forgot that it was really important. I thought it would just alleviate soreness, of which I had none. Well, live and learn I guess.
The real kicker is this all had to happen the day after my mom leaves! What luck eh? Well the good news is my saint of a husband is home to help me, and take care of me. The funny thing is he decided to drop out of shcool for (just for this semester) that morning, before any of the symptoms had started. So again it was like God send. The only thing to take up his time besides tending to me is him looking for a job, which he does online, so he's still here, and I'm not alone, and I don't have to lift a finger... well I almost don't. My dear little one acts as though she's near starving... something I was wishing for weeks ago. Oh well. at least I can say, slow but sure, my life seems to be falling in line. I don't want to sound too critical, but it had been my request that Ed not go to school this semester anyway, before we moved to Sacramento, knowing that I'd be having a baby (#2 at that), and we could use the extra money from him just working. Well he had agreed at first, but had decided to just take one class, so he could keep up on his math, and still be able to work... but over time that turned in to 3 classes, one being very hard math, with a very strict teacher, and piano and spanish... him thinking the latter two wouldn't have much homework requirements... Well it might not have been too bad except that 2 months later, and still no job, and him worried about me so much he could hardly keep up with any of it anyway. Then with us going to Tahoe, he took off a whole week from school, which at first seemed ok, but by the time we got back he was convinced he wouldn't be able to keep his grades up. So no grant money this semester, but it's better than having to pay it all back if he had failed his classes. Again, live and learn
Well, if I had finished this post sooner I wouldn't have gotten to share the lovely fact that we just lost our EBT card. If you don't know what that is, it's the card that has our foodstamps and cash aid on it, (what we're basically surviving on at the moment) and the only way to get another one is to hang out at the welfare office all day, litterally. Not something someone wants to do in my condition. Ed thinks maybe he left it at the bank (you can use it at regular atm's), and he's on his way there now on his bike in the hopes that he'll find it... he used the outside atm, so hopefully either nobody else used that one since then (very unlikely), or else any and everyone that did notice it there, left it there... seeing as the bank is closed... I guess if someone brought it inside we might be able to get it tomarrow... but another hope, mainly, is that no one took it, or that it wasn't dropped in some random spot never to be found by us...
All in all I'm determined not to let any of this get me down... but I can say, I'm having a real tough time with it. Please pray for us. Mostly I hope to not get thrush on top of the Mastitis, fom the antibiotics I have to take... But also, we really need our card, and we lost the keys to our car in Tahoe, and my friend flies in tonight... perfect timing eh? ya.. atough time indeed... HELP!!!
posted by 1weirdgirl at 5:42 PM
4 Comments:
Hey girl
Been there, done that with the mastitis. Ouch.
you sound like you have it MUCH worse, though. Doesn't it sound like a disease farm animals get? Hang in there girly, I love you!
"All in all I'm determined not to let any of this get me down... "
"That a girl! Put a good face on it!"
(remember Puddleglum from Narnia?)
But yikes! I will be praying for you.
You're in our prayers every day and I know you have the faith and determination to make it through. I love and miss you.
okay, so here's the deal. i don't know if you know any of this already, but i had thrush, then clogged ducts, then the thrush was gone then mastitis,antibiotics, then thrush again, then more clogged ducts! so if you want to avoid the clogged causer of all other things, a nursing consultant told me to take 1200 mg of lecithin (health food store) three times a day. i swear it helps. i still take it as a preventer of clogged ducts once every day, and more if i feel something getting a little sore. i hate nursing in different positions, but it really helps the clogs too, just point her chin at the clog, which can sometimes be acrobatic, but it totally helps, especially if you massage the duct while shes nursing. well, you may already know all this, but if you didn't it was worth it to help you avoid another "situation" oh yeah, to avoid thrush,especially while on the anti's get some probiotics, like the capsules you keep in the fridge, and avoid sugars as much as you can and simple carbs too! love you and hope you feel better soon! (now i've rambled on your blog)
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