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Well, apparently that 'little head cold' last week either wasn't, or it kicked off another episode. Friday night, started getting a fever. Spent most of the weekend in bed with said fever (except for when ginkgo suggested we go see a movie to relax a bit and get out of the house - good suggestion - wiped me out though.)

So: fever chills/aches/sweats, lack of appetite, nausea, GI 'issues' again, and inability to sleep. I think I've had 7 hrs of sleep since Friday morning.

If ginkgo took any better care of me, I'd have to pay her for nursing duties.

Back at work today for a 1pm meeting, then heading home. But in the meantime, ginkgo brought me some Gatorade (I had to get *something* fluid in me, and salt water and plain water both were just making me more nauseated), some Ensure, and Gerber's Zwieback Toast. Whee! Maybe one of these days I can graduate to solid foods again. :P

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[jinasphinx.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! I didn't realize you had a disease-candidate, or that it had those characteristics. (Kinda figured it was exhaustion from several years in grad school.)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yeah, it seems to fit adrenal gland shutdown (or at least massive slowdown). Endocrinologist is looking at thyroid first it seems (which is fine - it mimics much of hypothyroidism due to lack of cortisol from the adrenals being available to convert T4 form thyroid hormone to T3 for use by the tissues, and hypothyroidism is much more common), but there are a number of other symptoms (like salt helping) that point at the adrenals.