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My legs and hips started hurting badly on Wednesday, after several days of going back and forth between somewhat painful and OK, and my back also started hurting around then. Adrian said on Wednesday that she thought I should call Carmen, which I actually did yesterday, because I felt no better that the day before.
I spoke to Carmen over video this afternoon, and her tentative diagnosis is RSV, partly because things started feeling much worse on Wednesday, and because my symptom last night apparently apparently low fever (which Adrian remembered to mention, and is based on her noticing how warm my forehead was last night, and diarrhea, both of which are common symptoms of RSV but don't fit with any sort of orthopedic issue.
To the extent that I was expecting anything in particular from this appointment, it was either a referral to a specialist, or a prescription for a muscle relaxant. Based on the RSV diagnosis, Carmen's instructions are just to keep hydrated, and move gently to the extent possible. Adrian sat next to me on the couch during the appointment, and I'm very glad she did, because I hadn't remembered the possible fever, and because she helped me remember what happened when.
Carmen thinks that if this is RSV, I most likely picked it up at the airport on my way home from Montreal, rather than at the dentist's, not that it makes much difference either way. Carmen told me to call back on Monday if I'm still sick, at which point she might want to send me to have blood drawn. If I am feeling better, as we hope, I will send her a MyChart message.
ETA Saturday morning: Per the after-visit summary in MyChart, "patient will call Monday if not improved," which is different from the "call if I'm still feeling sick" in my notes. So, if I'm not feeling better Monday, call. If I am, but not well, either call or a MyChart message, consider the matter on Monday. Right now (Saturday morning) I am a bit better than last night, but worse than at the same point yesterday morning. (I sat in a chair near the stove while the kettle was boiling and the tea was steeping; yesterday I felt well enough to stand up and do some dishes. Adrian was definitely feeling better yesterday evening than the day before, and we bought some paper plates yesterday, both of which reduce the need for me to do dishes--but I wasn't thinking about that while making tea. I was thinking about how my knees felt.
I spoke to Carmen over video this afternoon, and her tentative diagnosis is RSV, partly because things started feeling much worse on Wednesday, and because my symptom last night apparently apparently low fever (which Adrian remembered to mention, and is based on her noticing how warm my forehead was last night, and diarrhea, both of which are common symptoms of RSV but don't fit with any sort of orthopedic issue.
To the extent that I was expecting anything in particular from this appointment, it was either a referral to a specialist, or a prescription for a muscle relaxant. Based on the RSV diagnosis, Carmen's instructions are just to keep hydrated, and move gently to the extent possible. Adrian sat next to me on the couch during the appointment, and I'm very glad she did, because I hadn't remembered the possible fever, and because she helped me remember what happened when.
Carmen thinks that if this is RSV, I most likely picked it up at the airport on my way home from Montreal, rather than at the dentist's, not that it makes much difference either way. Carmen told me to call back on Monday if I'm still sick, at which point she might want to send me to have blood drawn. If I am feeling better, as we hope, I will send her a MyChart message.
ETA Saturday morning: Per the after-visit summary in MyChart, "patient will call Monday if not improved," which is different from the "call if I'm still feeling sick" in my notes. So, if I'm not feeling better Monday, call. If I am, but not well, either call or a MyChart message, consider the matter on Monday. Right now (Saturday morning) I am a bit better than last night, but worse than at the same point yesterday morning. (I sat in a chair near the stove while the kettle was boiling and the tea was steeping; yesterday I felt well enough to stand up and do some dishes. Adrian was definitely feeling better yesterday evening than the day before, and we bought some paper plates yesterday, both of which reduce the need for me to do dishes--but I wasn't thinking about that while making tea. I was thinking about how my knees felt.
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