In sickness and in unhealth

I couldn't think of anything to write about so I decided this is the post where I get to whine......a lot. In addition to being fat which is mostly my fault, I have a variety of pain in the ass chronic illnesses. I say being fat is mostly my fault because I have Polycystic Ovaries (PCOS) which is associated with obesity because the testosterone to estrogen ratio is out of whack (obscure medical term). However, I'm pretty sure the Ding Dongs I used to eat in the closet had a lot to do with the size of my ass. PCOS also causes infertility but I was lucky enough to have two boys through the wonders of modern medicine. Can I just say that having sex when your ovaries have been forced by medication to spit out an egg is not the first thing on my list? Anyway, I also have a mild form of Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID). I say mild because when I researched CVID, I discovered my IgG levels nor my infections were not nearly as bad as the people on the internet. Besides, as my doctors will tell you, I like to minimize my illnesses so I don't spend my entire life in bed feeling sorry for myself. Feeling sorry for yourself is non-productive and brings in almost no income; not to mention people start to avoid you like the plague if you start telling people your temperature every day. I have had three sinus surgeries and two PICC (long-term IV catheters) for antibiotics. I also received infusions of immune globulin (IViG) one winter until the insurance company agreed with my diagnosis of she's-not-sick-enough-for-this-expensive-shit and refused to pay for any more. Long story short, I have chronic daily fevers and sinus pain that varies from background noise to just fucking shoot me now.

Fast forward to this week. The fevers have been higher than normal which means I probably have something acute as opposed to my usual chronic fevers. Usually I can tasted (yuk) when my sinuses are infected but not this time so I don't know what the hell is wrong. The pain has been no worse than usual except I'm pretty sure I had an ovarian cyst this morning that made me wonder if I was going to be able to get out of the shower (thankfully, that pain only lasted about an hour). It was all I could do to stay upright at work today but I made it. If I can just make it through two more days, I get six off to rest.