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Fell off the clue wagon
Jan. 5th, 2008 04:32 amAfter laying in bed since midnight and shivering in spite of layers of thick blankets and a warmth-radiating husband, I decided to get up and check my temperature at 4:10am. My ordinary body temperature is more like 97, sometimes a bit higher and sometimes a bit lower. When I see 98.6 on a temperature gauge, this means I have a fever of about a degree (though I have the devil of a time convincing doctors of this).
At 4:10am I had finally stopped shivering. You would think that uncontrollable shivering for hours on end would strike some sort alarm. But no! I still thought my sleepy eyes were playing tricks on me when I tried to read the thermometer. 102.
Oops.
So, now I'm taking aspirin at regular intervals. I'm not sure what "regular" entails. The label on the bottle says "1 to 2 pills every 4 hours" and "do not exceed 12 tablets in 24 hours." I plan on a pill every thirty minutes until my fever starts going down. CNN says that I should not call a doctor until my fever is over 104.
Joy. Time for another temperature check.
At 4:10am I had finally stopped shivering. You would think that uncontrollable shivering for hours on end would strike some sort alarm. But no! I still thought my sleepy eyes were playing tricks on me when I tried to read the thermometer. 102.
Oops.
So, now I'm taking aspirin at regular intervals. I'm not sure what "regular" entails. The label on the bottle says "1 to 2 pills every 4 hours" and "do not exceed 12 tablets in 24 hours." I plan on a pill every thirty minutes until my fever starts going down. CNN says that I should not call a doctor until my fever is over 104.
Joy. Time for another temperature check.
