As I write I am lying in a hospital bed and it’s 3am. I was rushed in here 48 hours ago and this is the first time that I have been able to stare at some light longer than a minute or so due to the ridiculously intense headache that has accompanied me since I arrived.
It happened very suddenly – on Monday afternoon I started to feel a bit cold, when I tried to warm myself up in a hot bath my skin hurt, and by 3am I was lying under a duvet, shivering violently.
The doctors thought it was meningitis, then pneumonia, and now they think it’s a kidney infection combined with some sort of virus that has spread throughout my body. It must have been there for a while too, but I have ignored it with work being such a massive priority recently…
Luckily, after what seems like endless bags of saline solution and antibiotics through a drip in my arm, and some lovely food from my mum and sister (who drove 100 miles yesterday to see me) i’m beginning to feel better. The Bloke has been wonderful – helping me shower, making sure the cats are ok, messaging my mum – he must be absolutely shattered bless him! I’m also very lucky in that i’m in a private room with a fabulous view, which i hadn’t been able to appreciate until now!
I’m not going to be able to reply to your messages yet I’m afraid, but I’m looking forward to getting this bloody drip out of my arm, going home to The Bloke and the cats and catching up on your posts!
Hope you’re all doing well!
Suzie Speaks 
Sorry to hear that Suzie, I blame the kids, after my first ever week in a school, my weekend was laying in bed with a hacking cough, runny nose, the squits, the nits I also brought home was ill, I could hear them coughing and sneezing in my temperature induced hallucinations. 😉
Get better soon my friend and don’t forget to remind the nursing staff that you are a famous blogger and you may write about your NHS hospital experience, lets see how quick you get all the attention that you require. hahaha 🙂
Take care, God bless 🙂
You write pretty well for all you’ve been through. Glad you are getting better.
Sorry to hear that, must have been very scary. Get well soon.
How nice to have such caring relatives and your bloke sounds like one in a million. Take care , hope you get your wish and are soon back home. I went to the doctors last year and was transferred to hospital to have an operation. I didn’t know whether I was on my head or my heels. It’s frightening and unfortunately I live alone.
Get well soon
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Hope you feel better soon!!
Get well soon!
Suzie, please take care of yourself and get well soon. So sorry to hear that you are sick.
Well wishes Suzie! I was just wondering why I haven’t seen a post from you in my feed lately. Do get well!
Same here! I was wondering where you had gone. Get well soon!
Get well soon!!!
Yikes! Sounds scary – glad you’re on the mend. Best wishes, and feel better soon!
Get better, Suzie. Don’t worry about responding to comments, just take care of you.
Wishing you a quick recovery. Thank you for sharing this– we never know what the people around us are going through, which makes kindness so important.
Thank goodness, the infection was caught in time… Get well soon!
Wishing you a speedy and full recovery. Best wishes. Get well soon. 🙂
Get well soon girly! *hugs
Oh gosh! Glad you are okay and hope you feel better soon!
Suzie, wishing you the best from an ocean away. This is what happens when there are good teachers in the world. We work too hard. Sleep, sleep, sleep.
Very strange – I had very similar symptoms last week and it turned out to be a reaction to antibiotics I was prescribed! Photosensitivity is awful. Get well soon! x
Rest up!
Hope you get to feeling better!
I hope you feel better soon! Even though it sucks to be in the hospital take the opportunity to sleep as much as possible! The hospital is the only place where people will not wake you up!! 🙂
It must’ve been incredibly scary. I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better and hope you’re 100% quickly!
So sorry to hear about your “rubbish days.” I hope that you are getting the best care at the hospital that is available. I’m sure you are by the Bloke and your Mum. Don’t worry about answering comments. Everyone understands, and hopes you will be getting home very soon, and feeling so much better. Cheers! 😉
My first time here, but I do hope you feel better soon!
Sending a prayer your way and for your wonderful Bloke! Take care and I hope you are feeling better soon.
No need to respond Suzie, I am just sending good wishes for you recuperation and return to good health.
Yikes! Get well soon! I’ll say a prayer for you…
Hope you are out of there soon. If any of the medical staff give you substandard care, get someone in your family, someone who likes to blow off steam frequently, have at ’em. We nurses sometimes lose our sensitivity and need a bop on the head!
Wow hope all is well… Just reading this reminded me if myself and how I put work before my health but I learned the hard way… Take some time to relax and worry about your health… Gud luck.
Ouch! Know all about that…prioritizing work over health! Get well soon.
Oh, Suzie, hope you’re feeling better soon and out and about. take it easy. No rushing back to the chalk face till you’re fully mended. Hugs.x
Oh no. 😦 I hope you are feeling a bit better, lovely! So glad to hear you have The Bloke and your mom and sister to help you out. Praying it’s fixed soon and you can get back to normal.
xo!
I hope that you are going to be back ‘in the pink’ soon! So sorry to hear about this, and feel bad I read your posts, yet didn’t wish you well… Better late than never, but sincerely hope you are doing/feeling better! Hugs, Robin
What an awful experience, tho I know that you’re now on the mend.
And glad to know that, for sure!
Sorry to hear you’re in the hospital! Hope you’re feeling better soon!