Feeling icky

Allergy season kicked in several weeks ago and as usual, I need to get my homeopathic remedy tweaked. I don't know if the environment changes or my immune system does, but every year I get symptom bleed through and need to have my doc change up the mix. I've been late getting to him about it this year, but my new one should be in the mail today. *fingers crossed*

I'm getting something new this year (at least in his arsenal) - a product based on plant stem cells. Or whatever plants have that are equivalent; I admit that my cell biology falls down at that point. I just hope it works!

I don't know if it's because I've been going longer on the old formula, but the last two weeks have been increasingly miserable. The congestion comes and goes and the sneezing is transitory, but the swelling in my throat glands has just been increasing, the itchiness is insane and I am so exhausted. I could literally curl up at any point in the day and sleep. My ability to concentrate or think properly is severely impaired. I'm not liking it, no siree.

But I really hope that it's just the allergies. Because Stuart has been experiencing a lot of the same symptoms and he half joked on the weekend that maybe he'd brought home Mono from work.  I feel reasonably confident that we don't have Mono (no fever) but given the shared symptoms... well, I guess I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that we're sharing some kind of infestation. Stuart has more sick leave than I do, so he's going in to the doctor to get them to run some tests. If he comes back positive for something communicable, then I'll go in and see if he's shared it. 

A small, sad, tired part of myself almost wishes it was something with a two or three week recovery time, so I could kick over to my short term leave and get a break from trying to function while I feel like this.