Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Gross and Disgusting

So this past Monday I was diagnosed with Hand/Foot/Mouth virus. But unfortunately it's all in my mouth. It's quite possibly the worst thing I've ever had to deal with. I have sores on my lips, gums, cheeks, tongue and back of my throat. It hurts to breathe, drink, and swallow. It hurts to eat, which I thought would be a bonus and I could drop a few pounds, but no. The things I can eat are ice cream, pudding, etc. Basically it sucks.
I thought you could only get this disease if you touched someone with an open sore, but no! It's transferred through the air just like the common cold!! My doctor said I probably got it from a shopping cart or something! So word to the wise, use those wipes to clean the handles!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nasty! JK, I love you with or without sores. Tom

Anonymous said...

Poor girl!! Hunter had something similar to this and he had the sores in the back of his throat too. He was miserable. The doc said he probably got it from a shopping cart too. Sucks to hear you are so sick. Hope you feel better soon!

Katie

Anonymous said...

I am NEVER touching a shopping cart again!! SICK!!

Anonymous said...

Kelly-
I thought Ella was getting this once but she only had one or two sores. I didn't like the looks of it. Sorry you had to get it!! Hope you feel better soon. Definitely will make sure the carts get wiped. I have been slack before.

Take care of yourself and I hope it is over soon!!

Heather