The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

Myself my ENEMY

Temperature: NORMAL-LOW.
No sign of Lyme disease, thyroid malfunction.
FEELING of high fever.
CHILLS.
No more than usual environmental pollutants.
COUGHING, SORE THROAT, WHEEZING, PHLEGM.
DIFFICULTY breathing.
Eyes corrected to infinity, one foot, two foot.
Eyes BURNING, FEELING of heat.
Need: chest x-ray, prognosis: normal.
FEELING of pneumonia, wet lungs.
Medication: aspirin/caffeine/codeine.
Medication: acetaminophen/caffeine/codeine.
FEELING of headache, thick-headedness.
DIFFICULTY moving around: slight stumbling.
DIFFICULTY focusing.
DIFFICULTY falling asleep.
Extreme DIFFICULTY waking.
Extreme INSOMNIA.
WAKING at night with sense of EXTREME FEVER.
No sign of migraine or migraine light-show.
FEELING of slight burning sensation on skin.
TINNITUS louder than usual.
HEARING worse than usual, sounds muffled.
WAKING from troubled sleep: two melatonin.
DIFFICULTY moving from bed, slight stumbling.
Current treatment: levothyroxine .025 mg.
Effect of treatment: nothing noticeable.
Psychosomatic illness: RULED OUT.
Hypochondria: RULED OUT.
WELBUTRIN: 150 mg, no effect.
Medication for HEARTBURN and CHOLESTEROL.
Possibility: LOW-GRADE infection.
Possibility: AUTO-IMMUNE problem.
Occasional feeling of NAUSEA in the morning.
Occasional earaches.
MENTAL STATE: clear, occasional confusion.
Slight occasional FEELING of exhilaration.
MUSCLE WEAKNESS.
CFS: RULED OUT.
Neural malfunction: RULED OUT.
Slight WEIGHT GAIN held in check with difficulty.
WEIGHT: normal.
Extreme difficulty BREATHING when running.
Good lower body STRENGTH.
STRESS and DEPRESSION from ongoing undiagnosed illness.