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My doctor sent me for bloodwork on Wednesday morning since I have had a 99.1 to 100.3 fever for ten days (we are on 12 now). She is going to test for Lyme Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis among other bloodwork tests. I thought it might be Hand, Foot, and Mouth since I have developed in the last two days five small bumps on fingers of my two hands. They are painful to touch or put pressure on but they aren't itchy or very big. In fact, they are hard to see; I can sure feel them when I pick something up, though. The doctor disagreed since the bumps came too late after the start of the fever.

The fever has me pretty rundown. I think it is gone and then it spikes back up again. Tylenol can keep it at bay for about five hours but then it is back around 99.8 or a bit higher. It tends to stay around the 99.3 to 99.8 level. I get the sweats during the 99.5 to 99.9 and it is uncomfortable. I get aches and chills when it hits the 100 mark and higher. I have had the fever so long now that I can predict fairly accurately what my temperature is to the tenth of a degree. It's been a bit amazing.

I tried staying home two different days last week but gave in when the fever didn't break and nothing else surfaced. Schools have a thing about fevers but since I am being reviewed by a doctor they seem satisfied. The nurse sadly said that I will probably have to get worse before we know what is wrong. I wish it could just be the flu and that I worried over nothing. My brain and the internet have given me everything from cancer, to aids, to meningitis. The internet can be a dangerous item when your ill.

I'll let all know when I know. Dang, I wish the fever would just go away!