Lung issues/allergies

Background I've had lung and sinus issues like asthma and allergies for a while. They got worse during the pandemic and after but I was used to it. Things got bad last fall, I got sick with something that wasn't solidly identifiable but hammered me to where I was on a ton of meds for a while. It left me worse off with a new normal that wasn't great.

Today -Thursday, I'm still painfully awake yet- I'm doing a whole bunch of cleaning and holiday cooking. I was already tired from a rough nights sleep and an unpleasant shift in the weather. I anticipated some issues but nothing unmanageable. Instead I spent the entire day suffering, nasal issues constantly, multiple times taking an inhaler, taking every medicine that wouldn't knock me out. And in the end I still got a wicked sinus migraine that hit me hard and fast just as we were cleaning up. It literally made me sick to my stomach and put me down hard. Plus some stupid body aches that made getting comfortable hard.

I found out there were some extra scent triggers that were present that were way worse than anticipated even with attempts to vent the house and are still lingering at issue triggering levels. It's ridiculous because even venting was a problem because of the cold air also being a trigger. It's worse because it was a collection of things instead of one clear illness or condition that was able to be identified, named, and treated. It's not a clear obvious disability, just stupid body crap rising to the level of disabling.

The holiday went off well despite my impairment though tomorrow may suck as I have work in less than 5 hours. Not retail or any black Friday affected service but still early and requiring focus. I feel stupidly disabled and worse because this level of impairment is both unusual and a terrifying new possibility.

Thanks for listening to my rant.