Sick and busy don’t go together
I don’t know what is with me the last several months, but I’m sick AGAIN. I got that scratchy feeling in my throat on Friday, but I shrugged it off. Nobody I saw that day seemed sick. Saturday, I started to actually feel sick, with my throat getting sore to the point where I was coughing, and my body started feeling fatigued. I had to leave Kelvin’s dad birthday dinner early to get some rest and hopefully get better, as Rodney was coming over that night and we had an entire day at the movies the following day. Sunday, I felt pretty drowsy, and my throat was really hurting. I took Sudafed (which helped) and drank a ton of lemonade (a large fountain drink plus 4 refills worth, to be exact), so I wouldn’t die during the movies or cough and disturb other folks. Throughout the day, my voice varied, going back and forth from normal to hoarse to nonexistent. I made it through 3 movies (and probably at least a dozen bathroom trips), but couldn’t join Rodney and his friends for dinner. Instead, I went home and passed out, where I developed a fever. Later on, I dry-heaved several times over a toilet trying to cough up phlegm that wouldn’t come out. My coughing was painful and sucked up a lot of energy.
I ditched work today (missing several meetings) after waking up in the middle of the night restless and unable to sleep, and finding myself in the morning with a very painful sore throat (medicine must have worn off) and still feeling drowsy and warm. After several work emails in the morning, I took another nap and woke up feeling a little better. My back is still incredibly sore from the coughing/gagging (I think it’s mainly the gagging, as I recall in the past my abs would get sore from coughing). I didn’t really have any nasal issues before, but now I have all this crap in my nose. I feel really bad for Kelvin, as today was his first day at work at his new job, and he’s started to get the same symptoms that I have. I’m sorry :(
Note to self: Get flu shot next fall :P
New thing I learned today: The active drug in Sudafed for decongestion is pseudoephedrine, which is often used illegally in the manufacturing of meth. As a result, federal and state governments and pharmacies regulate the sales of the drug, requiring the buyer to sign waivers and show ID.
