a kernel of truth in an pound of pain

I fell ill Thursday evening, missing work first Friday and now Monday as well, spiking a fever of 103.3 some point on Saturday. I will be making an appointment with my doctor when his office opens this morning. To spite my efforts, I am still running dehydrated, so I ache. Everywhere. And I have done […]

flu fashion friday

Drum: Ouiser, you look like hammered shit.Ouiser: Don’t you talk to me like that!Drum: Oh, I’m sorry. You look like regular shit. There you have it; I can’t always be on the nines… I couldn’t even bear the idea of removing the robe before the sweater, when the chills started. I did get out to […]

I got chills, they’re multiplying…

But, luckily, my bowels have yet to lose control… I have influenza A, after a second day off (not in a row) and a doctor’s appointment this afternoon. The parts of the quotient that add to the dilemma? One, my doctor informed me that although the CDC suggests that contagion runs for seven days, a […]

off to bed or else I might cry…

I am sick; it seems so often so far this year… I do not entirely understand it. To me, a flu is: fever, aches, chills. A cold is: sore throat, congestion and, when not tended to, crap moving into the chest… Monday, I ended the day with chills and shakes, slept through the night, got up […]

following up – a deeper thought

The worst of it has passed; the fever has broken. I am mending, although every four hours, the OTC decongestant expires and a kick-boxing ninja’s foot hits me square in the ribs… There is something of which I have been aware for most of the passing week that I am only just now comprehending… I have to […]

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the weekend – recounted between twenty minute dashes

I have had a full weekend, with a lot of the best and a handful of the worst. Tommy and Morgan stayed in the studio over the weekend for John’s service and wake. It is never a good cause for a get-together, but I was happy to see them again. John’s pseudo-niece and her husband were here, too, […]

calling off

I am staying home today. I am going back to bed. Blergh.

the strangeness that is my body

For all the health problems I have had, my body is an amazing thing: how it works and what it can fight off astounds me on a regular basis.Of course, I have learned not to fight against what it needs. Last night, after each trip to the toilet, I took an anti-diarrheal pill (as is […]

ugh.

*cue aches* *cue chills* *cue tremors* *cue frantic trips to the toilet every fifteen minutes* Ugh. Good thing my body and I have a strong mutual understanding: I will gladly sit upon the toilet for an eight hour stretch so long as I do not ever need to bow before it. Ugh.