I can't take it anymore!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Don't know if anyone's noticed, but I haven't been around the last few days...because I've been curled up in bed at my parents' house since Wednesday afternoon and just came home last night.

I started feeling sick on Sunday night, in the evening I was feeling really tired; I came home from dinner at my parents, and it was all I could do to put the sheets I had just washed back on my bed. I went to work Monday but I was feeling rather icky. Monday night I had a fever. I called out on Tuesday; I didn't have a fever when I woke up but I had a cough and headache and all kinds of fun stuff. Tuesday night my temp was 103.5; Wednesday morning it was 103.8, so I called out again and called the doctor. My mom picked me up (because I felt like death and wasn't up to driving) and took me to the doc, then brought me to their house, then went and picked up the prescription for Tamiflu that he gave me, along with some juice and Gatorade and other stuff. I spent the next few days in their spare bedroom, watching the Olympics and trying to sleep. Thursday night I was coughing so much I didn't sleep at all. My temp was up and down and up and down (though not close to 104 again, thank goodness).

Yesterday afternoon I was holding at around 99.1, and I decided to come home because my parents have a viewing to go to today (funeral tomorrow), which I can't go to because I can't risk getting people sick. On the way home we stopped and picked up something for coughing...which when I opened it I discovered that the bottle had leaked so I couldn't use it.

I woke up this morning with a 102.6 fever again. This is getting really old. I really can't miss another day of work (especially a Monday). My doctor's note excuses me through the end of last week (I've missed 4 days).

I took some Tylenol and my Tamiflu a little bit ago. Now I'm getting all sweaty so I think the fever is starting to break...again...I hate that part.

Please, please, please let this go away!

[Amina516]

Im so sorry BSE. I hope you get well soon. Youre doing all the right stuff.

*hugs and chicken soup*

[JustaCashier]

Hang in there, BSE....


Mike

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Sorry to hear it.

I still don't know what was worse from my battle with the flu (possibly swine) last November--actually being sick with the fever, headache, chills and uncontrollable shivering, or the week after all the main symptoms went away and I had to struggle through work feeling all draggy and exhausted.

The flu is a real bitch.

[Food Lady]

I haven't really been on the board, so I missed the absence of your usual hilarity. Sending hugs your way. Glad you have your parents nearby.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Well, so far I am planning to go to work tomorrow...still coughing and a little stuffy, but I don't feel so ... ill ... like I did. At the moment it feels like everything is above the neck - I'm not sweating and shivering at the same time, my temp stayed down through the afternoon, below 99, without meds since about 1:30. It went up a bit in the last hour or so, to 99.4, and I took some Tylenol and cough medicine with my Tamiflu just now for good measure, as I'm getting ready for bed. So fingers crossed that I can sleep through the night and wake up with a normal temp.

And yeah, my parents are great.

And so is my roomie - she was going to CVS this afternoon so she exchanged my leaky bottle of cough syrup for me.

[trailerparkmedic]

I'm glad you're feeling somewhat human again. I hope you're back to yourself soon.

**sends some more hugs and gatorade**

[BookstoreEscapee]

I'm glad you're feeling somewhat human again. I hope you're back to yourself soon.

**sends some more hugs and gatorade**

Thanks! The Gatorade is coming to work with me tomorrow (It's grape G2 - tastes like Kool-Aid)

[Jack T. Chance]

Sounds like a lousy way to spend a week. *sends chicken soup and *

[BookstoreEscapee]

Thanks, Jack, and I second your little user title there...Down with the Sickness!!!

Went to work today...my boss said on the way out that if I still feel bad tomorrow I shouldn't come in. His boss is coming on Wednesday or Thursday (not sure which, yet) and he'd rather I be there then, if I'm gonna miss any more work. I actually woke up with a 102 temp this morning, but I drugged myself up and dragged myself in. The temp came down pretty quickly and stayed down (though I was alternating Tylenol and ibuprofin for most of the day). If I have a fever again in the morning I'm calling out, taking some drugs and seeing if I can't sleep it off once and for all. Still coughing but it has calmed down a teensy bit in the last hour or so (knock on wood).

[RavenStarr]

* Sends more chicken soup*

[draggar]

It sounds like you had that flu that was going around here last year.

You feel horrible for a week (or longer) and when you start to get over it, it lingers in your system for WEEKS. No, you won't be sick but you'll feel slightly feverish, you'll cough and sneeze (like a bad allergy attack - my asthma was even kicking up a lot then).

The good news is that it'll get better (although slowly). Keep up with the Benadryl, NyQuil, Sudaphed, etc.

It sounds like you're past the worst part, too.

[Becks]

Thanks, Jack, and I second your little user title there...Down with the Sickness!!!

I've been really tempted to use that as my facebook status.

[Rine]

I'm recovering from the flu as well! My temps didn't stay that high for that long, but I was in bed for a full two days, having no energy at all (among other things), and have been weak thereafter...isn't tamiflu just so expensive?! I don't have health insurance, so I forked at 90 plus dollars for it, plus I had prescriptions for amoxicillin (double ear infections on top of the flu) and prednisone to take.

The cough is lingering...I hatehatehatehatehate it.

I'm sorry. I can't imagine having temps for that long and it sounds like you have a really nasty case...I hope you feel better soon!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Out sick again today...current temp is 102.4. Spent all day sleeping (on and off). Just dragged myself up for apple juice and jello and advil.

I woke up at 4am absolutely drenched in sweat. That was pleasant...