What else? Sickness. I'm miserable. And you know the kind of sick you are when you don't want to eat? Well, I found yesterday even though I felt horrible and my throat hurts, I still wanted to eat lots of food.
damn it!!
So I didn't feel 100% on the weekend, but nothing had really set in except I felt a little down and noticed a bit more mucus in the nasal/throat area. Nothing too major. I woke up on Monday feeling fine, except I didn't want to go to work as per usual.
My carpooling buddy on the other hand sounded near death on Monday morning and she went to work anyway. I breathed in her toxic fumes all the way to and from work, and then on Tuesday night I awoke in the middle of the night with the most ghastly sore throat.
Tuesday morning I try to convince myself that once I gargle with aspro clear and spray my throat down with Difflam (an anti-inflammatory for the throat) that I would be able to work. You know I talk on the phone all day right? Right.
I got to work and was there for a total of 30 minutes before I realized that I had a fever and was shaking. Plus the aspro clear and Difflam weren't exactly working. I had to go home. And of course at home I ate soup, and vita wheat crackers with peanut butter, rice crackers, and then some roast veggies. For dinner I had more soup, but I still felt like I could not stop eating.
So last night I call the carpooling buddy to tell her I'm going to the doctor today and she tells me she has laryngitis. Yay! I could have the same I guess, but I still have my voice, probably because I was smart enough to go home yesterday. It is probably just a virus. I'm hoping for a speedier recovery. Her doctor told her to take the whole week off of work. I have tomorrow as a rostered day off, but I am hoping I can go back for Friday because I don't think I have enough sick leave to get paid for all of this.
As for the diet? Well I can say I haven't been focused on it since I ate a lot yesterday. Today I'm not as hungry but my throat feels different than yesterday, it is more scratchy and the head is more stuffed. I haven't weighed myself so that is a good thing.
I think I may write this week off and allow myself to be sick without stressing myself out over it.
damn it!!
So I didn't feel 100% on the weekend, but nothing had really set in except I felt a little down and noticed a bit more mucus in the nasal/throat area. Nothing too major. I woke up on Monday feeling fine, except I didn't want to go to work as per usual.
My carpooling buddy on the other hand sounded near death on Monday morning and she went to work anyway. I breathed in her toxic fumes all the way to and from work, and then on Tuesday night I awoke in the middle of the night with the most ghastly sore throat.
Tuesday morning I try to convince myself that once I gargle with aspro clear and spray my throat down with Difflam (an anti-inflammatory for the throat) that I would be able to work. You know I talk on the phone all day right? Right.
I got to work and was there for a total of 30 minutes before I realized that I had a fever and was shaking. Plus the aspro clear and Difflam weren't exactly working. I had to go home. And of course at home I ate soup, and vita wheat crackers with peanut butter, rice crackers, and then some roast veggies. For dinner I had more soup, but I still felt like I could not stop eating.
So last night I call the carpooling buddy to tell her I'm going to the doctor today and she tells me she has laryngitis. Yay! I could have the same I guess, but I still have my voice, probably because I was smart enough to go home yesterday. It is probably just a virus. I'm hoping for a speedier recovery. Her doctor told her to take the whole week off of work. I have tomorrow as a rostered day off, but I am hoping I can go back for Friday because I don't think I have enough sick leave to get paid for all of this.
As for the diet? Well I can say I haven't been focused on it since I ate a lot yesterday. Today I'm not as hungry but my throat feels different than yesterday, it is more scratchy and the head is more stuffed. I haven't weighed myself so that is a good thing.
I think I may write this week off and allow myself to be sick without stressing myself out over it.
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I'm suffering today.... cold weather equals hunger syndrome? Ugh.
Feh. It happens. Get as much sleep as you possibly can, you poor thing!
I read somewhere that once you are exposed to a cold/flu virus, you really can't prevent yourself from getting sick, you can only lessen the severity depending on how active your immune system is at the moment. Blah!