Svart
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I'm sick and I've been alternating between being deathly lethargic to being wide awake at random times during the last 4 days. Right now I can barely type but I'm so incredibly wide awake that I'm not sure when I'll fall asleep.
Usually Benadryl puts me right to sleep but not when I'm sick. It seems to lessen the inflammation in the airways but doesn't put me out like it would normally. I can't take Nyquil because of the DXM in it which I am allergic to, besides nobody should take that shit anyway since it happens to be neurotoxic. Codeine is actually safer but that would be hypocritical right? Hey I have an idea, lets take a fairly safe opiate(you can't OD on codeine) and exchange it with a neurotoxic chemical simply because we want to say that ALL opiates are bad for you, including the ones that aren't really addictive or hurtful.
I thought I was getting better today but the fever came back for a couple hours and then disappeared again.
The guys at work are kinda worked up since I have been out sick since wednesday and we have an important project due. My partner on the project, the principle engineer and a consultant tried to fill in but they just don't have the feel for my tuner that I do.
But to that, the principle engineer sent me an email that stated that I should be into work extremely early on monday and be ready to "hit it hard" to try to finish yet he was one of the people freaking out about the Swine Flu and how anybody who is sick should stay out until they are 100% again.
At the rate I'm going I might be 65% on monday.
As for the sickness, it's definately an Influenza of some kind. I haven't been this sick in about 8 years when the Flu completely incapacitated me for 6 days. I think that was the sickest I have ever been. This isn't nearly that bad but it's worse than the colds I normally get yearly. I think the absolute worst part about it is the combination of lethargy and dizziness.
I woke up the other night to find myself soaking wet with sweat AND freezing my ass off at the same time. I attempted to get up so I could take more meds and take my temperature. As I swung my legs over the cat onto the edge of the bed an incredible spinning world of dizziness swept over me. It took me a few minutes to get myself ready to stand but only a second for my knees to get all wobbly with weakness. I bounced between walls going down the hallway, got my meds and then took my temp. 102F.
Back to bed with the AC blasting.
I must have done this 5 or 6 times during the night before waking to call in sick. I then did the same another 5 or 6 times during the following day as I attempted to sleep it off.
I moved myself and my pillows to the living room and proceeded to watch really bad FEARnet movies and pass in and out of sleep the rest of the day only getting up to evacuate my bowels, take meds and eat soup.
I was feeling better late on friday but I relapsed today with a fever breaking out again this evening. I took more meds and turned up the AC. The fever went away but I'm now wide awake and not in a good way.
I'm also bored.
blah.
Usually Benadryl puts me right to sleep but not when I'm sick. It seems to lessen the inflammation in the airways but doesn't put me out like it would normally. I can't take Nyquil because of the DXM in it which I am allergic to, besides nobody should take that shit anyway since it happens to be neurotoxic. Codeine is actually safer but that would be hypocritical right? Hey I have an idea, lets take a fairly safe opiate(you can't OD on codeine) and exchange it with a neurotoxic chemical simply because we want to say that ALL opiates are bad for you, including the ones that aren't really addictive or hurtful.
I thought I was getting better today but the fever came back for a couple hours and then disappeared again.
The guys at work are kinda worked up since I have been out sick since wednesday and we have an important project due. My partner on the project, the principle engineer and a consultant tried to fill in but they just don't have the feel for my tuner that I do.
But to that, the principle engineer sent me an email that stated that I should be into work extremely early on monday and be ready to "hit it hard" to try to finish yet he was one of the people freaking out about the Swine Flu and how anybody who is sick should stay out until they are 100% again.
At the rate I'm going I might be 65% on monday.
As for the sickness, it's definately an Influenza of some kind. I haven't been this sick in about 8 years when the Flu completely incapacitated me for 6 days. I think that was the sickest I have ever been. This isn't nearly that bad but it's worse than the colds I normally get yearly. I think the absolute worst part about it is the combination of lethargy and dizziness.
I woke up the other night to find myself soaking wet with sweat AND freezing my ass off at the same time. I attempted to get up so I could take more meds and take my temperature. As I swung my legs over the cat onto the edge of the bed an incredible spinning world of dizziness swept over me. It took me a few minutes to get myself ready to stand but only a second for my knees to get all wobbly with weakness. I bounced between walls going down the hallway, got my meds and then took my temp. 102F.
Back to bed with the AC blasting.
I must have done this 5 or 6 times during the night before waking to call in sick. I then did the same another 5 or 6 times during the following day as I attempted to sleep it off.
I moved myself and my pillows to the living room and proceeded to watch really bad FEARnet movies and pass in and out of sleep the rest of the day only getting up to evacuate my bowels, take meds and eat soup.
I was feeling better late on friday but I relapsed today with a fever breaking out again this evening. I took more meds and turned up the AC. The fever went away but I'm now wide awake and not in a good way.
I'm also bored.
blah.
