It's my birthday... and my first present is a plague from Grandfather Nurgle, by way of Andromeda. She had a cold over the weekend, and just as she was starting to get over it, she stuck her fingers in my mouth when we were playing. I knew I was doomed, and sure enough, the next day I started coming down with symptoms. My condition fluctuates; my ( Read more... )

I went home early today due to feeling like utter shit at work. Fatigue, drainage, body aches, sore throat, all kinds of fun. I don't know if it's just due to the weather changing, or if something's been going around, but whatever it was wore me out something fierce. Got home around 2, hit the bed shortly thereafter, and didn't wake up again until ( Read more... )

My back went out while I was in the bathroom. I think it's just a muscle spasm or cramp, but my back is in sheer agony. I can barely walk right now, and that's on an even floor with nothing being carried - I don't know how I'll do with my 12+ pound backpack full o' laptop going down a flight of stairs. I just popped 3 ibuprofen, so hopefully that' ( Read more... )

The doctor gave me the official diagnosis on my rash: a severe case of poison ivy. Way to go, me. There must have been some in the vines I was pulling/trimming from the sidebox two weeks ago, and thanks to the time-delayed nature of poison ivy, it didn't start making itself known until we were on vacation. That's also why the big patch on my side ( Read more... )

The rash, which was subsiding, decided to come back with a vengeance, so I decided it was time to call in the authorities. The doctor (who I didn't actually see today, due to being booked solid for the day) hooked me up with some prescription cortical steroids, told me to take antihistimines (she recommended generic Zyrtec), and told me to come ( Read more... )

It seems like everybody on my flist is talking about working out and/or losing weight right about now. I need to get back into my workout routine (I was bad over the weekend) and do more strength training and aerobics (hooray for Wii Fit). I'm at 220-225 right now, depending on which scale I check, and I'd like to get down to 180-190. The biggest ( Read more... )

I finished my antibiotics on Saturday, and I'm mostly over this crud that I've had (which apparently I inadvertently passed along to 
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I've got antibiotics now, and I'm starting to feel better. My nose still gets horribly clogged, and I'm still coughing up green blobs of unpleasantness, but I am on the mend. I'm also to use my "rescue" inhaler twice a day to open up my lungs a bit. It's unfortunate that I had to use up two days of paid time off - one for 
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Okay, not really. Still, though, the upper respiratory illness that laid 
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During my last pre-inhaler soccer game, I managed about 10 minutes on the field in the first half, and about 5 in the second half.

In tonight's game, I was out of the game only four or five minutes out of forty-five minutes of play. I'd say that's a clear improvement. :)