Cold and Flu Season 2009
So, while I'm spending another weekend this fall feeling miserable I thought I would at least log when I started feeling sick and for how long.
On Sept. 22nd I started to have a really severe sore throat, but no cough, a dull headache, and felt a little ache-y. I called in to work on Sept 23rd, went to the doctor and was tested for strep throat. Negative. I also called in the 24th, and the 25th, spent the weekend (26th and 27th) being sick with was presented itself as a severe cold and sinus infection. I felt sort of all right on Monday, but I was offered to swap a shift on Wednesday the 30th for working Sunday, the 4th. So, needless to say, I started to feel a lot better and the sore throat didn't come back and my sinuses were cleared up.
So, brining it up to speed. On Oct 7th (exactly two weeks after the onset of my cold/sinus symtoms) I started to feel a bit of an irritation in my chest and the need to cough, but not hard. By the evening of the 8th I was coughing more frequently, but it felt like I had breathed in dust or some sort of allergen was irritating me. Oct 9th I was eating cough drops like candy and had a headache from hell that comes along with coughing really hard. Nothing was coming up from my lungs, but I was feeling really run down and could barely concentrate at work close to the end of the night. I put in for personal time and left work at 8pm. By the time 10pm rolled around I was so miserable I didn't even realize I had a fever. My friend Danny and her boyfriend Shane took me to walgreens so I could pick up a few things to prepare for the misery that would soon follow. I am trying to get an idea of how long this shit is going to last. I can't afford to miss any more work and I'm kicking myself for not opting for a flu shot (for free) offered through work. Damn it!
I had a fever of 100 F last night, and when I woke up this morning, I took my temperature and it was a little over 101 F. Throughout the day it's been bouncing around 100 F, even after taking some ibuprofen. I don't mind feeling run down, but it's the fact that I have a cough that just won't quit. I can't work at a call center and spend half the day putting people on hold or muting the damn call to cough my head off. I took a look at the CDC's website as to what they recommend on the flu. www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/exclusion.htm
Anyway, so here I am, miserable and a week away from my 27th birthday. This really, really sucks. I sorta wish I had purchased Oscillococcinum last night while I was at walgreens. I think it may be a bit late now that the symptoms are hitting hard. I could have taken it yesterday before the fever hit me, but I really didn't think I was going to come down with the flu. Oh well, you live and you learn.
On Sept. 22nd I started to have a really severe sore throat, but no cough, a dull headache, and felt a little ache-y. I called in to work on Sept 23rd, went to the doctor and was tested for strep throat. Negative. I also called in the 24th, and the 25th, spent the weekend (26th and 27th) being sick with was presented itself as a severe cold and sinus infection. I felt sort of all right on Monday, but I was offered to swap a shift on Wednesday the 30th for working Sunday, the 4th. So, needless to say, I started to feel a lot better and the sore throat didn't come back and my sinuses were cleared up.
So, brining it up to speed. On Oct 7th (exactly two weeks after the onset of my cold/sinus symtoms) I started to feel a bit of an irritation in my chest and the need to cough, but not hard. By the evening of the 8th I was coughing more frequently, but it felt like I had breathed in dust or some sort of allergen was irritating me. Oct 9th I was eating cough drops like candy and had a headache from hell that comes along with coughing really hard. Nothing was coming up from my lungs, but I was feeling really run down and could barely concentrate at work close to the end of the night. I put in for personal time and left work at 8pm. By the time 10pm rolled around I was so miserable I didn't even realize I had a fever. My friend Danny and her boyfriend Shane took me to walgreens so I could pick up a few things to prepare for the misery that would soon follow. I am trying to get an idea of how long this shit is going to last. I can't afford to miss any more work and I'm kicking myself for not opting for a flu shot (for free) offered through work. Damn it!
I had a fever of 100 F last night, and when I woke up this morning, I took my temperature and it was a little over 101 F. Throughout the day it's been bouncing around 100 F, even after taking some ibuprofen. I don't mind feeling run down, but it's the fact that I have a cough that just won't quit. I can't work at a call center and spend half the day putting people on hold or muting the damn call to cough my head off. I took a look at the CDC's website as to what they recommend on the flu. www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/exclusion.htm
Anyway, so here I am, miserable and a week away from my 27th birthday. This really, really sucks. I sorta wish I had purchased Oscillococcinum last night while I was at walgreens. I think it may be a bit late now that the symptoms are hitting hard. I could have taken it yesterday before the fever hit me, but I really didn't think I was going to come down with the flu. Oh well, you live and you learn.