i think i'll get the flu shot next year
I'm just starting to get over the flu, after being struck with it for almost a week now. I'm not quite better yet, still pretty weak. But I'm nowhere near contagious anymore, and I finally have the strength to do something besides lay down or sleep. It was definitely the worst flu I can remember having, at least in terms of the first few days' intensity. It makes me actually consider getting the flu shot later this year, at even the remote possibility of getting it again next winter. Especially since, this time, I got it directly from my mom. She'd picked it up from a patient at work, a couple days before I got hit. And since we're in such a confined space, there was no way to stop it from spreading to me. We share the same bathroom and kitchen, and I don't even have a bedroom to go hide away in. So even though she was very careful with hand-washing, Lysol, bleach, and whatnot... it was of no use.
It hit me fully this past Sunday morning, after leaving Chris' house. I knew I was going to be sick, as the nausea had been building all night long. And once it was inevitable, I made sure to rush home as quick as I could. Shortly after getting home, it began, and I was vomiting on and off for almost TEN STRAIGHT HOURS -_- I can't tell you how horrible that was. It wasn't like the usual times when someone vomits, where they tend to feel a lot better after they are done. Or in the worst case, sometimes people need to have two or three vomiting "sessions." But after those, then, the nausea tends to go away and then they can finally sleep. But for me, no matter how many times it happened, the nausea would NOT go away. I musta run back to the bathroom on seven separate occassions to puke, and in-between each one I felt painfully nauseated. Even after the last time, I still felt terrible, it was just some miracle that it stopped.
The misery had finally ended, and I was at the point of being able to actually lay down. Still had stomach pain, headaches, diarrhea, dehydration, and whatnot. It also became tough to actually sleep for more than ten minutes at a time, and I couldn't do that properly until maybe the third day. And then slowly I was able to eat again, and today it seems I might almost have a proper appetite back. I'm still not anxious to eat any sorts of complex foods yet, the most varied thing I've had was a turkey and swiss sandwich today. And for that matter, I'm not sure if I ever want to eat White Castle again. Having that stuff come BACK UP on you, it leaves emotional scars that will take time to heal. Don't get me wrong, I'm still always down for their breakfast foods. But as far as actual White Castle burgers, chicken, etc... I dunno if I can stomach the stuff at this point.
Or for that matter, anything that I ate on the vomiting day is gonna be tough to ever wanna eat again. It doesn't help, of course, that the stuff I ate on that particular day was White Castle (crappy quality meat) and Red Lobster (seafood and spices). Neither of those is good for someone who is becoming nauseated, and I regret eating them now. It makes me wanna change my eating habits in general, something I've been meaning to do for a while now anyway. It relates to something I was told long ago, "If something grosses you out when it comes back out of your mouth, you shouldn't be putting it into your mouth." In other words, if you chewed something up for half a minute... and then spit it back out... will you be completely grossed out by what you see? In the case of stuff like vegetables, fruit, pasta, and such... it will look pretty much the same as it did before you chewed it up. But try the same thing with greasy fast food, and you'll be revolted by how much it changes. I think they used this tactic on some dieting reality show, too, to try and stop them from eating junk food. Can't remember ^^;
As of now, just planning to finally go out tomorrow and see friends. I went out today for a short time, only out of necessity (to get groceries, and renew my license plate sticker... which had expired last week). Sorry for being out of contact all week but, as you can see, I had reasons. I sadly had to miss Wrestlemania on Sunday, which sucks since it's one of the funnest gatherings of the year. Also missed going with Scott up to JT's house on Monday, hopefully I can make it there next week. And then catching up with online stuff, oy.
It hit me fully this past Sunday morning, after leaving Chris' house. I knew I was going to be sick, as the nausea had been building all night long. And once it was inevitable, I made sure to rush home as quick as I could. Shortly after getting home, it began, and I was vomiting on and off for almost TEN STRAIGHT HOURS -_- I can't tell you how horrible that was. It wasn't like the usual times when someone vomits, where they tend to feel a lot better after they are done. Or in the worst case, sometimes people need to have two or three vomiting "sessions." But after those, then, the nausea tends to go away and then they can finally sleep. But for me, no matter how many times it happened, the nausea would NOT go away. I musta run back to the bathroom on seven separate occassions to puke, and in-between each one I felt painfully nauseated. Even after the last time, I still felt terrible, it was just some miracle that it stopped.
The misery had finally ended, and I was at the point of being able to actually lay down. Still had stomach pain, headaches, diarrhea, dehydration, and whatnot. It also became tough to actually sleep for more than ten minutes at a time, and I couldn't do that properly until maybe the third day. And then slowly I was able to eat again, and today it seems I might almost have a proper appetite back. I'm still not anxious to eat any sorts of complex foods yet, the most varied thing I've had was a turkey and swiss sandwich today. And for that matter, I'm not sure if I ever want to eat White Castle again. Having that stuff come BACK UP on you, it leaves emotional scars that will take time to heal. Don't get me wrong, I'm still always down for their breakfast foods. But as far as actual White Castle burgers, chicken, etc... I dunno if I can stomach the stuff at this point.
Or for that matter, anything that I ate on the vomiting day is gonna be tough to ever wanna eat again. It doesn't help, of course, that the stuff I ate on that particular day was White Castle (crappy quality meat) and Red Lobster (seafood and spices). Neither of those is good for someone who is becoming nauseated, and I regret eating them now. It makes me wanna change my eating habits in general, something I've been meaning to do for a while now anyway. It relates to something I was told long ago, "If something grosses you out when it comes back out of your mouth, you shouldn't be putting it into your mouth." In other words, if you chewed something up for half a minute... and then spit it back out... will you be completely grossed out by what you see? In the case of stuff like vegetables, fruit, pasta, and such... it will look pretty much the same as it did before you chewed it up. But try the same thing with greasy fast food, and you'll be revolted by how much it changes. I think they used this tactic on some dieting reality show, too, to try and stop them from eating junk food. Can't remember ^^;
As of now, just planning to finally go out tomorrow and see friends. I went out today for a short time, only out of necessity (to get groceries, and renew my license plate sticker... which had expired last week). Sorry for being out of contact all week but, as you can see, I had reasons. I sadly had to miss Wrestlemania on Sunday, which sucks since it's one of the funnest gatherings of the year. Also missed going with Scott up to JT's house on Monday, hopefully I can make it there next week. And then catching up with online stuff, oy.