Well, even after the H1N1 shot, the regular flu shot, a 2 airplane flights, 1 long cruise, I managed to stay well all Winter long… but after 2 weeks back at work, I get this crazy head cold that has kept me home 3 days this week…

It started on Monday afternoon when I was feeling sort of dizzy at work, I had to grab the counter a couple of time to keep my balance. Then on Tuesday morning, I felt all nauseous and thought it best to keep close to my bed. I went to bed that night with a scratchy throat. On Wednesday, it felt like I was swallowing razor blades but found I was good enough to go with no headaches and such, so I spend a full day at work… Then on Thursday it was Blargh-City. I had a record 14 sneezes in a row that morning, even blowing my nose didn’t stop the folly. Eyes all puffy, headache, back muscle feeling totally tensed. I took a hot bath and it seemed to help. Through the sneezes I was able to watch a couple of movies under my coverts and had lunch in bed too:


Ham sandwich cut in four. Old Cheddar cheese squares. Regular chips, that always seems to help me… And Cranberry juice.

I also took some DayQuil pills before going to bed, that always seems to help me be able to breathe during the night.

This morning was just more of the same except the sneezing as turned to the dreaded cough now… and the headache is still there… and the muscle ache is still there too… So I’m staying home hoping that watching some old Disney movies will help… I’ll have soup today for lunch, no chips.

Please go on about your day today, have fun, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. And as I stand at the 2nd floor window of our apartment, looking down on people walking by, streetcars going by, taxis zooming by, streetpeople begging by, I raise my arms to the heaven and order you: “Don’t Cry For Me Toronto!”

Cough! ouch. Cough!

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