I just came back to work today...I had to take Monday and Tuesday off because I had that black-crap-of-death stomach virus. I felt nauseated all weekend, but I never threw up. By Tuesday, I was able to atually eat and not feel nauseous, but the gas was still kicking me in the ass (pun intended). Today, I wake up and feel weak again, but not nauseated, although I do feel a sharp pain in my right tonsil...that and I notice a green slime in my nose. After contributing to the elevated methane levels in our atmosphere, I am here at work 8 hours later and it feels like I'm swallowing glass. I think the stomach virus lowered my defenses and now I have a terrible sore throat. Being sick sucks!!!
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My manager was sick this morning. The guy in the cube next to me had bronchitis since last Thursday. My ex-girlfriend had the flu since Monday. What the hell is going on in Austin?
I was a leader on a retreat recently... one of the other leaders had a 103 degree temperature last tuseday. This monday, when we all came back, all the other leaders were sick, including me. I had 102 temp. yesteday... not fun. I feel ya, man.
Back here at work. I considered going to the doctor, but decided that without fever, I'm just throwing away money. I picked up some Tylenol Sore Throat (Lemon Honey...Bleech) and a pack of Luden's Cherry sore throat lozenges. I've been popping those lozenges like a crack w****. At 5:00 this morning, I woke up with a terrible pain on the lower left side of my chest. The pain was deep inside, and I thought I was getting something bad. As I walked out of the house to go to the doctor, I belched an ungodly belch and the chest pain felt a lot better. The porch needs a new coat of paint though... Being sick still sucks!!!
Last week here in far-flung Iowa, half my co-workers were sick. The lady who sits next to me was coughing, hacking, coughing; she didn't want to use any more sick days so she came in before she was completely over the bronchitis. (And we're facing layoffs, so sick people are too paranoid to look like "goldbrickers.") Sigh.
