Sick Days

I got home Saturday night from work and except for my seasonal allergies and a bit of a sore throat which I thought was caused by the allergies, I was fine. I was too tired to go to bed and was a bit stressed and so I decided to iron some clothes for my son as well as a couple of pieces for myself. I really hate ironing, but it’s a great de-stressor for me, so I really didn’t mind. I ironed for about two hours and then went to prepare chicken (by seasoning) for next day’s dinner and after that was finished, I went and promptly took a shower. WOW!!!! Huge Mistake!!!!

Got up Sunday morning and felt like I was eighty years old!! OMG!!! Every muscle and joint in my body hurt, my inner ear hurt so badly I had to stuff cotton in both ear. My throat hurt so badly I couldn’t swallow, I felt like the vein in my legs were expanding and contracting at will. Please understand that I have zero tolerance for pain, zero, and cannot tolerate pain, period. I took two advils and foolishly thought in about an hour I would feel better, nope, that didn’t work, kept cleaning house, kept making dinner and kept feeling worse. Bedtime took two more advils and went to bed, had a tortured night, body wracked with pain and me being the absolute baby just moaning and whining. I had like two hour’s sleep!

Woke up Monday morning and called in to work and decided I have to go the ER or the clinic. I took my chances and went to the clinic; just because it says ER doesn’t mean there’s a big rush to make sure you’re taken care of. So I went to the clinic, my husband went with me and practically helped me cleaned up and got ready, God bless him. I went in as a ‘walk-in’ and spent a little over two hours and came out with a diagnosis of ear infection, swollen tonsils and the flu!! Yep, all three attacking my body all at once, yeah, lucky me, not! :(
I had ear drops, antibiotic, painkiller, and pills for my swollen tonsils. I naturally took the painkiller first and thank God and man for modern medicine while I swallowed. (It was a huge pill) I swear within the hour, I felt better and could breathe free, it was amazing. I then took the antibiotic and applied the ear drop and so on. The ear drop, another quick relief from pain, wow, I actually went to bed without cotton stuffed in my ear and woke up without pain, another big wow!! Even had soup and could swallow with minimal pain, again, thank God and man for modern medicine.

Antibiotic, I know it’s supposed to be a rather great medicine and I do appreciate its medicinal properties, but why does it have to leave you so nauseated and feeling like everything on the insides wants to come out on the outside?? By the time one is finished throwing up, you feel sick all over again, ugh!

Anyway I’m home and trying to feel better and trying to ignore all the work that’s here to be done when one is home. I lie on the couch and sip ginger ale and eat dry toast and keep taking those pills and trying not to vomit my insides out. It hasn’t been all that bad, husband went to work and my son went to school and so for some hours I have peace and quiet and time for reflection and watching HGTV.

Being sick is no picnic, but I believe there’s a lesson in everything and sometimes life gives you small lessons and it’s up to us to take notice. Maybe my body needed some well needed rest or I needed to ‘get off my high horse’ so to speak and be a bit more humble about certain things to certain people. Either way, point taken, lesson learned. Later!