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Swineflu, livecover, day one.

August 5th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

So I have been diagnosed with (possible) swineflu.
Will cover it live from bed for public interest.

Symptoms:

Blurry vision.
Dry-ish and kinda sharply hurting cough.
Difficulty breathing.
Snot. Lots of it.
Mild nausea, probably snot-related.
Stomach-upset
Tiredness, sleeping twice normal hours (13 as opposed to 6,5)
Waking up lots during the night because of breathing or being too hot.
Mental fatigue. (Watching Yes, Minister for one episode made me want to snooze.)
Headache.
Chest pains.
Hot flushes. Standing in front of an open window feels far too good.
Fever. Unsure how high.
Muscle weakness, randomly and annoyingly stopping me from getting up or lifting the kettle.
Brain Not Working Properly. (Writing this post has taken me close to an hour, I stutter for words on the phone and forget the beginning of sentences mid sentence.)

Medication:

Paracetamol for the fever and pains
Benilin for the cough
Sudafed for the breathing at night

Status: Bored. Really, really bored.
I can’t read things, even Norwegian kids books. I can skim online articles but not understand them, I can’t sleep.
I am too hot for everything. I have made egg drop soup, but that was as much cooking as I felt up to, and even then I cut myself whilst chopping garlic.. I never cut myself whilst cooking. Ever.

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  • Gard

    How high is your fever? Jumping up and down? How would you compare this flu to other flus you’ve had?

  • http://www.odarygh.com/ oda

    @Gard Am on a massive paracetamol bender, so my fever is down lots. It used to be quite high, but not sure now.

    This is a fairly mild flu. I can leave bed is I want to, am capable of basic stuff, etc. I have had flu where walking to the toilet was a chore.

  • http://www.treadonme.co.uk Sarah

    Ouch! I can’t cook when I’m at my best, so let’s hope I don’t come down with it or I’ll die of starvation! Hope you get better soon, will read posts with interest! :)

  • Susi

    Get well soon honey :)

    Hoping I don’t get it for Rowen’s and Rory’s sake (given that we spend much time with them!) At least you can get over it and then enjoy the Fringe without the worry of getting it again!

    xx