posted 2005/04/08 at 17:35
Okay, so Monday through Wednesday I was pretty much cooped up here at home with this latest bug. My sinuses went into overdrive, I was coughing and sneezing like crazy, and I just generally felt like crap. I couldn't even do any of the homework I've been missing because my head was so stuffed up I couldn't concentrate on anything.
Thursday I was feeling a bit better, and I'd wanted to go into class that day, but I slept too late. (Then again, given how little sleep I've been getting thanks to this bug, my guess is the sleep was a good thing.) I still had a work-related meeting on campus later in the afternoon, though, so I went in for that. By the time I got to the meeting, though, my body was just totally messed up; I was feeling dizzy, and I was getting the worst case of cold sweats I'd ever had, even though I'd never had them as a result of this bug. My sinuses were okay, but I looked like absolute shit and the professor I met with said as much to me.
I had a bit of a lie-down after that, and then I took care of some shopping I needed to take care of, and I seriously thought I was going to faint near the end of my shopping trip. I came back here and laid down for a while, though, and after just a little bit of time I felt almost 100%. The only real problem I had was that my head still felt stuffy (although I wasn't sneezing and I could breathe just fine), but I felt better than I'd felt between the two bugs I picked up. When I woke up I was hacking up a lot of stuff, but now that I've been up for a while I kind of feel the same way again.
I don't know what to make of this. All I can tell you is that I just want my life to get back to normal here as quickly as possible, because if I get sick one more time I'm probably going to have to take a medical withdrawl for the semester. Anyway, I will try to get back on my diet here on Sunday (although right now I have next to no appetite), and I'll even try to get in a little DDR here today if I can. Hopefully after this I won't have to worry about getting sick again until the autumn. Hopefully.
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