Flu bug
Posted on February 24, 2007
One of the occupational hazards you run across when you work in a hospital is the chance you might get sick. I don’t know that I got it from work (I also had a denatl appointment earlier this week), but Tuesday night I went to bed with a sore throat. Wednesday, I woke up with a sore throat and had a dry cough mots of the day. I went to work, but towards the end of the day I had an earache and felt congested. I skipped class after sending the prof an email saying I was out sick. I went home and took some generic Nyquil liquicaps and went to bed around 8:00 or 9:00 pm. Thursday, I woke up around 5:30 am with a fever and body aches. The sore throat was better, but I felt fatigued, congested, and not good in general. I sent an email to the powers-that-be at work letting them know I would be out for the day (I still got paged twice LOL) then sent one to the prof for my other class, which I also ended up skipping. Friday, I felt better (no fatigue or fever) so I went in an hour early and stayed the whole day.
Throughout the day on Friday I was drinking coffee, but I think I must have had a bit too much because when I took the generic Nyquil, I still wasn’t able to get to sleep. It also didn’t seem to help my congestion. Hence I’m up at nearly 1:00 am typing in my blog. The plan was (or is) to go into work on Saturday to get caught up on some work. I’ve got plenty of sick time I could use, but if I can I want to work it off. I thought about going in on Sunday, but it is supposed to be raining then.
While I had the day off on Thursday, when I wasn’t alseep, I took the time to look at what Wikipedia has to say about influenza and the common cold. Since I wasn’t nauseous, I wasn’t sure what I had. After a little investigation I figured I had the flu, with the key point being that I had a fever. I guess a fever isn’t something you get with the common cold.
I don’t really have any remedy other than waiting it out. At the moment, I feel more-or-less fine, other than some major congestion that’s preventing me from getting a good night’s sleep. It’s kind of funny, those liquicaps worked well the other day, but tonight they don’t seem to be doing much good. I’m debating on whether to take another dose. I probably won’t, but I don’t relish the thought of being awake all night either.
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