Flu™

[ChicagoTex]

I'm a bit of a rat bastard.

I get sick often (usually at least once every 2 months), but rarely for more than 24 hours. I caught Influenza in December and was out for a whopping 72.

The last illness I remember of any substance was a cold that somehow managed to pop up at the same time as a sinus infection (my first and only, thus far) 4 christmases ago. That lasted 14 days, mostly because it took me about 10 to realize the reason I was still experiencing symptoms was because the cold was gone but there was something else and had to visit the doctor.

[WillBrink]

As horrible as it was, in a way it was also interesting. Being so incapacitated I was compelled to keep taunting myself with "what ifs."

What if I had to fight for my life?

What if for some reason I had to walk a mile or more in the snow?

What if I had to get up an do something beyond make a meal for my son (took everything I had just to get something from freezer to oven). What if I had do do something to save his life?

Then I thought of Napoleons troops and their families trying to get home from the failed attempt to take Russia. I'd heard of men and women too sick to walk being stripped of their clothing by others while they lay in the snow as incapacitated as I was. That alone gave me strength, as at least I was home and warm on my couch. But even then I felt freezing at times.

Or as my mother used to say "Shut the fu%& up, it could always be worse!"

And she was right...

[Kentucky Cop]

I am on day 2 of the stomach virus. Late in my shift, my joints became achey and I started to cramp up. Went home and didn't know whether to sit on the toilet or pray to it. Its better but I still am weak and the stomach isn't cooperating. Killing me..


KC

[dookie1481]

It's hit the kids pretty hard. My GFs son has been coughing for over a month, and his turned into bronchitis. Same thing happened to my buddy's son.

I rarely ever get sick, at least to the point where it debilitates me, and even I was OOC for a couple of days.