Sick Selkie Syndrome

Okay, time for a health update...

Starting with the fact that I have got my second cold of the season (although it doesn't seem THAT long since I was having my last cold of the summer season)... I've got a chesty cough, bunged-up nose, and a death rattle every time I breathe!

Then there's the on-going saga with my leg, and the tests I've been going for (see here for most of the gory details)... Well, now I'm on 2 lots of anti-biotics, because I've managed to get a bug back in the wound (it's that well-known one that's an anagram of the 4th planet from the sun), and I've been prescribed Metformin as well for the glucose intolerance / PCOS (which it's beginning to look more and more like I've got, but I need one more blood test yet to confirm)... combine those tablets (5 a day) with the vitamins and supplements I'm taking, AND the decongestants and cough medicine I've now got, and I'm like a walking pharmacy!

And, without going into too much detail yet (I'll bore you more with this in the beginning of the new year, when it's likely to happen), the "next step" for my leg is going to be embarrassing in the extreme, and not a lot of fun... let's just say it involves a dirty great big bandage, a blockage somewhere in my lymphatic system, and 2 - 3 weeks of hobbling around looking like I've broken my leg!

People, let this be a lesson to you... Get Regular Check-Ups From Your Doctor, And Don't Bury Your Head In The Sand!

The Cat Spot (2)...

Another lolcat by me - still on the "I've got the cold" theme...

moar funny pictures

I've created another couple (one lolcat and a loldog) that I will post tomorrow... or you can have a sneaky peek at them, and all my other attempts, here.

Yep, I'm still sickly... spent all day coughing and sneezing (had a major sneezing session just around lunchtime).

Have been told by 2 others who have had it that (first guy) "it goes really quickly... mine lasted about a week" and then (second guy) "it lasts ages, I've had it 2 weeks now, and I lost my voice"... Great(!)

Oh, and I'm getting the blame for giving it to my brother... Oops...

Moar Pleh!

A lolcat by me...

moar funny pictures

A reflection of how I'm feeling. Remember I said yesterday morning that I had a bunged-up nose and thought I might be getting the cold? Well, that was about half past 8... and by 10am I was coughing so hard I would get dizzy, and sometimes I just couldn't get my breath properly.

Struggled through work until stopping time at 4pm, and then got a taxi down to the chemist for some cough medicine (I want this gone before Viki comes) and some decongestant tablets for my nose, because I could feel my sinuses getting sore - and I really didn't want that, because when my sinuses get blocked, they get really, really sore... kinda like someone hitting you in the face with a sledgehammer.

Watched a film last night, sat on the sofa under a blanket... "Catch & Release" - not that great really, but a bit of a no-brain chick-flick, and it only cost £5 in Woolies yesterday.

Didn't have that great a sleep... was sore and coughing and couldn't get comfy. At one point I woke up thinking it must be about 5o'clock, and when I looked at the clock, it wasn't even 3am. Knew then it was going to be a long night.

Had an appointment with someone at the house at 10o'clock this morning, so couldn't even have a lie-in... although I did get that sleepy this afternoon that I just had to go back to bed for a few hours. And I've not really done anything of any consecquence today... just coughed and sneezed blown my nose.

And now I'm off to bed... hopefully to sleep, and hopefully I'll waken up feeling soooo much better tomorrow. (No, I'm not betting on it).

Oh, I must have done something to please the karma gods this week though - I won £20 on the lottery last night!

Today I Have Mostly Been...

... er, coughing and blowing my nose, actually.

Boss went away today (comes back Thursday sometime), and Flunky & I have spent the day comparing symptoms (he's got this cold too) and arguing over who is closest to dying (er, me).

At the moment I'm sitting with a steam bottle thing beside me filled with hot water and some menthol crystals, and I'm having a tentative sniff at it every so often (it's damn near blowing me heid aff!).

Got a bottle of Benylin for the day time, and some extra strong stuff with paracetamol for night-time use - because I had a crap sleep last night. Was okay for the first while after I laid my book down. Seemed to get off to sleep no bother, and then woke up what I thought would be about 6o'clock... only to look at the clock beside me, which was registering 02:39. After that, I only slept in fits & starts.

Hold on... *sniff* ow, ow, ow... ack, ack, ack! Stupid menthol!

Oh, well... Off for a quick potter around before I take my industrial strength gloop (which is aniseed flavour... ick) and go to bed.

See ya (if I survive the night... lol... *koff*).

Urgh!

Oh, god... I forgot about this... how you feel for the first week or so (especially the first day) of taking ADs - or how the particular ones I take affect me, anyway...

Was okay when I got up, and took my 2 little white pills before I went to work - and within about an hour of being there, I felt like shit. I felt sick - to the point that I couldn't chat to customers, because I could feel my throat tighten, and I knew if I tried to say anything I would retch... I wouldn't actually be sick, but that impulse was there. And I felt kind of heavy-headed... like my brain was made of porridge, and someone was stirring the pot. And I was a bit kind of "bleurgh"...

Made a cup of coffee about 11o'clock, and I felt a bit better after that... I guess the caffeine must have stimulated something that needed stimulated (steady!), and the feeling of nausea lessened.

Am feeling okay now, but then I've got the same thing to go through tomorrow morning... and every morning until some of whatever is lacking builds up in my brain (don't say "cells"! cheeky buggers!).

Right, time to go to bed now... after I've stuck something between my lips and had a good sook... *
















*It's my inhaler, you dirty-minded lot!

Sniff... Sniff... Koff... Koff... Ow...

In case the title of this post hasn't alerted you, I'm feeling ill... and I'm blaming getting wet on Saturday...

Yesterday I made my dinner... a chicken breast with stir-fry noodles and vegetables... and I sat down to eat it... and had no appetite at all. I ate the chicken, and the noodles and all went in the bin. Apart from watching TV yesterday, I pretty much just slept.

And today I've had that horrid burning sensation I get in my nose that precedes an outbreak of sinusitis... and as I'm sitting here typing this, I can feel the heaviness in my head start, and the pain behind my eyes and across my cheeks... God, I hate sinusitis... It just hurts like hell.

I did eat my dinner tonight, but didn't enjoy it... and now I wish I hadn't bothered, because I've got indigestion on top of everything else!

I've had the sensation of being just about to sneeze for the last 2 hours, but there's no sneeze there to come...

I wish I had the energy to tell you more about my day, because I had a wonderful "Flunky Logic" story to tell you... but I can't be arsed. If I survive until tomorrow, remind me "Flunky" and "barbecue chicken pizza" and I'll tell you...

Work was average.

Right, I'm buggering off to bed now... with possibly one, possibly two, cats on top of me - God, I hope they don't start a territorial dispute over my left boob (which is the preferred place for each of them to lie)!

Night...