As I lie in bed thinking about getting up and moving I can’t help but cringe. I over did it again. I got myself worn down to the point that I got sick. Not just a little sick, either. I got the FLU! Yes I had come down with a nasty strain of influenza B. Four weeks ago when my husband and four children all had a touch of it I was thinking I was doing the amazing by dodging it. I was drinking my fluids, taking my vitamins, exercising….but you know sometimes a person slips.
I don’t know if it was the three funerals we had in one week, the change in job schedules AGAIN, or the regular stress of living in a house with two teenagers and two toddlers, but I got off track and the big bad flu bit me in the ass….HARD!
I even caved with two trips to the local ER. I don’t know why I expected something from them. I have a degree in biology. I know there is no treatment for the influenza virus. The first trip was kind of a waste, however I did find out that the drug Tamiflu is only prescribed if you are seen within 24-48 hours of the onset of flu-like symptoms. Of course, during my first 24-48 hours I was downing the liquids, vitamin C, silver-sol and ibuprofen and didn’t really think I was carrying more than a cold. The second trip was the one that made the difference I think. By this time I was throwing up anything I tried to drink or eat. The ER doc gave me IV fluids. Those fluids did more for me than anything else!
So now, as I lie here typing about this, I am coming up with a game plan to finish up my recovery and not slide into a back-set of this crap. This is what I am planning:
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and WATER, WATER, WATER to flush it all through!
No one never gets sick. It’s what we learn from it and how we pick ourselves up that makes the difference!
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