Don't get me wrong, I had a lovely birthday last week. A nice day out and lots of lovely cards (I counted 25 in all) and presents. But. There was one present I could well have done without. The flu! Whether I caught it from Kay, as she went down with it on my actual birthday, or whether I picked it up somewhere in Greenwich, I'll never know, but I went down with it last Monday and have been suffering ever since. I don't use the word 'flu' loosely. Don't you just hate it when people say they have the flu when they mean a bad cold? I can recall only ever having had flu once in my lifetime, but this week made it twice. I tested in case it was Covid, but that came back negative, so I was left to conclude it must be flu.
I have been nursing a temperature of 102F all week - and that was after multiple doses of paracetamol each day. I ached in places I didn't know I had places and even every tooth in my mouth ached. I was shivering despite the heating being on full. I felt so wretched I could not stomach any food and had to force spoonfuls of soup down to keep up my fight against this virus from hell. Finally yesterday the temperature came back to normal but I feel exhausted and keep dozing in my armchair, wondering why the programme I am watching on TV has just gone off when I had only started watching the beginning minutes ago! The current phase is that I am now coughing for England. I had to cancel two things I was committed to this weekend as I could not face leaving the house and also did not want to pass this on to any unsuspecting person near me.
I am now well behind with what I planned this week and still no energy in me to do it next week, not to mention a Christmas concert I am appearing in on 16 December. I had the flu vaccination in October, but news reports in the last few days say that the vaccine this year has not been very effective and there are many flu cases in hospital. Fingers crossed this doesn't see me in hospital, although it was touch and go during the week!
2 comments:
Oh dear - I am sorry to hear this ADDY. Good job you are basically fit and healthy so you have what it takes to ride through this nasty thing and come out the other side ready for Christmas. As the cards often say: GET WELL SOON.
I've had flu only 6 times. I lost a stone in one bout, which is a lot for me. Have had the jab, so hope it works. If I caught flu I would need to be on oxygen.
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