Head of Vecna, please!

[cherydactyl]

I've been sick for going on a week now. It wasn't so bad until Monday; it was just a slight cold until then. Monday was when the post-nasal-drip sore throat was in full force. [Note to self: let this be a further lesson to you *not* to eat ice cream to make you sore throat feel better. It always results in a worse outcome.] Tuesday I was in full blown sinus infection, and my whole face has been hurting for pretty much the last 40 hours. When I haven't been moaning, I have been making jokes that participating in a trial of The Head of Vecna didn't seem like such a bad idea. My sinus infection has been hurting me so badly, I was worried to drive to pick the kids up from school the last two days. It's that bad. (illyaa picked them up from school both days.) Today I went to the doctor and now I have some lovely antibiotics that I hope will stop my head from threatening to 'splode. Soon! Soon, please, I beg you. Please! You can't leave me like this! ::grovels::

I only made it through Monday night and all of Tuesday by watching every bit of TV I hadn't yet watched that was available to me. This week's Heroes, House, and Sarah Connor episodes, Season 4, Disc 1 of Angel and Chicago from Netflix, plus the entirety of Season 1 of How I met Your Mother (which is made of awesome; thanks curiouskendra for lending it to me). When I have a raging sinus infection like this, I cannot think straight enough to follow a novel, so TV is pretty much the only way to keep from moaning constantly. That and warm compresses. Which means a wet hand towel microwaved for a bit. Which I did repeatedly, about twice per episode of HIMYM last night. Today I limped through watching all the commentaries and special features on the HIMYM discs after my doctor appointment. I even found an episode on Disc 1 that I somehow had skipped over. This is a further indication of how out of it I am, for those of you who know me know that I am generally nothing if not thorough. [I want season 2 now, btw!]

This has meant Cheryl=useless since pretty much Monday afternoon. I *really, really* hate being so useless. Memory failing and logic out the window, which is what happens when my brain deals with sinus pressure, blow my usual self-concept completely. The doctor said my face was visibly puffy and swollen. And worse, today is S's birthday. She's 10. Double digits! This is a big milestone, but I have been unable to make cool things happen for her today because of this awful head cold gone wrong. I missed yoga yesterday morning, and I am planning to skip it tomorrow too, which I hate! hate! hate! I had to reschedule coffee with a friend this morning and a shopping trip for the nice older lady I do weekly shopping for from this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon (please god, let that work out okay), and now I have testing for this job I've applied for to go to Friday morning and Friday afternoon I am signed up to teach sign language to kids in K-3 for the inaugural "enrichment" class at our new school. S has a birthday party set for Saturday afternoon. And, and, and.... These antibiotics better let me get some decent sleep tonight. This was a bad week for a cold to go so wrong. Isn't that just the way.

Comments

[pattimst3k.livejournal.com]

Me too...I'm taking a sick day tomorrow just to wallow in it!

Feel better!

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

I wish I had time to wallow. I have too much to do in the next few days to really let myself wallow. :(

[shekkara.livejournal.com]

You too? I was wondering why the Sunday walk kicked my butt, and by Sunday evening I had an answer: a cold. Monday was Teh Suck. I'm now in the "occasionally cough my lung out" phase, which is the last phase of a cold for me. Sounds like you've had it much worse.

I'm just glad it's now, and not two weeks later.

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Although I knew I had a slight cold on Sunday, I was fine for the walk. I could just tell that my nose and sinuses were not quite normal at that point, and hadn't been since Thursday evening, but it was not affecting my functioning at all. I had expected to be better after Monday's drip-induced sore throat. Ice cream makes my colds turn into sinus infections every damn time it seems, so it's mostly my own fault in some sense.

It seems unlikely that I gave you the cold, since that's a really short incubation period if so, but I sincerely apologize if I did.

Thank goodness and all that is holy, the antibiotics let me have a good night's sleep last night. Nine hours of completely no awareness, gone by as if they were only a moment from my point of view. I'm still a little shaky physically, but my brain is much clearer today. Yahoo for antibiotics!

[shekkara.livejournal.com]

Symptoms need 2-5 days to show, so I'm certain I didn't get it from you. It's definitely going around Washtenaw County - I've heard of a lot people getting sick this past week.

Starting the walk was fine, but by the end I was ready to be done and only a few hours later the obvious symptoms kicked in.

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to acknowledge the funny title...

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

It was worth writing that...after I wrote that, S asked about it, so I got to explain what the heck The Head of Vecna was to her, which was quite fun. :)

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday to S!

Cheryl, I hope you feel better soon.

[(Anonymous)]

It seems like a ton of people are coming down with sinus infections. I hope you are doing better.

Happy Birthday to S! 10 is a big deal birthday.