Wow, I've been unwell these past couple of weeks. It all started with a little tickle in the throat that i noticed while I was in a coffee shop meeting up with an old work colleague. It turned out to me pretty damn nasty. It turned to be a really bad case of Pharyngitis.
I just had to go to the Doctor, and that usually means that I'm pretty unwell. I got up at around 5am and decided that I needed to go because I'd not slept in 4 days straight and I was so tired and weak. Coughing was incredibly uncomfortable and swallowing was a nightmare. This basically helped me stay up all night and every night. I didn't want to do anything - at all. I'm really supprised at how weak I was actually - my muscles were all jelly-like and I had a real bad case of not wanting swallow. It felt like my throat was super-glued together. So to cut a long story. I got some antibiotics and that's when things got real.
I basically got knocked out for six...
I don't know if it was just timing or the stage of the illness but it may have just coincided with the antibiotics but it just went all to hell. I got a lot worse but it was no question that the antibiotics were nessessary as I certainly had an infection in the throat. It was just terrible. Everything got worse. There were times honestly that I questioned being single. A long-time realisation that often comes up when I an infection of some sort - the last one was an infected fingernail after clipping it to short with the nail clippers. That though is how back in the olden days, any infection would most often mean death, certainly the case in the middle ages and anytime i guess when there was no antibiotics. Thats a sobering thought. If I'd rewinded time back, if I was back in a time without antibiotics - I'd probably be dead. Woah.
There were times honestly that I questioned being single
I remember waiting in the waiting room in the doctor's room and thinking how I must be very accurate about my symptoms so that i can correctly get fixed. So right there I wrote down all my symptoms into my phone. Here they are for fun:
- Started experiancing my throat scratchy on Saturday (today was Monday).
- Couldn't sleep Sunday and today.
- Shivers. Hot and cold at the same time.
- Not hungry. I've eaten rye bread with marmite though.
- Muscles are weak.
- I feel dissy.
- Swallowing really hurts.
- Incredible sore - not like any sore throat I've ever felt before.
- Sometimes when I have a sudden boat of coughing, I feel nauseous.
- Strepsils don't sooth the throat in anyway.
- I had headaches and I took day and night nurse and that helped but in no way helped the sort throat.
- There is mucus and it was originally yellow but now it appears to be white and a lot less is coming up but still sore if not more so.
So that were my symptoms for Pharyngitis. This was during the firist week that I took off work. After a while things started to subside and once I'd finished my antibiotics and survived the rest of the week, the throat started to ease up. Thank god. The next week i think I was recovering from the antibiotics and now I had a normal cold/flu so I had to deal with that. Someone cut me a break!
The 2nd week actually allowed me to want actually use the computer. I decided to contribute to some work that I'd started before I joined my new company. I made some good progress on an Excel Javascript plugin I'd been working. I also spent some quite time reading the main code base. In hind sight, I think i really needed a break from work, I'm just unsure, this was how i wanted it!
I went to work on Friday, a little weak but compared to the preceeding weeks - I had superman's strength.
I've not and will not be pressuring my body moving forward - I feel me and my body have gotten a lot closer. So no gym or running until I know I'm totally better. The guy at work asked me if I'd be ready for the weekly work-run. I said probably not. I told him about the story about the girl at my school who was sick (bronchitis I think) and played netball that afternoon and she died. No jokes, deadly serious. That had always struck a chord in me. Don't exercise or play sports when you're not well. So I'm not going to tempt fate.
Actually while I'm here - the current thing that is annoying me is how long it takes for my code to get merged into main...maybe its because I'm new and the reviewers keep me and my code at arms reach. Anyway.