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captain_slinkyThis flu is crazy but polite, with each "layer" of the flu mingling with the previous layer only by a few hours.
Started on WEDNESDAY, where I assumed that I was just still sore from the Bellingham Comic Con. The aching was so bad that by Thursday afternoon I could barely move and seriously thought I had dislocated a shoulder or something. No other symptoms till...
THURSDAY NIGHT, approximately 10pm, I got the most polite upset stomach you've ever met. "Oh hi! Hey, you feel that cold, stabbing pain down in your tummy? Yeah, that's me... I'm afraid we're going to be vomiting a lot tonight. You prefer diarrhea? That's okay, we can do that too! I've got time! We're gonna be doing this every hour or so, so you'll probably want to be ready for that".
This continued till SATURDAY MORNING, when my polite little upset stomach left so I could finally get some sleep. Slept all day.
SUNDAY, The Nasal Issues showed up. "Hey, are Achey, Pukey, Poopy and Sleepy gone yet? Cool... now it's OUR TURN!" They brought gallons of snot that they spread EVERYWHERE, and caused non-stop painful sneezing all day and all night long. "Go ahead and get some sleep, buddy," the snot said as I tried to drown it in Nyquil, "there'll be a BIG SURPRISE waiting for you in the morning!"
This morning, along with the gallons and gallons of non-stop steady flowing snot, I have a killer cough - the kind that shakes your entire body and makes your ribs hurt and gives you a mouth full of phlegm.
AND SO, in order of their appearance, with little or no noticeable overlap, here are the seven layers of this very polite flu:
Started on WEDNESDAY, where I assumed that I was just still sore from the Bellingham Comic Con. The aching was so bad that by Thursday afternoon I could barely move and seriously thought I had dislocated a shoulder or something. No other symptoms till...
THURSDAY NIGHT, approximately 10pm, I got the most polite upset stomach you've ever met. "Oh hi! Hey, you feel that cold, stabbing pain down in your tummy? Yeah, that's me... I'm afraid we're going to be vomiting a lot tonight. You prefer diarrhea? That's okay, we can do that too! I've got time! We're gonna be doing this every hour or so, so you'll probably want to be ready for that".
This continued till SATURDAY MORNING, when my polite little upset stomach left so I could finally get some sleep. Slept all day.
SUNDAY, The Nasal Issues showed up. "Hey, are Achey, Pukey, Poopy and Sleepy gone yet? Cool... now it's OUR TURN!" They brought gallons of snot that they spread EVERYWHERE, and caused non-stop painful sneezing all day and all night long. "Go ahead and get some sleep, buddy," the snot said as I tried to drown it in Nyquil, "there'll be a BIG SURPRISE waiting for you in the morning!"
This morning, along with the gallons and gallons of non-stop steady flowing snot, I have a killer cough - the kind that shakes your entire body and makes your ribs hurt and gives you a mouth full of phlegm.
AND SO, in order of their appearance, with little or no noticeable overlap, here are the seven layers of this very polite flu:
- Severe Body Ache
- Upset Stomach/Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Sleepiness
- Sinus Drainage
- Sneezing
- Coughing
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Date: 2013-10-21 05:23 pm (UTC)Did you get it despite the flu shot, or have you not had yours yet this year? I know they miss strains of the flu sometimes.