Oh, Crud
Don’t worry. I’m still around. Nothing has happened to me. I’m okay. Sort of. I’ve got the winter crud. Is it flu? Is it bronchitis? Is it a sinus infection? Is it all three? It definitely feels like it sometimes. Whatever it is, the last few days have left me run down, aching, coughing, and phlegming. All that and a spell of bloggers block have resulted in me not posting in more than a week.
I did have one of those heavy clothes-soaking fever sweats about an hour ago. You know how you always feel better after one of those, so I thought I’d take advantage of being able to hold my head up and keep my eyes open and write something before I relapse. Yeah, I feel better, but I don’t think it’s over yet. I’ve been fooled two or three times already in the last few days.
I generally have a pretty strong immune system and always thought myself to be healthy as a horse. I don’t get sick often, but when I do, it knocks me on my ass. That’s probably because I’m not able to just curl up in a ball and wait it out. There’s nothing worse than being sick and having to take care of someone else at the same time. But, just because I’m congested and achy and have no desire to eat or change my clothes doesn’t mean that Granny doesn’t still need to have a hot meal and some clean clothes. You never realize how disgusting something as simple as cooking eggs can seem until you do it when you have no appetite.
Besides the fact I feel like shit, taking care of Granny’s needs when I’m like this is even harder simply because I have to behave as if I’m running a medical center and take extra care not to contaminate anything and/or pass it on to her. I don’t think at 89 she will fare well against the crud.
I think I may have eaten twice since Friday. One time was a bowl of soup. The other was toast. I’m a big time eater. I eat like guys much bigger than me, and still have trouble keeping on weight. You can imagine how scrawny I am now. I guess that’s one of the beauties of the flu. No appetite and dehydration equals a six pack in forty-eight hours.
What’s even more appalling is that I have absolutely no libido right now. My oldest and dearest friend who normally taps me on the belly each morning has been as absent as my blog entries. Yes, the post has been as absent as the posts. I’m really not enjoying this glimpse into my seventies.
The weather has not helped me feel better either. It’s the coldest it’s been in a long time in East Tennessee. The high today was 25 degrees. That’s a low inthis part of the country, not a high. And a rare low at that. True I was in the house pretty much all day but old wooden houses are sometimes equal in chill and charm.
Hopefully, I’ll be over this soon and back to my old self: sitting down to a big plate of meatloaf and red potatoes with a boner that can flip the table over when I’m through. When I get knocked on my ass, I only come back stronger.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:31 am
Hope you recover quickly, Tony. That meat loaf and red potatoes made me hungry.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:47 am
Hey, Tony, sounds like you have one of the two lovely sicks running around this time of year. Sorry, man
While I didn’t have fever, I have been blowing snot with a clangy head for the past week. Does at least taking a dayquil type pill help? That can at least make you functionally better for a bit while this passes.
BTW, I always assumed morning wood had to do with needing to pee in the morn. If you’re too dehydrated, you probably don’t need to pee, hence no boner. Just a theory, sorry I’m not there to help experiment.
January 30th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Maybe all the blood that’s normally crammed into that 2-liter bottle in your pants was needed elsewhere. You know, red blood cells and so on. Or is that white blood cells? I never know the answer to these things. Regardless, I hope you don’t start a new dieting trend. There will be queens lined up around the block waiting to get contaminated so they can lose those extra pounds and squeeze themselves into a new pair of jeans
Hope you feel better
January 30th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Aw, poor guy. There’s been a lot of nasty stuff going around this year. Dr. Curtis recommends three things: fluids, fluids, fluids. You might not feel like eating, but keep drinking. Dehydration only makes it worse. I hope you’re feeling better soon!
January 30th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Sorry to hear that you picked up the dreaded crud! The incentive is certainly a big plate of meatloaf and red potaties…and most certainly, wrapping your fingers around the ol’ post….it’s kinda like the lure of ice cream after a tonsilectomy. Take care of yourself…be well, and keep it from granny.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Yeah, be careful not to give it to Granny. Hubs and I have shared it back and forth a few times already. Ah the joys of wedded bliss! I had to drag hubs to the doc where his bp was 80/50: dehydration. So stay hydrated. Get well soon.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I rather suspect that this is not a little glimpse into the 70′s… not yours, anyway. Tables will still be in danger at your house 40 years from now.
I hope you are crud-free soon … and then I would imagine (and have), that there will be an explosion(s) in Tennessee that won’t be reported on any news station.
January 30th, 2007 at 10:15 am
The sweat thing makes me think flu-like more than cold. Me? I had the cold. Still do. Two weeks and counting. I cannot shake it. It’s a fuckin’ pain in the ass – not literally, of course.
January 30th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Had the exact same thing all thru the Holidays, past New Year’s….
It’s a lingering one that won’t go away. Stay hydrated, as much rest as possible.
Feel better soon!
January 30th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Get better. stay hydrated like john said. that’s a very important part and other than that, wait on it pass.
January 30th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Stay hydrated. You can see how much water I had to drink recently in Iraq and Dubai on my blog. What I didn’t say was that I almost got sick on the flight from Dubai to London due to me not drinking water for 4 hours before leaving Dubai. The bathroom was not fun.
Don’t worry about eating – they say with the flu you should eat when you feel like eating, but definitely drink water and OJ even if you don’t feel like it. As for weight loss – when I had the flu years ago I lost 11 lbs in 4 days. Hope you feel better soon!
January 30th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Sorry you’re feeling bad. At least it got you off the, well I hate to mention who I am talking about, but I think you know who:)
January 30th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Glad to hear your passing through it Tony. I was down for the count recently and am feeling better thanks to real bed rest and plenty of fluids. Feel better. You’re seriously missed in these parts.
January 30th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
hope you’re back on top today.. i know you hate lazin’ around that house.. but somehow having the flu, being all wrapped up in a creaky old house under plenty of covers on a cold rainy day kinda sounds okay.. hate it and love it all at once.. what can i say, you have a way with words..
February 1st, 2007 at 2:31 am
Well LT….
I know I am popping into this particular post a few days late but I hope the crud has ‘up’ed and departed by now. If not, take care of yourself. I am not one for being sick all the time either, and like you, when I do get sick, I get it real bad!!!! Outside the illness, I hope everything else has been going well with you. Pride and the bloggers in JUNE my friend…celebrate the birthday.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Good lord. For a second I thought those people were the KKK. Anyway, I’ve got something that’ll make you feel better. Just sayin.