Sunday, March 16, 2008

sick



i've managed to stay healthy all fall and winter but have finally been overcome with "the flu". (before i moved to newfoundland in 1975, i knew the difference between a cold and the flu. here everything is referred to as the flu. and the symptoms are often mixed up - fever, sweats, chills, coughing, runny nose...) i've just got a cough and a really heavy pressure on my chest. no energy to work (my body held up until i could take a rest!). especially at night. as soon as i lie down the coughing starts. the weight on my chest. long nights in the spare room. doling out advil and cough syrup and cold molasses. reading at 3:00 in the morning - trying to make myself tired enough to try sleep again.

2 comments:

Robyn said...

Oh no! Hope your chest clears soon and you can be up and about...

Drink lots of fluids!

XOX, Robyn

Heidi, at London-Wul said...

you should have known better than to take a break:)
...kidding but isn't that always when it hits you?
...get well soon and remember to be good to yourself,
Cheers,
Heidi