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[Zen]

Uh-oh

[crazycanuck]

Another beautiful day in paradise

I slept in ...I was supposed to go n do some dirt time but my pillow took me hostage . Ian is out doing dirt time for the both of us before it gets too hot.

Now I have to call my grandparents They're not really that communicative anymore but have to do that ancestral appeasement thing.

[Crankin]

I am $%#^&* sick! Woke up with a burning stomach, feeling like I am going to die. I used up all the Pepto in the house and managed to keep myself from throwing up. I've been able to keep down club soda and some dry matzah with jelly. But, I just feel gross. Aching everywhere. No fever, no sore throat, but my glands feel just a bit off. Freaked out about H1N1, though this doesn't seem to fit the pattern.
My son and wife are here and I am lying in bed!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I am $%#^&* sick! Woke up with a burning stomach, feeling like I am going to die. I used up all the Pepto in the house and managed to keep myself from throwing up. I've been able to keep down club soda and some dry matzah with jelly. But, I just feel gross. Aching everywhere. No fever, no sore throat, but my glands feel just a bit off. Freaked out about H1N1, though this doesn't seem to fit the pattern.
My son and wife are here and I am lying in bed!

Wow, that sounds awful! H1N1 is supposed to produce a very high fever, and that's what my friends who had it said too...like 104F-105F.
Burning stomach?, aching everywhere?- that sounds weird. Food poisoning?

I hope you feel better soon.

[Crankin]

I did think about food poisoning, since the 4 of us went to a new restaurant yesterday for lunch. I was so full after that, that I didn't have dinner; we had a get together for Scott and Alaina, so I ate a few desserts (small cookies, pastries), drank some decaf, and had a few slices of chicken breast before bed. I would think that it would have hit me earlier if it were food poisoning.
I had something like this about 3 years ago, where I was actually lying on the floor of the teacher's bathroom at school, figuring out how I could make it home without getting sick in my car. It only lasted a day and a half, so I am praying it's a similar bug. No one else is sick. I can't even stand the sight of food. We are all going out for New Years (both sons and their SOs), so I need to get better.
The weather is so frightful, too that it's making me feel worse. The wind must be blowing at 40 mph and it's freezing. I know being sick is putting me in a bad mood, since I normally deal with winter quite well. Now I'm getting a caffeine withdrawal headache!

[Zen]

Now I'm getting a caffeine withdrawal headache!

Or a dehydration headache?

[KnottedYet]

Wow, that sounds awful! H1N1 is supposed to produce a very high fever, and that's what my friends who had it said too...like 104F-105F.
Burning stomach?, aching everywhere?- that sounds weird. Food poisoning?

I hope you feel better soon.

Some folks don't get the high fever. (I didn't) One of the hallmarks of H1N1 is that it has more gut involvement than the usual flu.

If the weather is too frightful to go out, you might want to ask your doc if he/she can give you a quick phone consult.

Do you have vampire glow-in-the-dark red eyes?

[Zen]

dagnabbit I forgot to do my 50 jumps today

[Crankin]

I don't have vampire eyes. My temperature went up to 100.5 last night, which is a raging fever for me. Tylenol brought it right down. Stomach is a bit better today, but I am still aching all over and my chest/glands feel a bit weird. No real coughing or sneezing. Woke up with a temp. of 99.
Just called doctor and they have no openings until Monday! I guess I'll ride it out. Taking one extra strength Tylenol brings down the low grade fever and makes me feel better. I was able to eat breakfast and (most importantly) drink a cup of coffee. Of course, on the front of the Boston Globe was a story about how asthmatics are the most prone to complications of H1N1. I guess I need to stop obsessing, since I am not sure I have it and I am not having trouble breathing.

[DebW]

dagnabbit I forgot to do my 50 jumps today

I did 60. And rode my bike to work this morning. Now I can start the day happy.