it's so cold

jun 14 2005

last wednesday during the afternoon i started sniffling, it seems i had caught the flu from one of my work mates... by that evening i was down. i was throbbing all over, headache deluxe and unable to sleep.

on thursday i was a mess, unable to really move at all, shaking all over and frozen to the bone. i sure got the flu and i got it bad. i spent all of friday in bed too, sweating it out and catching bits of sleep because i wasn't getting any during the night.

on saturday i was feeling alot better, but i got a cough and a pretty sore throat. so i went and got some cough medicine and some throat lozenges. the packaging for the lozenges said "take every 2 hourly or as often as needed". my throat was damn sore, so i had about 4 in the span of 2 hours, when i decided to read the rest of the packaging...
under side-effects and special precautions it says the following:

Depression of the central nervous system with convulsions, hypotension and coma may occur. (among a list of other things)

i stopped taking the lozenges and opted for some mints rather...

i've pretty much fully recovered, with only a slight cough remaining, and i still have a few antibiotic pills to take.

oh, i'm glad he's been fired!

Posted by sarah | personal

comments

dyan | 2005-06-29 03:43:32

hi, it's me from sunny Alaska.
I had laragities for almost 2 weeks. I had no voice and people were making fun of me. They would call me at work and ask to speak to me and then just laugh in my ear. But I'm healthy now and enjoying the sun of Alaska. Yes Vincent - the sun does shine here and it gets very warm. Yippee!

sarah | 2005-06-20 15:18:09

i'm glad you're taking it seriously by going to the doctor, because it is a serious mofo flu this year... it does suck, hope you get better soon!

warrenski | 2005-06-20 14:15:46

Flu hit me on Saturday, and I was weak as anything yesterday. Feeling better today, but have a doctor's appointment later. Being sick sucks!