Wasted

Into the cycle of a flu and back

Day 1. Sneezing -- a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose

Is my room already this dirty and I am sneezing again? Time for some cleaning up.

Sneezing, however did not stop after cleaning my room.  I fear another flu coming up.

And began the runny and congested nose.

Day 2. Body aches -- dull persistent (usually moderately intense) body pains

How I badly need a massage! My body is aching, how I wish I could just sleep this off.

To top this situation off, my nose is now heavily congested

Day 3.  Fever -- a rise in the temperature of the body in response to the spread of the flu virus in the body

My skin is killing me! Its too sensitive, that even the breeze coming from the aircon is painful.

What type of fever is this. Thank goodness, I did not slipped into convulsions

Day 4. Headache -- pain in the head caused by muscle spasms

Got a splitting headache that I slept again.  I usually do not take any medications anymore since based on my experience, they do not have any effect at all.

Day 5.  Nasal congestion -- excessive accumulation of mucus in the nose

At least my runny and congested nose had eased up, though blood is mixed with the mucus, probably due to bursted capillaries as a result of heavy sneezing earlier in the week.

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Hopefully, I will be alright again.

Among the cyclical sicknesses afflicting me, I always want to avoid having the flu, since I always becomes bedridden.  The gravest flu attack had me slipping into convulsions and tremors, which I do not want to experience again.

Throughout this, the only thing that I did was drank several glasses of water and juice and a combination of medicine and vitamin c.  had I known a brand of zinc, I would most likely drank a tablet or two, since the mineral is also a known immune system booster and synergizes the effect of vitamin c.

Reflection when I was down? nah, but my addiction to the web was at least reduced; made some mental notes of things that I will do once I get better, which I have a tendency to procrastinate for sure, but at least, life where I live, again goes on, with or without me.