I'm out again today. I called in yesterday. I became violently ill around 4 PM Monday and thought I could ride out the night and make it in to school on Tuesday. Until this point, I had not missed a day at my current job due to illness. I shaved and showered Tuesday morning, ended up feeling worse for my efforts, and called in to get the day off. Shaving while sick was one of the worst experiences of my life. The scraping, tugging, and ripping of the hairs from a waxy, bloated face was surreal and disturbing, like shaving my own corpse. Lathering up made my skin crawl. The shower was spewing acid rain as far as I could tell. I slept all day, occasionally waking to befriend the toilet.
I was hoping that I would feel better this morning, but I am terribly weak. I haven't had anything to eat in over 36 hours. I'm starting to come around. I had some juice and a little coffee. I think I'll try some toast and watch some TV. I'm putting the pieces back together. I no longer feel like a mind detached from its body. I will return to work tomorrow after one more day of rest and recuperation.
My daughter was sick most of the weekend. I was sick Monday-Wednesday, and now my wife is coming down with what we had. She took such great care of us for the last few days and she gets repaid with an illness of her own. All I can do is repay the favor and see her through her hard times. She sent our daughter off to her parents today and took the day off work. I'm on the upswing and she's on the downswing. By the weekend, we'll all be healthy again.
I feel so sorry for you. The shaving experience just sounds awful. Whatever you guys have sounds like really bad stuff. I hope all of you are feeling better soon!
February 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Sigh… I feel ya, my daughter is on stomache bug #2 in 2 weeks. Last time she got it first than the hubby and of course myself. Im hoping we don’t have a repeat of it again.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:17 am