An update

I recognise the power of sleep and drugs. I've just been stubbornly refusing them both. As a direct result of this, I still feel ill. . 5 days or so of being ill is just as much as a person can take. So I'm hoping, now that I've been so good about the rest and druggie bit that when I wake up tomorrow, there will be no more fever. More to the point, I would like to feel awake rather than sluggish. And I want the drive to work to be enjoyable instead of a 30 min journey when I ache and sniff and sneeze my way through traffic.

You know you're ill when...

1. You don't feel the urge to shop. Even the thought of shopping seems an exhausting task.
2. You feel all achy, and truth be told, a little sorry for self. ( The tonsils decide to grate against each other having swelled up in size overnight..spitting now seems like an acceptable trait)
3. You take long HOT showers in a sorry attempt to try and get warm. It leaves you even colder the minute you get out of the shower, despite you being as red as a lobster
4. Paracetamol the wonder drug loses it's magical power, and you still feel damnably ill after 2 sets of pcm-popping. You start suspecting you may have bought some faulty strips of PCM instead.
5. You welcome the thought of being in a horizontal position...all the time.But when you lie down, you still feel horrible. Nothing makes you feel better.
6. You FINALLY start rifling the medicine drawer in search of strips of antibiotics.

I want to be WELL!!!!!!!!!

I have a sore thoat:(

Hand-washing is very important. Because of a slight lapse on my part, possibly 1 week ago, I now have a very very sore throat. The one so bad, you wish you could spit all your saliva out instead of swallowing it. That's right! I am officially under the weather. Sick sick sick sick:(

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