Flu season, beware!

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Today was awful. I woke up with a 102° fever, third time I've been sick since the beginning of January, yet I haven't had a fever in about 7 years. When I get sick my temp usually drops for some reason instead, so I knew this sickness wasn't playing around. I had already missed a lot of work due to other flu-like illnesses (bronchitis just 2 weeks ago) and whatever I had in January so I drove myself to a Fastcare clinic because my GP is swamped with flu victims and I couldn't get in to see her. I get registered and switch seats and suddenly wake up to the nurse practitioners surrounding me and telling me to snap out of it and they kept saying my name over and over to rouse me, I have never fainted in my life but apparently today I fainted TWICE, while SITTING and I don't remember any of it, it was like sweet death had come for me. It was pretty fucked up, I mean, I was feeling cruddy but not black the fuck out suddenly cruddy. Apparently my lips were turning blue and they rushed me into the room to give me oxygen, but since it's just a Fastcare clinic they had to call an ambulance because I was beyond their level of care. I was feeling much better after the oxygen and laying down and tried to refuse an ambulance but that was a no-go. I guess my blood pressure got absurdly low and that's why I passed out, my blood sugar was normal. So the ambulance people gave me an IV and zoomed me off to the ER where they stuck like 30 sticker electrodes on me to check my heart and pumped over a liter of water or whatever into my blood, shoved the nasal swab in and eventually told me I have the flu variant A. The rest of the day after that wasn't great either having to get a ride all around town to retrieve my car and prescription. So basically besides me bitching about my awful day what I wanted to say (besides marveling at what a strange experience passing out was) EVERYONE WATCH OUT FOR THE FLU!!! It is literally killing healthy people right now! Call off work, take the hit and rest and see a doctor and get plenty of liquids, trust me, your health is more important than anything. Wash your hands, wash your dicks, (lol) and cover your face while sneezing.

Here is a sick pic of me with my rat Lachrymae being a total biatch. Those sticker electrodes sucked to peel off btw. Someone cheer me up?

I am not hurting her here, she just is a rescue and hates being handled.

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xheartswornx:
I wanted to get into Z Nation but couldn't. I think Henry Rollins was even on an episode or more? I think the overabundance of all things zombie made me a little more picky than I used to be. Then again I've watched some really horrible things on Netflix that I regret wasting time on after finding things I should have watched leaving me with a backlog just waiting for free time or sick time for me to catch up on. Honey is always great. Lemon juice tastes just great, but honey does wonders for your throat and I'm sure it does a little magic for sicknesses. If not I like to pretend it does because I always add a dash of honey to my tea. Ginger is awesome, too. If I have ginger (even the candied kind) I will toss it in my tea to infuse a little flavor and then eat it after. I know not everyone loves ginger, but after a few pieces to snack on (with or without tea) it helps my stomach when I feel nauseated from just about anything. I think I get stress nausea a lot and it helps me with that. Can't go wrong with tea for any occasion. It could be a date, a sick day in, a gaming session, or just a great meal. All I drink is water and coffee and tea are my treats for energy or a hint of sweetness. Plus holding that warm cup between my hands especially when I have the shivers is just about as good as a cuddle when you're sick. That warmth shoots straight up your arms, you can almost sense the tea ready to hit your lips. I sometimes enjoy the cold days just for the experience of holding a hot mug in my hands. There's something magical about it.
romany:
@xheartswornx I am definitely a tea girl, except for the herbal, non-caffeinated kind, I like my tea dark like my soul and fuck that bergamot, I hate bergamot in tea. And I love ginger, I drink a lot of ginger kombucha too, it's become an obsession, I had read Angela from Arch Enemy would chew ginger root for her throat to kill any sickness or relieve the pain.

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