The CUBONIC Plague...

[binaryalchemist]

Well....that's what I call it, anyhow. My co-workers have been falling down like dominos lately--strep throat, pneumonia, bronchitis, flu, Dutch Elm blight--you name it. My roomie caught it last week...and now it's my turn.
My particular variety includes badly infected sinuses and ears, bronchitis,  body aches, fever, nausea and the worst sinus headache I've ever known--hell, even my eyelashes hurt. Which sucks--I'm supposed to go make music this weekened, but it will depend on how I feel on Saturday morning.

My sweet Egyptian doctor, Dr. K, shot me up with cortisone and perscribed some very expensive meds to try and protect me from the dreaded pneumonia that I absolutely can't afford to have anytime soon. The Nasonex alone would have been 100.00 without my insurance. I came home, ate some chicken soup and popped a Percocet left over from my surgery in November--it has BARELY blunted the pain in my head. I intend to put a warm compress on my forehead, crawl in bed and drink a lot of water....and woe betide anybody that tries to wake me.
Dr. K. thinks we are catching it early, so I'll be good and rest--I dont' know if I'll feel up to singing on Saturday. "You could do it--if you don't mind singing bass," quipped Dr. K....
((btw--a Get Well Soon to ebenbrooks  who has got the 'somebody-blowtorched-my-throat!" version of the Plague--it stomped on him as suddenly as this stomped on me. ::raises a glass of Emergen-C towards the West Coast:: ))

Comments

[captain-hanzy.livejournal.com]

Ah, honey! This sucks so hard!!! I hope you get better soon- there's nothing worse than being ill :(

*sends love, hugs and Elricest*

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

Love and Elricest?? Whoo...I get both brothers to plump my pillows, make me chicken soup, and squeeze me orange juice between smoochin' on each other?? Wow, thanks!!! and I am feeling MUCH better today, although all the extra water has resulted in moving a small stone from my left kidney--I'd passed blood two weeks ago and we thought it was just another infection, but looks like I had another stone, It's almost out so only a few more hours of pain. I'm going to stay in bed and watch Kyo Kara Maou Season 2 and cuddle my cats. But if all continues well I should be able to go sing on Saturday--YAY!!!!!

[captain-hanzy.livejournal.com]

YAY FOR SINGING!!!

And don't worry, I gave the brothers SPECIFIC orders to do exactly what you say, when you say it. Alphonse is bringing a box of fun things that he and Edward can play with after they have tended to you XD

[driftwoodwings.livejournal.com]

8C Dude take care of yourself. I had a nasty string of whatever-you-wanna-call-it in 2008 and it turned into pneumonia. Not fun. Excuse me for saying this-but that is something you don't wanna fuck around with, more so with H1N1 going around too (had that right after Halloween/Samhain.. NOT FUN). Please take care, and rest. I'll be thinking of you and sending good vibes.

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

Honey, the good vibes must have done the trick--I am very, very much better this morning, although I am also passing a tiny kidney stone--it moved down around 4am and thankfully dropped into the bladder right around 9:30 so only a few more hours of pain left to go.

You had H1N1?? Wow...that's truly nasty. My friend Carlos got whacked with that back in November and was laid up for two weeks and it took him a long time to get his strength back up. I had kidney stone surgery back in 08 (it was a huge stone and they used the ultrasonic smasher and I didn't pass all the tiny bits--now I'm like an oyster and periodically the tiny bits become full stones that hurt like a bitch from time to time) and developed pneumonia from the anesthesia and my lungs really can't stand a lot of abuse. Looks like we may have caught it very early.
Of course, the cortisone shot has me wanting to eat everything except the dog's biscuits this morning...although I'll admit his bacon-flavored Beggin' Strips smell REALLY damned delicious....

[ebenbrooks.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Glad to hear you're better today. I'm better myself. Though I'm still sore in the throat and headachy, my fever and chills are gone, and the body aches are mostly gone.

I'm impressed that you were able to drag yourself to the doctor. I felt so awful I don't think I could have safely left my driveway! I might try to go see the doc later today, but I'm recovering fast enough that I'm pretty sure I'll just shake it off in the next couple of days.

Best wishes for your continued recovery and music making. :D I need to sing this Saturday, too...and I hope I'm able to.