I am getting some test results from GingerDoctor on the 9th. If I am not fixed by then I shall demand HE fix me!

billygean ♦ March 28, 2009 ♦ 1 Comment

Oh god.

Oh god.

I appear to have THE FLU.

I know! My first proper illness since The Original Illness which er – hasn’t quite gone yet technically, if you consider how much I still sleep, and indeed how often I freak out.

Had head cold yesterday and was telling EVERYONE (mostly people who didn’t ask) how well my body was coping. Blocked nose? Check. Aches and pains? Check. Energy levels, fine.

Woke up this morning and, well, then MindReader and I went back to bed, then we had pancakes, then I had a bath. Started to get ready to meet my friend in town – very cheerful, because it’s SATURDAY and MindReader wasn’t playing football and I was going to stroll through town in the sunshine and maybe buy something beautiful – and got DIZZY.

THAT dizziness.

Lay down ALL DAY. And I KNOW that plenty of people get ill and it’s normal and it passes but it’s very frightening. Anyway.

Reasons why this is not like chronic fatigue/coeliacs.

1. I have not eaten wheat*
2. It has not gone yet and chronic fatigue stuff normally gets considerably better by the evening.
3. I have a blocked up nose, dry eyes, and my legs feel shaky and achy.
4. I do not feel like I’m dragging my body around the house like I used to. It feels more like when i USED to get flu.
5. It doesn’t get worse the more I do.
6. A girl in my class had a ‘bad’ cold and the day later I got sick. I kind of want to ring her and see how bad it was? Did her legs feel like they were bending too far backwards? Did the glands behind her ears go up? Of course, I won’t.

Okay. Breathe. It is a normal illness Billygean. You MUST stop freaking out.

* well, I went to a wedding 7 days ago and have my suspicions about the gravy they used. But 7 days would be a long time after the event for my intestines to get upset. Right?

Watch this space.