Suffering……….

 

……from the worst stomach virus in history (my own at least). Started Tuesday morning, (Oh yeah, and did I mention that Aunt Flow decided to come a’callin’ the day before? Fun.) felt horrible all over…achy muscles, joints, migraine, shivering, sweating, nauseous.

Then for the first time in over 13 years, I threw up violently for about 5 minutes, and then again about a half hour later. I had my gall bladder removed about 12 years ago so I didn’t think that was possible. Guess I was wrong.

Spent the rest of the day in bed alternating between feeling like someone had punched me all night to feeling like a 2 ton giant was sitting on me. Walking to the bathroom was exhausting. I knew it was bad when I had no interest in blogging or opening up my computer at all. Even lifting my fingers took too much energy.

I thought that was the worst of it…..but the worst was yet to come.

Beware: TMI ALERT……Graphic Mental Images ahead!!

 

Last night I finally took some Pepto and Nyquil around 11pm so I’d finally get some relief from the shivering, aches, pains, and stomach cramps. And I did. I apparently slept like a baby. And woke up with the same wet, nasty feeling that all babies do. Except I wasn’t wearing a diaper.

Yeah, that’s right. Horrible! Incredibly disgusting! And to add insult to injury this was at 3 am when I was still feeling the effects of the Nyquil and the exhaustion from this terrible virus.  I had to take a shower……at 3 am, just to get clean.

Thankfully, due to the “preparations” for Aunt Flow’s visit (nice irony, eh?) my bed wasn’t affected, so I didn’t have to deal with all of the additional work of linen washing and bed making, too. But I did still have to make numerous trips to the bathroom for the next 2 hours, even with the help of a few doses of Pepto.

Today I feel a little better, except I still have terrible headaches, muscle weakness and stomach cramps. My feet are still shuffling tracks across the dusty floor to the bathroom way too often, and I’m just plain tuckered out. Feels like I’ve been in a battle and I lost.

And to make matters worse, yesterday afternoon a dear, old friend flew in for a visit from the United Kingdom. He is staying here with us until Monday.

And tomorrow, I’m supposed to meet some folks in Albuquerque to deliver Girl Scout Cookies, and I have an appointment afterwards.  

And my daughter’s 8th birthday is Saturday.

(I could be a Calgon commercial…remember those?)

Just keepin’ it real, folks.