Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned...

Forgive me father for I have sinned, it's been 8 days since my last blog....

Ahhhh... the joy of being sick. For the past five days I have gone to work every day with a fever of 101, a sore throat, and a terrible cough. Granted, I didn't work full 8 hour days but I went in, kicked ass, and then came home and snuggled up on the couch wearing knee socks, sweatpants, sweatshirt, bathrobe, my Celtics knit hat and then covered myself with two blankets and a heating blanket. I know, sexy right? This has been the routine and given that I literally did not move from the couch unless it was to go to the bathroom, I have had plenty of time to think about some of the suggestions people have had for me to make a quick recovery.

Go to the doctor - what a novel idea! Here's the deal kids. I grew up in a house with a mom who is a RN in the ER. Any illness, backache, complaint of pain was answered with "Oh you are fine! It'll go away just give it some time! You feel awful? Try working 11pm-7am on a Saturday night in Worcester... I'll show you how awful feels." Going to the doctor for my family was something you would only do in the event of a broken bone or some other catastrophic event that may involve stitches of some kind. Hell, I complained about pain in my shoulder for almost two years and never went to the doctor because "It's gymnastics... that's whats causing the pain. You shouldn't be doing that to your body". Well, I eventually went anyway 2 years later and had a fracture of my T12 but guess what? There's nothing the doctor can do for that! His answer was that it would heal on it's own but I had to lay off the sports for awhile. That's when I packed on some pounds and focused on my new passion... THE THEATRE! I stray.... The bottom line is, the doctor cannot prescribe anything that will help to cure the common cold however, they can prescribe something that will help if you have the flu. How do you know if you have a cold or the flu? You got me! I guess you have to go to the doctor to find out... In the meantime, I will be on my couch because what doctor can actually take you within a day of you calling? Practically none. At least that was my experience in Massachusetts. I would have to wait 14 months to get an appointment! Yikes...

Take Lot's of Vitamin C - I take Vitamin C every day! I drink it, take a pill of it, eat fruit... isn't that supposed to help prevent me from getting sick. Grrrr... It will not cure me.

Take over 2000 IU's of Vitamin D3 - This one came from a friend of mine who said, "Trust me Jacks... Get Vitamin D3 and take more than what it says to per day. This is the one ingredient that will blast out any sign of a cold or flu in your system and pharmacies don't want you to know that. I've done the research.. trust me, it's on youtube". Now, I haven't tried this so I cannot tell you whether there is any truth or validity to this but let me ask you, if you heard this advice, would you run out and try it?

Instead of doing all of the above, I trusted good ol' Google and researched what a variety of professionals had to say. The one that sounded the best and the least amount of work was, Get a lot of rest, and drink plenty of fluids". One article in particular was from a good looking man said to drink sports drinks in particular "because they have electrolytes like potassium, sodium, and chloride which help your body absorb the fluids. The sugars also help give your body energy it might be losing from a lack of food intake". Click here for the full story. So yesterday I went to the store, grabbed two HUGE bottles of Gatorade and some Pinkberry of course, and headed home to see what kind of magic this Gatorade could make happen.

Two bottles later and a very restless night, I woke up for the first time in five days without a fever! I also found that throughout the night, my cough had changed. Instead of being dry and painful, my chest had loosened up and I was now productively coughing - you know, could finally feel things moving around in my lungs... Again, super sexy i know...

So, long story short, I am taking this final day of rest to kick this nasty part of this cough and then I am hoping to be back in action! My pebbles hairstyle, red snowflake pajama pants in May, table top filled with different medicines, cups and cups of different fluids are all on their way out! I am going to wash every blanket, sheet, article of clothing I have worn/touched and disinfect this apartment so I can feel renewed and fresh for the glorious month of May! Oh, and of course to also allow my roommate to have one peaceful nights sleep.... I am SO sorrry Leanne. Poor gal, she started a new job this week and she has been waking up every time I have a coughing fit. Which is A LOT....

Boy have I missed this key board...

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  1. resurrectionthemovieMay 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    are you wearing your glasses in that picture? What? were things looking fuzzy?

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