Well, this is not at all how I expected today to go.

[chanaleh]

I'm sick. But not with the cold/flu. I have a stomach bug. Woke up shortly before 4am this morning, and threw up. Again at 5:15, and again around 6. Since then, it's calmed down a bit (moving gradually in the other direction, it seems, which I think is a positive sign); I also recorded a fever of close to 100 around 11am, though that seems to have receded for now.

My working theory is that it's something I ate, in my makeshift dinner between rehearsal and bedtime last night. I can't think about it in too much detail, though, or I start to feel worse. >:-)

I'm reasonably comfortable as long as I lie down, but I still feel crappy and shaky as soon as I get any more vertical. So I'm going to go continue lying in bed for the rest of the day.

This sucks, man. I had all this little stuff I meant to get tied up at work today, too.

EDIT, 2:30 pm: Just kidding. Fever up to 101 on the dot. WTF?? Applesauce staying down, though.

EDIT, 7:20 pm: Fever hovering near 102. Almost kinda hungry though (yes, I have some soup on hand, thank you all). Tiger Boy stopped by this afternoon with more ginger ale, and recited me a Tolkien poem with some of the most beautiful language I've heard in ages ["Errantry"]. And then I slept more.

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Verily doth that suck. Stay hydrated, and feel better soon!

[melopoeia.livejournal.com]

pedialyte is your friend. If you can find a minion to get it for you, do.

[cycon.livejournal.com]

I hate when that happens. Get well soon. *hugs*

[mangosteen]

Ugh. Been there, done that, [insert euphemism here].

Gatorade,
yogurt,
and wishes for a refuah shleimah.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yikes.

Feel better soon!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Refuah shlaimah.

Let me know if there's something I can bring over?

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

ditto.

[c1.livejournal.com]

((hugs))
I hope that you feel better soon.

[lonebear.livejournal.com]

hug

[besamim.livejournal.com]

Take care of yourself, hon, and feel better. Oh BTW, things are going swimmingly between S— and me; in fact she's coming into town this weekend. w00t!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! :-D

[stevie-stever.livejournal.com]

Get better soon!

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Get well soon.

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Get well soonest.

[(Anonymous)]

(From muchabstracted, via public internet)

Awww, poo. (Yes, my vocabulary has been directly affected by working with 1-2 year olds. "Poo" is ADVANCED vocabulary for these kids...) I hope it goes down real real quick... let me know if any groceries or anything are needed.

[kalessin.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hope you feel better quickly!

[jessruth.livejournal.com]

You have my sympathies. Apparently the {mylastname} family stomach bug has migrated North. So, I suppose, you also have my apologies =(

If you are also following the {mylastname} healing timetable, you should be feeling good as new by Monday. Here's hoping!

*gentlehug*

[mixedborder.livejournal.com]

Get well soon!
Because of the fever, it sounds like a bug, not food poisoning. May your immune system rout it quickly.

[bluepapercup]

aww :( rest well and sip something cool and soothing. hopefully it passes in a day or so.

[mattblum.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Oy! Hope you're feeling all better by now... glad TB was looking after you, at least!

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "cold/flu." Some people use the word "flu" to mean "a bad cold," but influenza -- the actual flu -- is a serious disease. Different strains have different degrees of severity. WW I helped spread an influenza pandemic that killed something like 18 million people in 1919.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I know what you're saying. However, the last time I had an illness that was more severe than a cold, and started off with fever and overwhelming malaise (the usual distinguishers of flu from colds), I went to MIT Medical and received a diagnosis of "flulike illness". Which is to say, Not Officially The Influenza Virus, But Basically Similar, Now Go Rest.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at my first message and I can't believe I didn't include anything along the lines of "I hope you feel better soon."

I meant to, but I guess I got caught up in my OCD-ish nitpicking and simply forgot.

Anyway ... I DO hope that you either feel better already or, if not, feel better soon.

*hug*