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

[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*