zeptember

Sickie flu timeline:

November 11, 2009
I developed a sore throat.

November 12, 2009
Sore throat continued all day.
headache and weird motion feeling…some nausea…whole body feeling ‘off’ by 3pm - low and mid back pain so bad i thought i’d cry

November 13, 2009
I developed a mild headache and still had the sore throat.
still stuffy nose and back pain, now upper back/shoulders as well

November 14, 2009
mild headache and moderate sore throat, worsening by evening
still stuffy nose and full back / shoulder pain. Hubby massaged my back around midnight. took half a T3

November 15, 2009
mild sore throat and headache, stuffy nose
still moderate to severe full back and shoulder pain from shoulders down to lumbar region. took 400mg ibu

November 16, 2009
Developed a canker sore.
Ate an orange Saturday morning. Ate pad thai Sat night. Ate leftover pad thai Sun afternoon. Ate garlic fries Sun night. Drank 2 glasses red wine Sun night.

November 16, 2009
sore throat, headache, sore shoulders continued

November 17, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 18, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 19, 2009
Dry cough, sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 20, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 21, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 22, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 23, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck

November 24, 2009
sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, sore joints and neck
~Approx date Hubby got a flu shot - Free shot from work - date is not definite

November 25, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose

November 26, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose

November 27, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose

November 28, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose

November 29, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose, yellow gunk in nose/throat

November 30, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose, yellow gunk in nose/throat

December 1, 2009
sore throat, stuffy nose, yellow gunk in nose/throat

December 5, 2009
Developed mild cough

December 6, 2009
still mild cough

December 7, 2009
At 2pm, I wrote in my calendar “Sometime between last night and this morning, my shoulder began to go out. Now it’s fully out. Pinched nerve. Haven’t had this happen in probably a year. Bleh.”
At 3pm - coughing/hocking and running a low grade fever with a bum shoulder. I developed a fever by 3:18pm.
By 8:40pm - ” I hit 100F before my body temp receded again. Slept for 90 mins, woke due to hunger. Waiting for B to bring soup. Can barely keep my eyes open. Talking makes me cough a lung.”

December 8, 2009
Fever steady at 99.5F since the middle of the night (my normal temp is 97.5F). Full back and shoulder ache/seized. Constant headache and face flush. Stuffed ears. Sputum. Chills. Stupidly tired. Dry cough, worsens while eating or talking.
By 2:30pm, had 101.3F again. Went and saw the doctor. The doc said the reason my fever spiked is that I’m not hydrating enough. No sympathy for the seized back/neck.
By 5:49pm - 101F fever. Head still ready to go splodey.

December 9, 2009
100F fever again upon waking. Then at 12:45pm - 99.6F fever. It’s up and down like this since Monday. Drinking lots of water and soup and tea.
Then at 10pm - My fever has not dropped below 99F all day, and is now elevated again. I’m at 99.8F. The interwebs tell me a flu fever can last 3-5 days. I’m at Day 3. :/
Then at 11:45pm - would like the liquid-like blobular vision and the nausea to stop now, plz.

December 10, 2009
7:15am - woke up with no fever, not hacking a lung!
9:15am - fever back up to 99F again.

December 11, 2009
Woke with normal temp, went to work. still had mild cough. Worked til lunchtime, then wasn’t needed for rest of the day.
Ironically that’s just when the splitting headache reappeared, along with 99F temp. whee.

December 12, 2009
Still 99F temp on and off

December 13, 2009
Still 99F temp on and off
George arrived on December 13, and from Dec. 14 - 20, my body did not seem to have the flu or virus like effects going on. I was taking a lot of Tylenol 3; codeine suppresses a cough, and acetaminophen keeps a fever down, so it’s likely that I merely staved the virus.

December 21, 2009
cough returned - green snot

December 22, 2009
green snot, cough, stuffed up, lots of choking in the morning

December 23, 2009
green snot, cough, stuffed, runny nose alternating, lots of choking in the morning; almost puked.
Hubby got the flu - 101F fever, chills, cough, pounding headache, body aches

December 24, 2009
green goo and mild cough all day. alternating runny/stuffed nose. Still heavy goo clumps in the morning from nose and throat. Alternated between normal temp and 99.3F temp all day.
Hubby still 100F.
CANCELLED FLIGHT AND ENTIRE VACATION TO MICHIGAN.

December 25, 2009
green goo and mild cough on and off throughout the day. alternating runny/stuffed nose. Still heavy goo clumps in the morning from nose and throat. Choked at times. Alternated between normal temp and 99.3F temp all day.
Hubby around 99.5F all day. He’s still got body aches, dizziness, very sore throat, mild cough, extreme fatigue.

My cough returned as of the last weekend of Dickens Fair (Dec. 21), and after I thought I’d been over the flu for a week. I usually have a core body temp of 97.5F but my temp has been at 99.3F since Thursday Dec. 24. The doctor did say that I can get the flu more than once in a season, but she thinks I just picked up a secondary virus - from the fair. 
It is my opinion that I’d caught the flu the second time around at the fair. Now you tell me why I’d want to work that again next year?

December 26, 2009
green goo and mild cough on and off throughout the day. alternating runny/stuffed nose. Still heavy goo clumps in the morning from nose and throat. Choked at times. Alternated between normal temp and 99.3F temp all day. developed debilitating headache by 9pm.
Hubby alternating between 99.5F and 100F all day. He’s still got body aches, dizziness, very sore throat, mild cough, extreme fatigue.

December 27, 2009
Hubby & Zept SnotFest. green and yellow thick goo. Started today for B, continues day 7 for Zept

December 28, 2009
Day 2 for B, continues day 8 for me. I woke without choking or gagging on phlegm until I ate cereal with milk. Sneezing throughout the day but no longer pouring snot from nose and throat. Hubby however is.