The experience of being sick with the flu.
December 15, 2008
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I had the flu or a really bad cold on the weekend of March I am sick and ended up taking off March 3rd from work. While I recovered quickly and made it through this process, it was not an pleasant time. Here is what I scribbled down in my journal.
I have the flu.
I am sore all over. It hurts to move. My nose is running. It's painful to read and to even look at my laptop. I can't think. It all hurts. It's the flu or a terrible cold.
It is truly a terrible experience.
The worst thing about it all is I can't be outdoors and it's the weekend. I so badly want to go out skiing and enjoying the nice weather. But I'm in much too much main, and I feel terrible all over. There is no way I can drive—if I did I would just fall over and fall asleep. This is not how I want to live my life.
Maybe I'll just roll over in bed, close my eyes, and hope I will die. Or at least sleep until I am well. It's not fair that the flu would take my weekend away, and deprive me off my outdoors, my ability to think, my ability to be myself as an individual. The flu has taken that all away.
I realize the spring is not over. I realize the weather will only get better. But for now I just wish I wasn't so darn sick, so under the weather with this nice springtime atmosphere outside. Lord, just let me make it through the day and into the day, where I feel better.
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