Re: Sick - so very sick

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a
>>>>> lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start
>>>>> coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That sucks :(
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like covid to me.
>>>>
>>>> Feel better soon.
>>>
>>> So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
>>> Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
>>> bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
>> 
>> Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
>> FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
> I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.

You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
I have faith in you.
> 
>> We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
> We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
> problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
> one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
> 

It's a handy thing to have around.

>>> Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
>>> just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
>>> since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
>>> have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
>>>
>> 
>> Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
>> I could have done that.
> I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
> needs. And I got tired both times.
> 
*eye roll*

>> I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
> Not really an option around here.
> 
*snickers*

>>> Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
>>> retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
>>> (well, almost anyone).
>>>
>>> And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
>>>
>> 
>> You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
>> If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
> If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
> again. It is getting a bit annoying.

Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.