Re: Sick - so very sick

On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>> 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.
>> Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
>> garden things.
>>
> 
> Sure.
> You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now. And
the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.

>>> I have faith in you.
>> Well, that's one, at least...
>>
> YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.

>>>>> 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.
>> It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
>>
> No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer with
some degree of certainty. And then what...

>>>>>> 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 can tell you are impressed.
>>
>>>>> I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
>>>> Not really an option around here.
>>>>
>>> *snickers*
>> Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
> 
> It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...

>>>>>> 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.
>> By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
> 
> The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?

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