I got a flu shot for the first time ever in my life this year. Naturally, since I took measures to avoid getting sick, I've been felled by some sort of sinus crud. Yesterday, with the whole right side of my face throbbing, my ear hurting, and suffering from dizziness and an overwhelming urge to lie down, I gave up and left work at lunchtime. I arrived home, dosed myself with cold medicine, and took to the couch.
I was so hot on the drive home that I had the air conditioning on in the car. An hour later I was huddled under a blanket, shivering. And so it went for the rest of the day. At about 9:30 last night I finally hit on the right combination of advil, sudafed and benadryl to help clear up whatever this is. I still feel crappy, but while I'd like to go lie down, it no longer has that imperative "lie down or fall down" feel to it. Now I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to work today. I think I probably will.
Yesterday's illness adventure has exposed one glaring weakness with my new house. It has lots and lots of windows and is filled with natural light. Normally this is a plus, but when all you want to do is hide in a cave until your head stops hurting, it is a real drawback. Unfortunately, the previous owners took all the curtains with them. Actually, they took everything they could possibly get away with taking, including the mirrors, towel racks and toilet paper holders from the bathrooms. And then claimed that their mirrors were art and they didn't use towel racks or toilet paper holders. Really? Because I can see the marks on the walls where something was attached.
I didn't really care about the curtains though. The house is private, and their window treatments were too fussy for my tastes anyway. But now I see the error of my ways. I guess it is time to go curtain shopping.
Since my work was offering the H1N1 shot, I like a moron, was like ok hit me. I was sick for a solid day and a half. Stupid flu spray. This is why Erin is skipping said vaccine.
I feel your pain.