What an awful night last night!

[beowabbit]

What an awful, awful night I had last night. I’d had a mild sore throat off and on on Tuesday, and a brief period when I felt a bit feverish, but wasn't feeling too bad. At dinner Tuesday night I was really tired, but I’m often really tired, so that didn’t mean much. But last night was just dreadful. The sore throat got lots worse, and I couldn't keep the least little bit of water down. Lying in my nice warm waterbed under the covers I got chills, and when I had to run to the bathroom to pee or throw up I’d shiver uncontrollably for five minutes or so after I got back in bed. Needless to say, I got very little sleep until the vomiting and chills stopped around 6:00am or 8:00am. By 1:30 this afternoon, when I woke up and decided I should send mail to work to let them know I wasn’t going to be coming in (I’d sent them a heads-up that I might not make it the night before), I was feeling a lot better and was able to drink a yogurt shake, although my sore throat was really bad. I actually got out of bed more than just to run to the bathroom or grab something from the fridge just now (around 7:00pm), and my throat still hurts but it’s a lot better than it was earlier today.

I’m sure glad this thing seems to be brief, and I really really hope I didn’t give it to anybody I was hanging out with last night.

I think the plan for tonight is to catch up on LJ and email, watch Moulin Rouge (which cathijosephine lent me), get some calories into me, and go to sleep nice and early, and hopefully I’ll be all back to normal tomorrow.

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Poor Jay :( *hugs*

I seem to have read of similar experiences in several entries now, so I wonder if this is something that is going around ala the Norfolk Virus a couple of years ago, or if it:s just coincindence. If it is like that one, it:ll pass quickly, anyway.

[keyne.livejournal.com]

I think you mean the Norwalk virus? :) And yes, it's been going around -- most of the folks in the Mosaic/playgroup had it (as the kids and I did) the week before Christmas. Fortunately symptoms are fairly short-lived, though it's possible to transmit it for up to a week in any bodily fluid, and it lives for a while on surfaces -- so Jay, you may not want to have people over to your house for the next few days.

Big (gentle) hugs.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Y'know, when I wrote that comment, I was thinking "Norwalk or or Norfolk?" I knew it was one of the two. Maybe by the time I get back, it will have worked its way back out... :/