HaTe To bE SiCk

Was down with a potent combo of flu + cough + a fever (that never really did set in).

Wacked pretty bad from the above since Monday such that I had to be excused from work on tues and wed. Was shivering in bed on Mon and Tues nights even though i had my room door and windows shut, yet it felt as if the room was momentarily transported to the artic.

Felt terrible.

Dragged myself to see the doc under the blazing sun, got my cocktail of med and drifted in and out of slp. Spent the minimal waking hours to check my email and hp alerts before going back to a dreamless slumber.

Diet of those days were: variations of porridge

Even today's lunch was porridge.

The worst part now (that the chills have passed on) is the incessant coughing (hack). You know how sometimes you just want to cough it all out but can't coz

1) you are seated in a ultra silent theatre watching some solemn movie. even a gentle whisper sounds like an atomic bomb

2) in a crowded train and a single wheeze/cough would warrant kiasee looks from fellow passengers

3) in a meeting with big shots and would look extremely rude to keep interrupting the meeting with your coughs

4) just feel downright paiseh

well, number 2 happened to me and what was even worse was to swallow back the urge to cough. Succeed for maybe 5 mere minutes and then go off in an uncontrolled outburst of coughs that shook the cabin.

WTF.