It moved into my apartment, filled my trash can with Hall's drops, ran up a huge bill on drugstore dot com, dated my SO, and kept me up all night partying and trashing my body.
I thought I'd managed to kick it out, was back swimming and running... even finally got back to a masters' practice (which I avoided before not wanting either to infect anyone or need to be rescued). All good, right?
Wrong! It sneaked in the back door, just when I thought it had moved out for good. Those muscle aches that signaled fever... and tonight I had to skip my group run... sure it's 18 degrees out and maybe a wise move if just over an illness. But I want my health back!
There's a 5.25 mile swim I was planning on in August, and I'd been on a ROLL at the end of Jan. Then crash! But in the last couple weeks, I was inching back to something like normal. Getting optimistic again. But if I have to lose another week or two of training, I don't know....
Oh and I had thought I'd be good for the (running) half marathon this weekend. That's in question now. Hoping maybe this is just a temporary setback, not a whole 'nother case. :blah:
Get well vibes and suggestions welcome.... will say this bug has endurance. Maybe I should find out its secret for when I'm back swimming for REAL again. And I just bought myself a cool new chlorine resistant poly suit as a consolation gift. Maybe I'll get to use it someday....
again, thanks folks... injustice of it all is that I did get a flu shot. I think I'll ask for a refund!
Hot food has helped, in fact... I like chile, but also ginger... I buy the real stuff and put slivers of it into stir fry mixes.
I see recommendations for green tea. It's not my favorite thing to drink but I have some b/c I heard good reports about it generally. Maybe I could work up a taste for it. Actually, odd as it seems, I like just plain hot water. I'll heat up water as I might for tea--but drink it by itself. The taste isn't bad and it seems to help my breathing.
p.s. I am feeling better this morning, but I suppose I should give it another day or so before I resume workouts. Hard to find the right balance. I don't want to get lazy, but don't want to overdo and have another setback.
again, thanks folks... injustice of it all is that I did get a flu shot. I think I'll ask for a refund!
Hot food has helped, in fact... I like chile, but also ginger... I buy the real stuff and put slivers of it into stir fry mixes.
I see recommendations for green tea. It's not my favorite thing to drink but I have some b/c I heard good reports about it generally. Maybe I could work up a taste for it. Actually, odd as it seems, I like just plain hot water. I'll heat up water as I might for tea--but drink it by itself. The taste isn't bad and it seems to help my breathing.
p.s. I am feeling better this morning, but I suppose I should give it another day or so before I resume workouts. Hard to find the right balance. I don't want to get lazy, but don't want to overdo and have another setback.
