tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22816503.post-26174616232717100392008-02-05T21:16:00.000-05:002008-02-05T21:23:46.392-05:002008-02-05T21:23:46.392-05:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_a__pKhsbgmo/R6kaJk2Lz6I/AAAAAAAAAPs/Lu3y5tKCdW8/s1600-h/sick.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163687199569072034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_a__pKhsbgmo/R6kaJk2Lz6I/AAAAAAAAAPs/Lu3y5tKCdW8/s320/sick.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I've been sick. I've had the crud for over three weeks and I sick of being sick. This has been the cold from hell. It started on the January 13th with a hacking cough that felt like my lungs were going to turn inside-out. By Monday I was in bed with a fever. But the killer part of this bug is that it comes and goes. By the following Saturday, I was just starting to feel better and on Sunday, I was back in bed with a 101 degree fever. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A trip to the doctors, antibiotic prescription, bad reaction to the meds, and another week of hacking and sneezing and I was feeling better only to have another relapse. And then another. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Others who have apparently had this same bug this winter are reporting the same results. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My advice - don't get it. Put on a surgical mask and don't go near anyone who is sick. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I turn 55 this week. I hope I make it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>~j</div><br /><div></div>john eric brandthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05243606306592591756noreply@blogger.com