Influenza

I did not get my flu shot this year.  Why? Because when they were giving them out, I had bronchitis.  They won’t give you the shot if you’re sick, you see.  So here I am, post-giant-q-tip-up-my-nose (rapid flu test) propped full of prednisone and tamiflu and hydrocodone cough syrup (which I didn’t want but now am REALLY REALLY glad I took, because I actually slept for an entire three hours straight before waking up coughing.  I tell you what, I haven’t felt this sick in…years…why, since the LAST tiem I had the flu.  I think the flu is officially the worst virus ever, but I think having the flu with asthma is like worstX200.  Because they put me on prednisone so I can breathe again, but prednisone and me have a long history of not getting along. It makes my face swell and turn red, it makes my joints ache, and it causes mania…which means, it makes me feel really good, like I’m fine to go back to work and all, when I am really still sick and need to be in bed. Like right now, sitting up at  the computer for the first time since I left work on Monday. I’ve not left the bed but to piss and get more ginger ale since Monday night, until I broke down and went to the doctor today.  So now I think I will have more of that wonderful cough syrup that makes me nice and sleepy, and go back to bed for another three hours.