Anybody else got Captain Trips?

[darkemeralds]

I'm gathering that this cold/virus thing I've got is unusually severe, and that it's not just me. Anyone else got it? Is there hope?

I get colds once or twice a year, and they always follow the same arc of sore throat, chest tickle, snot-fest, cough-fest, and done. This one is different. It incubated longer, it's hitting in a different sequence (not throat-first), and its symptoms are practically operatic in their enormity and intensity.

It is, in short, a very uncomfortable experience. I've never in my life sneezed like I've been sneezing the last day or so, and I've never had a cold keep me awake two nights running, forcing me to resort to drugs in order to sleep a few hours. I won't even get started on the weird cycles of feeling cold and feeling hot, all without benefit of the slightest fever that I can detect.

What is this? Some virus liberated from the melting Antarctic ice? I'm ready for it to be done.

Comments

[tehomet]

God, that sounds horrible. You poor thing.

I was going to suggest that you make a big pot of onion and garlic soup and drink it all, but in fairness, you might be better off breaking out the whisky. If you're going to feel like crap tomorrow anyway...

Hope you feel better soon. ♥

[decemberleaf]

"I'm ready for it to be done"--I'll bet you are! Good luck. I'm sending you some virtual Lafroig in hopes that at least the thought of it will help.
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[karen_jk]

There are bad, bad viruses going around. I hope you feel better soon.

Something meaningful to do: watch Queer as Folk Brian and Justin videos on youtube and then read the Only Time series by Xie.

http://xie-xie-xie.insanejournal.com/51270.html

[lyr]

I do not have this super-malady, but I hope you feel better soon!

[kis]

If it's the one I've got, it started 2 weeks before Christmas and is still with me. Such fun!

[cat63]

That sounds horrendous. I hope it gets better soon.