And I thought this was the year I could go through without having to take any MCs ...
With snowylad in the house, and snowylady back at work, I was pretty thankful that I was heatlhy enough to do my duties, until yesterday.
Bad things never seem to come singly. First, it was the first time since Y2K cutover that I had to go to work on Saturday, leaving an exhausted snowylady to manage the 2 kids alone.
Then I came down with 39.2 degrees fever, muscle aches and bad cough and phlegm. What's more worrying is in my small place, contact with the youngs is unavoidable. Despite being tired herself, Snowylady personally administered the medication to me. It was only today after she left for work that I looked at my prescription for myself.
There's a lot to do in the office this week actually, after 6 days of vendor presentations last week which went into 5pm Saturday. But I am priviliged enough to have a job that allows me to just shoot an email to the office. The previous week, Snowylady went to work despite being issued an MC, worried that her absence would mean more work piling up.
Usually, when I'm ill, I indulged in food, reasoning that if my body was enjoying itself, it'd be too busy to feel ill. But this time the medication leaves a very bitter aftertaste in the mouth for hours and really kills my appetite.
Looking forward to when the kids are older, and Snowylady and I can resume exercises to keep ourselves fitter.
Understand how you feel. Was on Medical last week. Horrible feeling staying at home and wished I had taken better care of myself. Hope you are feeling better now, like the doctor say, take lots of liquid and sleep well.
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