Menodicinal
[men-oh-diss-in-ul]; the condition of requiring treatment.
Yes, my
dears, I had cause to utilise The Elixir… and then some. It's great for the groggy, stuffy, mucusy
stuff. Not sooo wonderful when it comes
to one of the many varieties of fever which hit we "Mumbaikers"!
Remember
the laryngeal sword-fight? Turns out that was just the advance party. Reconnoitering the biological availability of
YAM's territory.
All week
I was beginning to suspect return of the CFS but none of my usual preventive
stuff was making a blind bit of difference.
Apart from the excessive sleeping and the increased inflammation and
pain from the arthritis, I could not identify any useful symptoms.
Then came
Saturday morning and a missed class.
Could not get the body to move.
Eventually, yes, but not in the
usual time and space matrix. Did manage
to get to the 4pm class and Acharya-ji took one look at me and wondered aloud -
"Why, amma?" I must have been
looking real good for him to make any comment!
Anyway it didn't take too long into the evening to become apparent that
there was more to things than had been thought.
At
exactly 1:35am on Sunday morning I awoke with the world shaking. At 1:42am I realised the world was fine, but
I was not. Full-on ague. Rigors to undo teeth and open already fragile
joints. Iceberged. Dripping.
Somehow I
got to the med-kit and downed, first, two aspirin for immediate relief, then
some China Officianalis 30c - good old homoeopathic quinine.
Then I
tried to find the hot water bag, but it must be 'somewhere safe'; donned as much
clothing as could and still be able to flex, threw another cover over the bed
and then shook and shivered myself back to sleep.
Fever
broke by the time I awoke - 8am-ish. But
head thumping, nose and eyes running.
So I
stayed closeted till Tuesday morning.
Friends brought food. Friends
brought water. Friends brought laughs. Friends brought recordings of the missed
classes. I have managed to consume all
of the above. That plus a couple more
doses of China, saw to it that I could rise again. From Monday morning onwards, it has been The
Elixir to clear up all the gunk. Going okay but it's that old thing - take 7 days or...
Am a bit
behind on thinking about posts as a result. So
forgive this gripey one. Tomorrow's will
have to fend for itself… why not stop by
and find out what it decides to do?
I know there have been some viral visitations to various folks I know but I do hope
every one else is now staying a bit fitter than yours truly.
"I'm afraid you've contracted one of the more literal strains of the human rhinovirus" image from the Cartoon Network Online |
Poor Yam. :-( So sorry the dreaded lurgy has raised its ugly head again and hope that this time you've managed to send it packing for good.
ReplyDeleteHugs Pxxx
Aarrgghh. It sounds ghastly. I've had a cold but it seems to restrict itself to snuffling, sneezling, sniffling, and wanting to close my eyes. At least, I think so. I've been thinking the all-over pain was Fibromyalgia. Not likely you and I have contracted the same bug on different sides of the world. Or is it? Flu bugs and new strains of the common cold travel on jets just like people these days, but don't have to pay.
ReplyDeleteTake good care of yourself. I'm going to lie down and close my eyes again. I've been researching something fascinating, but can't bear looking at the computer screen another minute.
Be well, my friend.
Luv, K
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteThanks for the love-vibes ladies! It has wiped me out a bit - but of course it has hit an already rather run-down vehicle. Rust added to rust, as it were.
Yes, Kay - I suspect the very same strain is running round the globe at speeds not fathomed by the lowly creatures it targets!! The eye-strain symptoms has been one of the more unusual things. The minute I try to read (including this) they are producing as much water as the monsoon outside my window. Oh well.
Hugs back!!!