Somewhat Better

I am feeling somewhat better today. I do not have a fever (that may be due to taking two aspirin last night).  During the three days of illness so far I have taken a total of three aspirin tablets and two Sudafed tablets.  I feel that was an ok amount of medications across the three days.  It was not excessive and no where near the highest recommended dosages of any of the medications.  That makes it feel safe to me.  I try to not take any medications because I think they are often more troublesome than they are worth.  I am not required to take any medications by my doctor.  But the things I do take daily are a multivitamin, a few vitamin C tablets, an echinacea tablet and a few fiber capsules.  These are my "medicines" so-to-speak.  Except of course my nemesis of indulgence on pipe tobacco and 2-3 strong libations a week.  It does not seem overly excessive, except for the damn pipe tobacco, of course.

I think I am definitely on the mend.  I ran the full five miles without having to stop twice like I did yesterday when my fever and severe nausea had my run my five miles in a 3+1+1 arrangement.  I know I was slower than usual, running about a 9:20 mile pace, but for how sick I have been, I am accepting of this slowness.  Hopefully by next week sometime I will be fully back up to snuff at my normal running pace.

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