Under the Viral Stormy Weather

I and my wife must have acquired some sort of viral pathogen, because both of us came down with a myriad of aches and pains, and utter lethargy beginning last Friday.  I do not handle being sick with particular grace, so I tended to be FEELING quite grouchy this weekend.  And, to avoid causing conflict, I stayed as quiet as I could, and I tried to stay by myself as much as possible.  My TMJ has a tendency to flare up during these times as well.... and my grinding made my jaw, ear, and throat ache and throb.  I tried to sleep as much as I could.  My wife did similar things as I did.... but she does not have TMJ,  and she was generally not grouchy.

I feel about 90% confident that it was a viral affliction as neither of us had a fever.  Fever is more common with bacterial infections.

The one nice thing about this bout of illness was that I have not (yet anyway) lost my sense of taste and/or smell.  This allowed food to still taste decently delicious, even though I did not tend to want to eat much.  We had soup one evening, and pancakes another evening.

I feel roughly 75% better this morning.  Mostly I feel better in that my TMJ has subsided considerably, and when I ran my five miles at 5:00am this morning, it felt more normal in terms of speed, stamina, and "enjoyment".  During the weekend, it felt as if each and every step of each day's run was a huge chore, I was much, much slower than usual, and my body felt fatigued and utterly lethargic when I started, and I continued to feel fatigued and exhausted at the conclusion of the run.  Even stretching was wholly uncomfortable during the weekend.

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