Laid Out Flat
I so desire communication here, so I am writing. But I have basically been "laid out flat" since Friday.
Briefly:- Thursday at the Retiree's Cigar Group was "nice" but I did not get the full relaxation and enjoyment from the afternoon because I was feeling keyed up because my usual Friday is that it is an unstructured day where I can do a helluva lot of writing, grading, and preparing of things for the next week. But, last Friday I was (very unfortunately) committed to attend an all-damn-day, "educationese" conference at the U. At the Retiree's Cigar Group, instead of relaxing and enjoying, a sizable chunk of my mind kept whirring on about how to try to get all the sh*t I needed to get done on Friday... done.
- I worked diligently on my computer Thursday night (again instead of relaxing) to try to get some things done for the next week. I finally went to bed ~2:00am.
- I ran OUTSIDE to get running earlier than the indoor track would open so I could get to the U earlier than usual so I could spend time in the lab before the damnable "educationese" nonsense started.
- I skipped out of both the "breakfast" meal and the "lunch" meal at the "educationaese" nonsense so I could rush back to my building and talk and work briefly with my research students
- But, I never got caught up.
- My wife and I had a late afternoon appointment to get our flu and covid vaccines. We did this.
- And.... as in other years, I ended up being LAID OUT FLAT by the vaccines. I experienced chills/sweats, strong body-wide joint aches, muscle fatigue, a headache, and lots of mucous..... and the symptoms felt stronger than other years, perhaps due to changes to the vaccine.
- I did not move from the bed, other than to go to the bathroom, all day Saturday.
- By Sunday afternoon, I had symptoms lessen somewhat, so I thought all things would be fine and back up to snuff on Monday.... but no, I also started to lose my voice Sunday afternoon.
- I have had laryngitis both Monday and Today (Tuesday). Monday I powered through as best as I could.... but that probably made the outcome today, where I can barely talk in any regard. A professor who cannot talk feels awfully damn useless.
I just want to sleep, and I want to sleep to get well. But too many things are pulling at me. I am utterly exhausted.
PipeTobacco
4 Comments:
Oh dear. I am scheduled for both C and Flu early next week. So far, neither of them have bothered me, but I am concerned. All the best to you.
My PCP said that there was some change in one of the vaccines this year -- don't recall whether it was COVID or flu -- because of which she strongly discouraged receiving both vaccines at the same time. I'm sorry that you had such a bad reaction, but at least you're now protected!
The one time I had two vaccines at the same time, I felt lousy that evening and night but fine by the next day. So, I usually space them out. I hope you're recovering and getting back to normal. You are WAY TOO BUSY!!
Next time try FluBlok or FluCellVax. My wife used to have similar reactions till we switched to these. Now no problems.
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