I hate getting sick and feeling like crap!

Starting on Friday, early in the morning, before daylight, the dreaded chills and stomach cramping and aching began.  I hardly ever have any type of illness.  If I do; then it doesn’t last very long.  Anyway, I couldn’t work Friday and I had a couple of meetings scheduled.  I think in my adult working life I have missed 1 & 1/2 days of work in over 20 years.  One was a kidney stone and the other was I had a classic migraine with neurological symptoms of a stroke.  I had to wait until someone could relieve me at the pharmacy before I went to the doctor.  For those of us in the medical field, aren’t we just the worst patients?  I have not done anything since Friday morning and here it is Sunday night and I still have the headache, chills and stomach ache.  I am better and I don’t believe that I am contagious anymore.  People say, “go to the dr.”  They can’t do anything for me that I can’t do myself for a virus.  Rest, drink plenty of fluids and sleep.   BRAT diet – Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast. Things that are easy on the stomach and boy is my stomach “acidy.”  I am not a good patient and I pretty much just want to be left alone.  I am not used to having to be still and my butt is numb from sitting.  A shower is about all the energy that I have expended this weekend.  I have no idea what this is nor where I may have been in contact with a carrier.  I’m still to the point that I don’t want anything touching my skin or my head.  I am better than I was and I am drinking my water, Coke, and Sierra Mist. Taking the Tylenol (acetaminophen) or an aspirin/acetaminophen, caffeine combo.  Sudafed only if really needed.  Now, it is time to suck it up and get back to work.  Thank goodness for my OPC-3 or I am certain that I would be feeling much worse.